Study Materials

Demonstrations

DEMOS SUMMARIES SIMULATIONS
1 Loading a rubber-like material (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Coarse mesh (AVI - 4.6 MB)

Fine mesh (AVI - 4.7 MB)
2 Solution to example 4.6 - see textbook, p. 170 and 179  
3 Convergence: plate with a hole (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)  
4 Various problems (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Snap-action toggle (AVI - 3.4 MB)

Pre-strained truss (AVI - 1.4 MB)

Rubber plate with a hole (AVI - 1.6 MB)

Steel plate with a hole (AVI - 8 MB)

Video Lectures

Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures presents two video courses by Prof. Bathe, recommended for further study on the topics of linear and nonlinear finite element analysis.