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me309 - finite element analysis in mechanical design
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ellen kuhl - ekuhl.at.stanford.edu winter 2008 |
goals
grading
- 50 % homework - 4 homework assignments, 12.5% each
- 30 % midterm - open book, open notes
- 20 % project - super-homework project
syllabus
copyright ron kwon, ellen kuhl, chris jacobs, stanford, fall 2007
| day | date | topic | notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tue | jan | 08 | 1d truss elements | s01 | jacobs |
| thu | jan | 10 | 1d truss elements II - cytoskeletal biology | s02 | kwon |
| tue | jan | 15 | intro to ansys - terman 104 | s03 | kuhl |
| thu | jan | 17 | modeling - top down & bottom up | s04 | kuhl |
| tue | jan | 22 | 1d beam elements | h01 | solution |
| thu | jan | 24 | 2d triangles II - statistical mechanics | s05 | kwon |
| tue | jan | 29 | ansys - modeling | s06 | kwon |
| thu | jan | 31 | biopolymers IV - freely jointed chain & wormlike chain | s07 | kwon |
| tue | feb | 05 | 2d quads | h02 | solution |
| thu | feb | 07 | isoparametric concept | s08 | kwon |
| tue | feb | 12 | stress calculation - error analysis | s09 | kwon |
| thu | feb | 14 | modal analysis - buckling | s10 | kwon |
| tue | feb | 19 | thermal analysis | kuhl | |
| thu | feb | 21 | third homework - cytoskeleton | h03 | |
| tue | feb | 26 | thermal analysis | s12 | kuhl |
| thu | feb | 28 | midterm | s13 | kuhl |
| tue | mar | 04 | mechanotransduction I | s14 | jacobs |
| thu | mar | 06 | mechanotransduction II | s15 | jacobs |
| tue | mar | 11 | midterm | m01 | |
| thu | mar | 13 | mechanotransduction III | s16 | jacobs |
| fri | mar | 06 | final projects due II |
additional reading
(1) cook r: finite element modeling for stress analysis, cambridge university press, cambridge, 2002
(2) buchanan g: schaum's outlines, sinauer associates, sunderland, 2001
(3) logan d.: a first course in the finite element method, garland science, taylor & francis, new york, 2002