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Syllabus Lecture 1 Fundamentals
| Chapter 2 (Direct Stiffness Method) Chapter 2 (Potential Energy Method) Jan 11 chapter 2 example |
Sample problem (2-13) |
| Chapter 3 (Assumed Displacement, truss element stiffness) | Truss in Arbitrary orientation |
| Truss example Mathcad file (truss example) Truss 3-D and Symmetry | example problem 3-27|
| Chapter 4 (Beam Elements) FE Homework format | |
| Chap.5 (Frame Element , 3-D beam, beam with hinge) | |
| Chap. 6 (CST element) Refinement and convergence | |
| Chap. 10 (Quad-4 element) Chap 10 (Q-6 incompatible elements) | Higher-order elements |
| Chap. 9 (Axisymmetric elements) | |
| Chap. 11 (Three-Dimensional Elements) | |
| Chap. 13 Heat Transfer | |
| Chap. 16 (Structural Dynamics) Example and comparison Modeling notes | |
| Summary lecture |