“GH.ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY of IAŞIAproved

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDEAN

Department of Strength of MaterialsProf.dr.eng. Spiridon Creţu

Academic year 2006-2007

SYLABUS

for the discipline:

Finite Element Analysis, FEA

Specialties: Thermal machines and equipments, Automotive vehicles, Machines and equipments for agriculture and food industry, Mechatronics, third year, second semester

Type of matter: compulsory matter

Courses holder: Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Mihail Aignătoaie

Applicative activities holder:Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Mihail Aignătoaie

Assoc.Prof.Ph.D. Eng. Viorel Goanţă

Structure in curriculum:

Semester / Number of hours per week / Evaluation / Number of credits, K / Total number of hours / Total number of hours at matter
Course / Seminar / Laboratory
activities / Project activities / C / S / L / P
6 / 2 / - / 2 / - / Exam / 4 / 28 / - / 28 / - / 56

CONTENT

A. THE STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE
1. Introduction……………………….………………….…..………..…….....…...... 2 hours

The hystory of FEA. Technical aplications of the finite element method. The importance and the place of FEA in the cycle of design and modernization of a product.

2. Elasticity. Plasticity. Nonlinearity.…...... …...……...... 10 hours

3. The basis of FEA…...... ….…...... ……...………...…...14 hours

Terminology. Mesh. Finite elements types. Functions of interpolation. Stresses. Deformations. The stiffness matrix. The finite element equation: assembling and solving process. Requirements for the interpolation functions. Substructuring.

4. The evaluation of the strains and stresses...... …..……2 hours

B. THE STRUCTURE OF PRACTICAL APLICATIONS

1. Safety measures. FEA software packages. The technical documentation of a professional FEA package...... 2 hours

2. The steps in solving a problem with FEA...... …...... 1 hour

Preprocessing. Processing. Postprocessing.

3. Exemples of problems theoretically solved by use of FEA ...... 3 hours

4. Practical use of a professional CAD-embedded package ...... ……...4 hours

5. Practical use of professional package Algor…...... 12 hours

6. Verification test ...... ……...... ……...….……...…...... ….……...2 hours

7. Practical use of package Abaqus …...... …………..4 hours

EVALUATION OF STUDENTS.

60% - exam;

20% - the activity at the laboratory hours;

20% - verification test during the semester.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Aignătoaie M.- Analiza cu elemente finite- Editura "Gh.Asachi" Iaşi-2000, ISBN: 973-8050-31-6.

2. Hârdãu M.- Metoda elementelor finite , Curs - Transilvania Press, Cluj, 1995.

3. Pascariu I.- Elemente finite,Concepte-Aplicaţii, Editura Militarã, Bucureşti, 1985.

4. Bathe K.J.– Numerical procedures in finite element analysis, Prentice-Hall, 1996.

5. Chandrupatla T.R., Belegundu A.D. - Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering, Prentice Hall International, Inc., New Jersey, 1991

6. MacNeal R.H.- Finite Elements: Their Design and Performance, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1994.

7. Rao S.S. - The Finite Element Method in Engineering, Second Edition, Pergamon Press, New York. 1989.

8. Steele J.M.- Applied Finite Element Modeling, Practical Problem Solving for Engineers, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, Basel - 1989.

9. Young C. W. – Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1989

10. Zahavi E.- The Finite Element Method in Machine Design, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1990.

FEA Documentation provided by :

a)FEA Ltd. (UK) for LUSAS package, v. 10.1 and 11.0:

-Mystro - User manual; -LUSAS - Theory manual;

-LUSAS - User manual;-LUSAS - Examples manual

b)Algor Inc. (USA)., for ALGOR package:

-Advanced Programmer's Manual;-Verification Examples Manual;

-Concurent Engineering Handbook;-ViziCad Plus Manual.

DISCIPLINE TITULAR,

Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Mihail Aignătoaie

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT,

Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Nicuşor AMARIEI

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