Class Monday, 15-18, Classes 206
Instructor
Isaac Harari
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office: Wolfson 225, (640-)9439
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hours: Monday, 14-15 (or by appointment)
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e-mail:
harari AT eng.tau.ac.il
Topics Linear, static finite element analysis:
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Basic concepts, simple model.
Formulation of finite element equations.
Interpolation, isoparametric elements, element matrices.
Computer implementation, data processing arrays.
Mathematical theory, error estimates.
Mixed problems, reduced and selective integration.
Book
Hughes,
The
Finite Element Method, Dover, 2000
(DLEARN,
FEM_Object).
References
(
marks
Neiman Library holdings)
Bathe,
Finite
Element Procedures, Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Brenner
& Scott,
The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods, 2nd Ed.,
Springer, 2002.
Cook,
Malkus,
Plesha,
& Witt,
Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 4rd Ed.,
Wiley, 2002.
Johnson,
Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential
Equations by the Finite Element Method, Cambridge, 1987.
Strang &
Fix,
An Analysis of the Finite Element Method, Prentice-Hall, 1973.
Szabó
& Babuska,
Finite Element
Analysis, Wiley, 1991.
Zienkiewicz
& Taylor,
The Finite Element
Method, Vol. 1, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
(FEAPpv,
errata).
Grading
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Homework (to final) 0%
- Computer
assignments (required) 0%
No. 2
- Project (50%)
- Final 100% (6/2/12, 14:00)
Online Resources
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Course
mailing list
<eng0540-6408-01@listserv.tau.ac.il>.
Encyclopedia
of Computational Mechanics, Wiley 2007.
Finite
element people.
Israel
Association for Computational Methods in Mechanics
(IACMM-L).
Matlab
Implementation of the Finite Element Method in Elasticity
(Computing 69 (2002) 239).
Northridge
earthquake animations.
Numerical Computing with
MATLAB (electronic book).
Numerical recipes, on-line books and
software.
Research Trends in Computational Mechanics (2000), J.T. Oden (Ed.).
Sleipner
A offshore platform sunk due to incorrect finite element analysis.
Wikipedia FE page.
Wind turbine
fluid-structure interaction from Acusim.
Writing guidelines
for engineering and science students.
Outline
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