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Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (AM 5450)


Assignment 2 – Weighted Residual Methods – II and Energy Methods
Submission Date: 2 September 2024

Instructions:
I. Use scientific non-programmable calculator wherever necessary.
II. MATLAB/PYTHON/Python scripts used to prepare plots/figures/results should be attached with your
answer.
III. Scan all the pages of your hand-written answers, MATLAB/PYTHON scripts, output results, and figures into
a PDF file. Please upload your assignment in Google class room.

1) Consider a plate of length and width of 2 m each and thickness 1 mm. It is subjected to a vertical distributed
𝐸𝑡 3
load of 𝑞 = 50 N/m2. The bending stiffness of the plate 𝐷 is given by 𝐷 = , where 𝑡 is the thickness of
12(1−ν2 )
the plate and 𝜈 is the Poisson’s Ratio. The plate is made of aluminum and is simply supported on all the four
edges. Use the following governing differential equation.
∂4 𝑢 2 ∂4 𝑢 ∂4 𝑢 𝑞
+ + + =0
∂𝑥 4 ∂𝑥 2 ∂𝑦 2 ∂𝑦 4 𝐷
a) Obtain the weak form of the governing equation using Modified Galerkin’s and Variational Methods.
b) Write the boundary conditions for this problem. Assume a suitable trial function compatible with the weak
form.
c) Determine the displacement field in the plate. Solve using MATLAB/PYTHON and plot the surface and
contour plots for the displacement field.

2) Obtain the equivalent functional form δ(𝐼(𝑢)) for the following differential equations. Comment on the
limitations to obtain the equivalent form.

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