Finite Element Method (FEM) course of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a foundation course aimed at Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professionals.

Finite Element Method (2+C)

This is a foundation course in Finite Element Method (FEM) aimed at Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professionals.

In particular, it would be beneficial to engineers who do not have any formal training in FEM, even though, they may have skill to use a FEM package.

The course is designed to provide a basic introduction to FEM with emphasis on stress and structural analysis.

Minimum Background:

B. E./B.Tech (Civil/Mechanical/ Aerospace) OR equivalent

Course Fee: Rs. 6,000/-

Schedule: Theory: Saturdays 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon

Lab: Saturdays 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.

Syllabus-

Concept of Stiffness and Flexibility in structural analysis.

Basic foundations of elasticity and energy principles, Introduction to displacement based FEM with reference to continuum and skeletal structures.

Element formulation and Applications to Plane stress, Plane strain, Axisymmetric, plate bending and 3-D problems.

Isoparametric concept, Equation solvers, Post-processing, Adaptivity, Programming and Computational aspects, practical applications.

Hands-on practice using available FEM package.

Reference Books-

1. Cook, R. D., et.al, Concept and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 2002 (IV Edn).

2. Chandrupatala, T. R., and Belegundu A. D., Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering, Prentice Hall Indian Edition - III Ed, Aug 2003.

3. Zienkiewicz, O. C., and Taylor, R. L., The Finite Element Method, V Edn., (3 Vols), Butterworth Heinemann, New Delhi, 2002.

Faculty : Prof. P. C. PANDEY,

Contact-

Indian Institute of Science
C V Raman Ave
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012