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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: ENGM053 Module Title: STRUCTURAL MECHANICS & FINITE ELEMENTS
Module Provider: Civil, Chemical & Enviromental Eng Short Name: SE1M94
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: MULLORD P Dr (C, C & E Eng)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability

Semester 1
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hour examination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coursework – Two assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qualifying Condition(s) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An overall mark of 50% is required to pass the module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Knowledge of structural mechanics to Level HE3
Module Aims

To understand the physics and mathematics of beams, shells and solids.  To understand the theory behind the finite element method and to gain some experience using a commercial finite element program.
Learning Outcomes
 

On the successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • solve simple problems in structural mechanics
  • be able to model more complex problems with finite elements.
Module Content

Introduction to tensors, invariants, principal values, yield criteria

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bending and twisting of symmetric, unsymmetric, solid, open and closed thin wall beams

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate theory

 

 

 

 

 

 

curvature and twist, bending and twisting moments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elasticity

 

 

 

 

 

 

compatibility, equilibrium, stiffness, Airy stress function

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finite Elements

 

 

 

 

 

 

stiffness method, shape functions, numerical integration, variational calculus, matrix notation

 

 

 

 

 

 

beam, shell and solid elements

 

 

 

 

 

 

iso-parametric elements, variational crimes, element tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

modelling, non-linear analysis
Use of the program Lusas
Methods of Teaching/Learning
 

20 hrs lectures/independent study, 8 hrs tutorial/question classes/self assessment questions, 2 hrs practical work, 38 hrs assignment work, 2 hrs examination and 80 hrs independent learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total student learning time 150 hours.
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended background reading

Ugural AC and Fenster SK, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Prentice Hall, 1994.  (ISBN 01313 7589X)

 

 

 

 

 

Astley RJ,  Finite Elements in Solids and Structures - An Introduction,  Kluwer Academic,1992.  (ISBN 04124 41608)

 

 

 

 

 

Hughes TJR, The Finite Element Method, Dover Publications, 2000.  (ISBN 04864 11818)

Required reading

None

Last Updated

6 August 2010