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Lesson01 - Computational Modeling - Faqs

The document discusses computational modeling using the finite element method (FEM). It asks a series of questions about FEM, including: what are the main steps in developing an engineering system; what is a field variable and discretization; how FEM numerically solves systems using discretization into finite elements and nodes; what are the common steps and structure of FEM programs; and methods for establishing and solving the resulting finite element equations.

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Lesson01 - Computational Modeling - Faqs

The document discusses computational modeling using the finite element method (FEM). It asks a series of questions about FEM, including: what are the main steps in developing an engineering system; what is a field variable and discretization; how FEM numerically solves systems using discretization into finite elements and nodes; what are the common steps and structure of FEM programs; and methods for establishing and solving the resulting finite element equations.

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Lesson01ComputationalmodelingFAQs

1. Whatarethemainstepsfollowedwhendevelopinganewengineeringsystem?

2. WhatistheFEM?

3. Whatisafieldvariable?Whatisthefieldvariableinastressanalysis?

4. Canyouexplainthefollowingfigure?Aretheunknownsthediscretevaluesofthefield
variableatthenodes?Why?

F(x) Unknown function Unknown discrete values


of field variable of field variable at nodes

x
elements nodes

5. Whymostoftheengineeringsystemsaresolvedusingnumericalmethods?Whatkindof
numericalmethodistheFEM?

6. WhatarethestepsthecomputationalmodellingusingtheFEMconsistsof?

7. WhatisthecommonstructureofanFEprogram?

8. WouldyoumodeleveryfinedetailofasystemforaFEManalysis?Whenwouldyoudoit?

9. WhydowediscretizeacontinuousdomainwhencarryingoutaFEManalysis?

10. Howdoesdiscretizationworks?

11. Whatistriangulation?Whyitisusedtogeneratemeshes?

12. WhataretheapproachesforestablishingtheFEsimultaneousequations?

13. Whatisthemathematicalfoundationofthoseapproaches?Canyouexplainthat
foundation?

14. WhatarethemethodsforsolvingtheFEsimultaneousequations?Whatistherelationof
thosemethodswiththesizeoftheequationsystem?

15. Howmanyiterativeloopsareneededwhensolvinganonlinearsetofequations?Why?

16. Howmanyiterativeloopsareneededwhensolvingatimedependentsetofequations?
Why?

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