Unit I: FORMULATION OF FEM
Theme 1: The Finite Element Method in Engineering
Theme 2: Finite elements of an elastic continuum. Displacement method
Unit II: APPLICATION OF FEM TO ELASTICITY PROBLEMS
Theme 3: Plane stress and plane strain
Theme 4: Axisymmetric stress analysis
Theme 5: Three-dimensional stress analysis
Unit III: SHAPE FUNCTIONS
Theme 6: Shape functions. General families of C0 continuity
Unit IV: MAPPED ELEMENTS AND NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
Theme 7: Mapped elements and numerical integration
Unit V: PREPROCESS, ANALYSIS AND POSTPROCESS
Theme 8: Preprocess, analysis and postprocess
Unit VI: PLATES AND SHELLS
Theme 9: Analysis of plates and shells
