DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASANCOLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

ECR, MAMALLAPURAM, CHENNAI-603 104

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

CIA TEST – I

Subject Code / Name : CAE333 /Finite element Analysis

Class : III Max Marks : 50 Marks

Semester : V Duration : 90 minutes

Date :
PART –A (5 X 2= 10 Marks)
Answer ALL questions.
1 Write the conditions for point collocation method and galerkin method 2 CO1 BL1
2 State the methods of engineering analysis? 2 CO1 BL1

3 Write the potential energy for beam of span L simply supported at ends, 2 CO1 BL1
subjected to a concentrated load P at mid span. Assume EI constant

4 What is global co-ordinate 2 CO1 BL-

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5 What is discretization? 2 CO2 BL-1
PART-B (2X13=26 Marks)

Answer ALL questions.

6. (a) (a) A Cantilever beam is subjected to Uniformly distributed load 13 CO1 BL-
3

The Governing Differential Equation

and the boundary conditions are

Determine the maximum displacement of the cantilever beam

 Using any weight residue technique
(OR)
Consider a 1mm diameter, 50 mm long aluminium fin (as shown in fig) is 13 CO1 BL-
(b) used to enhance the heat transfer from a source wall maintained at 300 ℃ 3
the governing differential equation and the boundary condition given by

7. 13 CO1 BL-
(a) The differential equation of a physical phenomenon is given by, 3

Calculate the value of the parameter a1 by the following methods: (i)

Point collocation; (ii) Subdomain collocation; (iii) Least squares; (iv)
Galerkin
(OR)

Explain Rayleigh Ritz and Galerkin formulation with example 13 CO1 BL-
(b)
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PART-C (1X14=14 Marks)
Using Rayleigh-Ritz method, determine the expressions for displacement and stress
8.(a) in a fixed bar subject to axial force P as shows in Fig. Take 3 terms in 14 CO1 BL-3
displacement function
 (Or)

(b) A Beam AB span l is simply supported at the ends carrying a 14 CO1 BL-3
concentrated load ‘W’ at the centre ‘C’ as shown in figure . Determine
the maximum deflection by using Rayleigh-Ritz method and also
compare with exact solution