| Date | Lecture | Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| October 27 | Introduction to FEM, Overview of Direct Stiffness Method - 1D Elasticity | Introduction to Programming - Matlab, Octave, Excel; Localization |
| October 4 | Strong and Weak Forms, Weighted Residual Method, Lagrange Principle | 1D Elastic Element: Localization, Benchmarks |
| October 11 | Aproximation Functions and Numerical Integration - Gauss Quadrature, Finite Elements | 2D Trusses |
| October 18 | Finite Element Formulation for One-Dimensional Problems - Linear Elasticity | Linear and Quadratic Bar Elements, Gauss Quadrature, Natural Coordinates |
| October 25 | Dean's Day | Dean's Day |
| November 1 | Finite Element Formulation for One-Dimensional Heat Conduction Problems | 1D Heat Conduction |
| November 8 | Finite Element Formulation for One-Dimensional Nonstationary Heat Conduction Problems | 1D Nonstationary Heat Transfer |
| November 15 | Two-Dimensional Heat Conduction Problems | 2D Heat Conduction |
| November 22 | Finite Element Formulation for Two-Dimensional Problems - Linear Elasticity | 2D Problems - Plane Stress and Plane Strain Problems |
| November 29 | Mid-term test | 2D Problems - Plane Stress and Plane Strain Problems |
| December 6 | Finite Element Formulation for Beams | Beams |
| December 13 | Numerical Aspects of FEM I | Beams |
| December 20 | Numerical Aspects of FEM II | A posteriori Error Estimation |
