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Introduction
Basic Concepts
An analysis tool to predict the responses of certain
engineering systems
Originally FE was developed for structural stress
analysis
Wide spread application: Structural Analysis,
Dynamic Analysis, Heat Transfer, Magnetic Field,
etc.
Based on discretization of Continuum
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History
The Finite Element method as known today has been presented in 1956 by Turner,
Clough, martin, and Topp. This paper presents the application of simple Finite Element
(pin-jointed bar and triangular plate with inplane loads) for the analysis of aircraft
structures and is considered as one of the key contribution in the development of the
finite element method.

Zienkiewicz and Cheung, 1965, reported the Finite Element application to all field
problems that can be formulated into variational form.

Przemieniecki, 1968, wrote a book on the Finite Element method as applied to the
solution of stress analysis problems.

Gallagher et.al., 1975, reported the development of Finite Element application in Fluid
Mechanics - Methods of Weighted Residuals.
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FE modeling approach

Spanner

FE model of spanner

Quadrilateral Triangle
Elements
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Steps in FE Analysis
Discretize domain and select element types
Set up the element equations
Assemble element equations to produce the system
equation
Introduce Boundary Conditions
Solution of unknown quantities
Obtain field values
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Sequence of FE Application

User Input
PRE-PROCESSOR

SOLUTION

Output Presentation
POST-PROCESSOR
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Example - Static Analysis of Spanner

LOAD CASE = 1
Loadc ase 1
R ESU LTS FILE = 1
STRESS
C ON TOU RS OF SE

0
2.95532
5.91064
8.86596
11.8213
14.7766
17.7319
20.6873
23.6426
26.5979
29.5532
32.5085
35.4639
38.4192
41.3745
44.3298

Max 47.29 at N ode 80

Min 0.2238E-02 at N ode 227
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Example - Heat Transfer in A Fin
T

LOAD CASE = 1
Loadcase 1
RESULTS FILE = 1
POTENT IAL
CONTOURS OF PHI

0
9.112
18.224
27.336
36.448
45.56
54.672
63.784
72.896
82.008
91.12
100.232
109.344
118.456
127.568
136.68

Max 150.0 at Node 1

Min 4.208 at Node 10