Sun, 07 Dec 2003, 16:07:34 EST
EML 4500 Finite element analysis and design, Fall 2003,
Dr. L. Vu-Quoc
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Instructor :
Dr. L. Vu-Quoc,
135 NEB, Tel: 392-6227
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Classroom:
270 Weil
(the meeting location may change on or after Mon, 25 Aug 03,
first day of class)
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Class time: MWF, period 8 (3:00pm - 3:50pm)
Office hours:
MWF, period 6 (12:50pm - 1:40pm)
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Accommodations for Disabilities:
Students with disabilities who are requesting classroom accommodation
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Syllabus
Policy
Matlab matters
Homework report guidelines
Exam schedule:
There are no scheduled make-up exams.
All exams are closed books, closed notes, with a 3"x5" formula sheet
allowed. It is assumed that your calculators can solve systems of
linear simultaneous equations.
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Exam 1: Fri, 26 Sep 2003
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Exam 2: Fri, 31 Oct 2003
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Exam 3: Wed, 10 Dec 2003
Tips for exam takers
Exam statistics
Week 16:
Reading:
Sun, 07 Dec 2003
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D Euler-Bernoulli beam element, with shear
correction and temperature effects.
Particular cases: 2-D beam element, with or without shear
deformation; transformation of coordinates.
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Przemieniecki, pp.155-161, examples of analysis of truss and beam
systems.
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K&B, Chapter 8, in particular, Eq.(8.1.11), Example 8.1.1,
Eqs.(8.1.16-17), Eqs.(8.2.9-11), Table 8.4.1 (p.256), Section 8.8.
Wed, 10 Dec 03:
Exam 3,
HW12 due.
Week 15:
Reading:
Sun, 07 Dec 2003
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D Euler-Bernoulli beam element, with shear
correction and temperature effects.
Particular cases: 2-D beam element, with or without shear
deformation.
-
Przemieniecki, pp.155-161, examples of analysis of truss and beam
systems.
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K&B, Chapter 8, in particular, Eq.(8.1.11), Example 8.1.1,
Eqs.(8.1.16-17), Eqs.(8.2.9-11), Table 8.4.1 (p.256), Section 8.8.
Week 14:
Reading:
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D Euler-Bernoulli beam element, with shear
correction and temperature effects.
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Przemieniecki, pp.155-161, examples of analysis of truss and beam
systems.
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K&B, Chapter 8, in particular, Eq.(8.1.11), Example 8.1.1,
Eqs.(8.1.16-17), Eqs.(8.2.9-11), Table 8.4.1 (p.256), Section 8.8.
Week 13:
Reading:
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D beam element.
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Przemieniecki, pp.155-161, examples of analysis of truss and beam
systems.
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K&B, Chapter 8, in particular, Eq.(8.1.11), Example 8.1.1,
Eqs.(8.1.16-17), Eqs.(8.2.9-11), Table 8.4.1 (p.256), Section 8.8.
Mon, 17 Nov 03:
HW10 due.
Did you know:
Funding Roller Coaster for Public Higher Education,
Science, 14 Nov 03.
Week 12:
Reading:
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D beam element.
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Przemieniecki, pp.155-161, examples of analysis of truss and beam
systems.
HW12:
Please download
Sun, 07 Dec 2003
Did you know:
Physics Forged in the Tripos,
Science, 24 Oct 03: Importance of derivation.
Week 11:
Reading:
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Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates, 3-D truss.
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Przemieniecki, pp.70-82, 3-D beam element.
Did you know:
Restless nights, listless days, Nature, 30 Oct 2003, pp.896-898:
More and more people's working and social lives are blighted by skewed
sleep patterns. Is it time for the medical mainstream to take notice of
what neuroscientists are learning about the body clock?
Week 10:
Reading:
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Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates, 3-D truss.
HW10:
Please download
Fri, 31 Oct 03:
Exam 2; HW8 due.
Week 9:
Reading:
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K&B, Chap 7, truss structures.
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Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates, 3-D truss.
Week 8:
Reading:
K&B, Chap 7, truss structures.
Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates.
Fri, 17 Oct 03:
HW6 due.
HW8:
Please download
Week 7:
Reading:
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K&B, Chap 7, truss structures.
Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates.
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History on Robert Hooke:
Championing a 17th century underdog,
Science, Vol.301, p.152, 11 Jul 2003.
Hooked on Hooke; Hooke and Generation of Mold
Science, Vol.301, p.1845, 26 Sep 2003.
See also the appendix on Newton
in
A brief history of time, by Stephen Hawking.
Fri, 10 Oct 03:
HW4 due.
Week 6:
Reading:
K&B, Chap 7, truss structures.
Przemieniecki, pp.67-69, transformation of coordinates.
HW6:
codes
Please download
Week 5:
Reading:
K&B, Chap 4, 1-D systems.
Review circuit theory.
Fri, 26 Sep 03:
Exam 1; HW2 due.
Week 4:
Reading:
Review undergraduate dynamics, in particular elementary spring-mass
systems and vibrations.
HW4:
Please download
Week 3:
Reading:
Appendix on Matrix Algebra in
Przemieniecki,
Theory
of Matrix Structural Analysis, Dover, 1985;
in particular, Section A.3 on matrix partitioning.
Mon, 8 Sep 03:
HW1 due.
Week 2:
Reading:
Chap 4 in
Y.W. Kwon and H. Bang,
Finite Element Method using MATLAB, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2000.
HW2:
Please download
Week 1:
HW1:
Do all examples in Sigmon's Matlab Primer, 3rd edition, and in
Chap 1 in
Y.W. Kwon and H. Bang,
Finite Element Method using MATLAB, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2000.
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