Topic	Lecture material (pdf)
1) Direct stiffness approach	prepared	Class notes Example
2) Principle of Potential Energy	prepared	Class notes
3) Assumed displacement field, development of 1-D Rod (truss) element stiffness matrix	prepared	Class notes
4) Transformation of truss element stiffness matrix in arbitrary orientation	prepared
5) General formulation of a truss (or Rod) element	prepared	Class notes Example (Oct 7)
6) Derivation of Beam element	prepared	Class notes
7) Frame element	prepared	Class notes
8) Introduction to planar (2-D) problems, derivation of 3-node triangular (CST) element ( includes modeling errors and other issues with CST element, concept of mesh refinement and solution convergence )	prepared	Class notes
9) 2-D isoparametric quadrilateral element formulation, potential issues, advantages over CST element	prepared	Class notes
10) Higher-order elements	prepared	Class notes
11) Axisymmetric elements (special case of 3-D modeling)	prepared	Class notes
11) 3-D(solid) elements	prepared	Class notes
13) Introduction to vibration modeling, extracting modes and natural frequency (Modal analysis)	prepared	Class notes
14) Introduction to thermal modeling (conduction and convection analysis, and thermal stress)	prepared	Class notes
Intro lecture pdf (powerpoint slides) Mathcad file (right-click and save as .xmcd)