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FEA is the abbreviation for Finite Element Analysis, which is a numerical method used to approximate solutions to a variety of engineering problems involving phenomena like heat transfer, stress analysis, fluid flow, and electromagnetism. It involves discretizing a domain into finite elements and using polynomial interpolation to develop a system of equations to model the behavior of each element. The method is useful for problems with complex geometries, material properties, and loadings where analytical solutions cannot be obtained.

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FEA is the abbreviation for Finite Element Analysis, which is a numerical method used to approximate solutions to a variety of engineering problems involving phenomena like heat transfer, stress analysis, fluid flow, and electromagnetism. It involves discretizing a domain into finite elements and using polynomial interpolation to develop a system of equations to model the behavior of each element. The method is useful for problems with complex geometries, material properties, and loadings where analytical solutions cannot be obtained.

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FEA

FEA is the abbreviation of Finite Element Analysis. It is the numerical methods used
to solve variety of engineering problems involving heat transfer, stress analysis, fluid
flow and electromagnetism. It is a computational method use to give an approximate
solution of boundary value problems in engineering. Boundary value problem is the
mathematical problem in which one or more dependent variables satisfy an
equation in a known domain of one or more independent variables. Boundary value
Problems sometimes are also known as field problems. It was originally develop to
solve solid mechanics problems, but now a days it is commonly used method to solve
engineering problems. It is useful for problems with complex geometries, material
properties and loadings. The method is used where analytical solutions cannot be
obtained.

Brief history
The finite element analysis method is started in 1900s when some investigators
estimated and modeled elastic continuum using discrete equivalent elastic bars. In
1909, Ritz developed a method used to find out an approximate solution of problems
in the field of mechanics of deformable solids. In 1943 Courant was the first person
to create the finite element method. Courant used piece wise polynomial
interpolation to determine torsional problems. After that Boeing in 1950’s used finite
element method to model airplane wings using triangular stress element. But the
word “Finite Element” is popular after Clough in 1960, used this term in the paper.
Zienkiewicz and Cheung in 1967 for the first time wrote the book which is entirely
based on finite element methods. After the popularity of finite element method
many computer programs are design to solve this numerical techniques like ANYSY
and now a days it is the most practice method for solving problems of engineering
and mathematical physics.

Basic Steps For Finite Element Method


The following are the basic steps involved in any finite element analysis method.
These are:
Preprocessing Phase
1. Discretization of domain into finite elements; that is, divide up the problem into
nodes and antinodes.
2. Select a shape of function to characterize the physical behavior of that element;
that is, to provide a continuous function which represent the approximate
behavior of that element.
3. Develop system of equations for that element.
4. Apply boundary conditions; that is, inlet conditions, outlet conditions and
loadings etc.

Solution Phase
5. Solve the system of equations; that is, solution of equations to obtain the
required results.

Post processing Phase


6. Once the equation is solved compute the desire parameters of your interest and
display the results in the form of curves, plots or color pictures which are more
meaningful information.

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