Postgraduate Course: The Finite Element Method (MSc) (PGEE10043)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to the fundamental theory of the finite-element method (FEM) as a general tool for numerically solving differential equations for a wide range of engineering problems, with special focus on solid and structural mechanics. |
| Course description |
The course covers the following topics:
- Approximation, weighted residuals and Rayleigh-Ritz methods
- Finite-element formulation for solids
- Continuum elements
- Structural elements
- Material non-linearity
- Geometric non-linearity
- Heat transfer problems and thermal stress analysis
- Transient problems
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
The Finite Element Method (CIVE10034)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Structural Analysis or Structural Mechanics |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the procedures used in the finite-element method;
- Produce finite-element based discretisations of mathematical descriptions of problems in continuum mechanics;
- Solve simple finite-element problems by hand calculations;
- Assess the correctness of finite-element output and interpret the results.
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Reading List
J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005
O. C. Zienkiewicz and R. L. Taylor, The Finite Element Method Set, 7th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
K. J. Bathe, Finite Element Procedures, Prentice Hall, 1996.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Finite-element method,numerical methods,computational modelling,solid mechanics,elasticity |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Tel: (0131 6)50 7214
Email: S.Papanicolopulos@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Tom Lawford-Groves
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: t.lawford-groves@ed.ac.uk |
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