INTRODUCTION TO 1-D & 2-D

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

B. N. Rao
Structural Engineering Division
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
bnrao@iitm.ac.in

19 December 2006

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Weighted Residual Methods

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Least Squares Weighted Residuals

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4th Order Polynomial
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BVP with EBC and NBC

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Collocation Method
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Galerkin Method (Basic Formulation)
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Modified Galerkin Method
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Boundary Conditions
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Example

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Advantages of FEM

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Element Equations Without BCs

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Element Equations With BCs

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Three Element Solution

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Three Element Solution

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Axial Deformation of Bar

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Analysis of 2-D Trusses

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Analysis of 3-D Trusses
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