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MAK-410 Syllabus

This document provides information on the MAK 410 Finite Element Method course offered by the Mechanical Engineering Department. The course is a 3-credit, departmental elective offered in the 4th year summer term. The main learning outcomes are to build an understanding of fundamental finite element principles and develop skills in analyzing solid mechanics problems using FEM and commercial FEA packages. The textbook is Introduction to Finite Element Methods by Carlos Felippa. The course covers topics like the direct stiffness method, finite element modeling, variational formulations of bar and beam elements, plane stress problems, isoparametric representations, and shape functions over 12 weeks. Student performance will be evaluated based on quizzes, homework, two midterms, and

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MAK-410 Syllabus

This document provides information on the MAK 410 Finite Element Method course offered by the Mechanical Engineering Department. The course is a 3-credit, departmental elective offered in the 4th year summer term. The main learning outcomes are to build an understanding of fundamental finite element principles and develop skills in analyzing solid mechanics problems using FEM and commercial FEA packages. The textbook is Introduction to Finite Element Methods by Carlos Felippa. The course covers topics like the direct stiffness method, finite element modeling, variational formulations of bar and beam elements, plane stress problems, isoparametric representations, and shape functions over 12 weeks. Student performance will be evaluated based on quizzes, homework, two midterms, and

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MAK 410 Finite Element Method Mechanical Engineering Department

Credit Hours 3 Theory 3


ECTS 6 Application/Recitation 0
th
Year/Term 4 Year, Summer Laboratory 0
Compulsory/Elective Departmental Elective
Prerequisite(s) MAT 202 – Differential Equations
Asoc. Prof. Dr. Cihan Tekoğlu
Instructor(s)
Room: 121, e-mail: [email protected]
Assistant(s) To be announced later
Catalogue Description Basic concepts of structural modelling. Finite element discretization. The direct
stiffness method (DSM) of structural analysis. MoM (Mechanics of Materials)
elements. Modelling stiffness, loads, boundary conditions and constraints.
Mathematical interpretation of finite elements: variational formulation. Shape
functions. Structural and continuum elements. Isoparametric elements. Numerical
integration. Introduction to finite element analysis by using FEA packages.
Course Learning The main learning outcomes of this course are:
Outcomes • to build a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of the
finite element method to solve linear problems
• to develop tools to analyse solid mechanics problems using FEM and
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typical commercial FEA packages.
Text Book By kind permission of Prof. Dr. Carlos Felippa (University of Colorado at Boulder,
CO 80309-0429, USA), we will use his book entitled “Introduction to Finite
Element Methods”, IFEM, which is freely available on this website.
References and Other
1. J. N. Reddy; An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 3rd Ed,
Course Material
McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.
2. O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor; The Finite Element Method: Volume 1:
The Basis, 5th Ed, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
3. O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor; The Finite Element Method: Volume 2:
Solid Mechanics, 5th Ed, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
4. S. S. Rao; The Finite Element Method in Engineering, 5th Ed,
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.
5. G. R. Liu, S. S. Quek; The finite element method: A Practical Course,
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.
Contribution to the Mathematics and Basic Sciences 20
Curriculum (%) Engineering Topics 40
Engineering Design 40
General Education -
Expected Performance Performance Measures Contribution (%)
Measures and Tentative Quizzes/Homework 15
Grading
Midterm Exams (2) 45
Projects 40

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COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
The aim of the course (Ch_01), math review: matrix algebra and calculus (Appendices A, B, C, and D),
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the direct stiffness method (Ch_02).
2 The direct stiffness method (Ch_03), FE formulation of structural members (Ch_05).
3 Finite element modeling: mesh, loads and boundary conditions (Ch_06, Ch_07).
4 Introduction to ABAQUS, Variational formulation of bar element (Ch_11).
5 Variational formulation of bar element (Ch_11).
6 Variational formulation of plane beam element (Ch_12).
7 The plane stress problem (Ch_14).
8 Three-node plane stress triangles (Ch_15).
9 Three-node plane stress triangles (Ch_15),
10 The isoparametric representation (Ch_16).
11 Isoparametric quadrilaterals (Ch_17).
12 Shape functions (Ch_18).
Note: the chapter numbers (Ch_X) denote the corresponding chapters from the textbook, “Introduction
to Finite Element Methods”, IFEM.
Prepared by: Dr. Cihan Tekoğlu

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