Basics of FEM (4cr)

Code: RAK2C3-3003

General information

Enrollment: 07.12.2018 - 05.05.2019; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 07.01.2019 - 05.05.2019; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 4 cr

Local portion: 4 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Engineering

Teachers: Martti Perälä

Course: RAK2C3

Objective

Students will be competent in making finite element models for bar structures. They will be capable of solving displacements and internal forces of a bar structure by the finite element method.

Content

- Principles of the finite element method
- Forming finite element model
- Beam, truss and frame elements
- Degrees of freedom
- Stiffness matrix and load vectors
- Nodal forces
- Equilibrium equations of nodal forces
- Internal forces of elements
- Effect of support movement
- Temperature effects

Materials

Lecturer’s own material.

Teaching methods

Lectures, calculation exercises and homework.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 107 h
- of which scheduled studies: 60 h
- of which autonomous studies: 47 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to form a balance equation group between nodal forces in the case of simple bar structures.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is a able to apply the finite element model of bar structures to solve the stress and displacement states of different bar, lattice and frame structures.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is a able to apply very well the finite element model of bar structures to solve the stress and displacement states of different bar, lattice and frame structures.

Qualifications

Statics, Strength of Materials, Linear Algebra.