Spring 2009


MCE 466 - Introduction to Finite Element Methods
(http://www.mce.uri.edu/taggart/courses/mce466/)

Instructor: David G. Taggart, 212 Wales Hall, 874-5934, taggart@uri.edu
Time/Location: TR 9:30-10:45, 215 Swan (Independence) Hall
Office Hours: WF 10:30-12
Text: A First Course in the Finite Element Method, fourth edition, by Daryl L. Logan, Brooks/Cole, 2007
Grading: Semester Exams (25% each), Quizzes (15% - lowest grade will be dropped), Assignments (15%), Project (20%)
Course Links:


Homework
Using Abaqus in ECC
Abaqus Tutorials
Project Topics (presentations)
FEA Links: ABAQUS / SIMULIA , (ABAQUS Student Edition), ALGOR, ANSYS, ADINA, COSMOS / SOLIDWORKS, MSC NASTRAN
Announcements:



 Engineering Futures Workshop
Career Services Job Fair
Risica Lecture (4/8/09)
Online Student Evaluation of Teaching (please complete by 5/1/09)

 

Week
Dates
Topics
Sections in Text
1
Introduction
Chap. 1, App. A, B
2
The stiffness method, spring elements
2.1-2.6
3
Truss elements
3.1-3.9
4
Introduction to Abaqus, Truss elements (cont.)
3.10-3.12
5
Beam elements
4.1-4.5, 4.7
6
Beam elements (cont.), Frame and Grid Elements
5.1-5.5
8
3/3,3/5
Review, Exam 1 (3/5)
 
7
Plane Stress / Strain Introduction, CST elements,
Project Introduction
6.1-6.5
 
3/17,3/19
Spring Break - No classes
  
9
Practical Considerations
7.1-7.4
10
LST and Axisymmetric Elements
Chaps. 8 & 9
11
Isoparametric Formulation, Numerical Integration
10.1-10.6
12
3-D Analysis (4/14 - 10 AM, 225 Wales), Overview of Additional Topics (4/16)
11.1-11.3
13
4/21, 4/23
Exam 2 (4/21), Project Presentations (4/23)
 
14
4/28
Project Presentations
 
15
Tuesday, May 5
Quiz - 215 Swan (Independence) Hall, 10 AM
 

Course policies:

  • MCE 301 and 372 are required prerequisites for this course. Students who have not taken these courses should contact me immediately.
  • You are expected to attend all classes, read the listed text sections and complete the assigned homework problems.
  • Any student with a documented disability is welcomed to request accommodations. If you have any such requests, please see me as soon as possible. For more information, please contact the Disability Services for Student Office at 874-2098 or visit their website at www.uri.edu/disability_services
  • Academic Integrity: According to URI's policy on academic integrity, "cheating is the claiming of credit for work not done independently." While students are encouraged to help each other in completing homework assignments, each student is expected to submit work that they have developed on their own. Submission of duplicate copies of computer generated output is not acceptable.