CE 681 Introduction to Finite Element Methods

A concise introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate engineering students. Includes numerical discretization, finite-differences, variational principle, weighted residual method, Galerkin approximations, continuous and piecewise- defined basis functions, finite-element methods, computer coding of one-dimensional problems, triangular elements - coding of two-dimensional problems, time-dependent problems.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CE 519

Distribution

Civil Engineering Program

Typically Offered Periods

Spring Semester