The lecture notes on this page were originally prepared for the 2008 course. They were written by the teaching assistant, Do-Nyun Kim, and typed by Dayán Páez. For convenience, the entire set of lectures is also available as a single download: (PDF - 2.0MB)
| LEC # | TOPICS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large displacement analysis of solids/structures | (PDF) |
| 2 | Finite element formulation of solids and structures | (PDF) |
| 3 | Finite element formulation of solids and structures (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 4 | Finite element formulation of solids and structures (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 5 | Finite element displacement formulation (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 6 | Finite element formulation, example, convergence | (PDF) |
| 7 | Isoparametric elements | (PDF) |
| 8 | Convergence of displacement-based FEM | (PDF) |
| 9 | u/p formulation | (PDF) |
| 10 | Finite element large deformation / general nonlinear analysis | (PDF) |
| 11 | Deformation, strain, and stress tensors | (PDF) |
| 12 | Total Lagrangian formulation | (PDF) |
| 13 | Total Lagrangian formulation (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 14 | Total Lagrangian formulation (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 15 | Field problems | (PDF) |
| 16 | Finite element analysis of Navier-Stokes fluids | (PDF) |
| 17 | Incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 18 | Solution of finite element equations | (PDF) |
| 19 | Slender structures | (PDF) |
| 20 | Beams, plates, and shells | (PDF) |
| 21 | Plates and shells | (PDF) |