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16-Introduction To Finite Element Method-04!02!2025

The document discusses the role of engineers in modeling physical phenomena through mathematical models, which are solved using numerical methods like numerical simulation. It introduces the Finite Element Method (FEM) as a numerical technique for approximating solutions to boundary value problems in partial differential equations by dividing complex problems into smaller elements. The accuracy of FEM can be enhanced by increasing the number of elements and nodes used in the approximation.

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16-Introduction To Finite Element Method-04!02!2025

The document discusses the role of engineers in modeling physical phenomena through mathematical models, which are solved using numerical methods like numerical simulation. It introduces the Finite Element Method (FEM) as a numerical technique for approximating solutions to boundary value problems in partial differential equations by dividing complex problems into smaller elements. The accuracy of FEM can be enhanced by increasing the number of elements and nodes used in the approximation.

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Introduction

• Engineers model physical phenomena.

• Analytical descriptions of physical phenomena and processes


are called mathematical models.
– Developed using assumptions on the process.
– Often characterized by differential and/or integral equations.

• Numerical methods are typically used to solve engineering


mathematical models – referred to as numerical simulation.

What is Finite Element Method?


• It is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions to
boundary value problems for partial differential equations.

• In simple terms, FEM is a method for dividing up a very


complication problem into small elements that can be solved in
relation to each other.

• Useful for problems with complicated geometries, loadings, and


material behaviour where analytical solutions cannot be obtained.
Finite element method (FEM) is a numerical
procedure for solving mathematical models
numerically.

• FEM uses discretization (nodes and elements)


to model the engineering system, i.e., subdivide
the problem system into small components or
pieces called elements and the elements are
comprised of nodes.

• Approximations are introduced over each


element to represent the behavior of the
unknown variables.

• Different types of elements are available.

• Accuracy of the finite element approximation is


improved by using more elements to
approximate the engineering system and/or
elements that involve more nodes to define the
unknown function(s) variation over the element.
*The notes are a summary from “Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis” by David V. Hutton

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