Finite Element Method

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Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping

Finite Element Method

Instructor(s)

Prof. Olivier de Weck

deweck@mit.edu

Dr. Il Yong Kim

kiy@mit.edu

January 12, 2004

Plan for Today

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FEM Lecture (ca. 50 min)

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Cosmos Introduction (ca. 30 min)

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FEM fundamental concepts, analysis procedure

Errors, Mistakes, and Accuracy

Follow along step-by-step

Conduct FEA of your part (ca. 90 min)

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Work in teams of two

First conduct an analysis of your CAD design

You are free to make modifications to your original model

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Course Concept

today

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Course Flow Diagram

Learning/Review

Problem statement

Deliverables

Design Intro

Hand sketching

Design Sketch v1

CAD/CAM/CAE Intro

CAD design

Drawing v1

FEM/Solid Mechanics

Overview

FEM analysis

Manufacturing

Training

Structural Test

¡°Training¡±

Design Optimization

Produce Part 1

Part v1

Test

Experiment data v1

Optimization

Design/Analysis

output v2

Produce Part 2

Part v2

Test

Experiment data v2

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due today

Analysis output v1

Wednesday

Final Review

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Numerical Method

Finite Element Method

Boundary Element Method

Finite Difference Method

Finite Volume Method

Meshless Method

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