Introduction to finite element method and application; relations between stresses, strains, displacements, temperature and material properties; discretization and meshing; force vector, displacement vector, stiffness matrix, assembly process, solution techniques; truss elements, beam elements; triangular and quadrilateral elements; iso-parametric formulation; plane stress and plane strain applications; penalty and Lagrangian methods; software applications.
Prerequisite: ENGE 270, ENGE 362
