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INTRODUCTION
Engineering Analysis
Objectives of engineering analysis
During the design and development of a product (as an
assemblage of parts), the analyst is quite often required to:
(i) calculate the displacements at certain points;
(ii) calculate the entire distribution or displacement field;
(iii)determine the stress distribution and hence predict strength;
(iv)determine the natural frequencies and associated modes of
vibration;
(v) determine the critical buckling loads and the associated mode
shapes;
INTRODUCTION TO FEM
Definitions of Mechanics in dictionaries usually state two
flavors:
The branch of Physics that studies the effect of forces
and energy on physical bodies.
The practical application of that science to the design,
construction or operation of material systems or
devices, such as machines, vehicles or structures.
These flavors are science and engineering oriented,
respectively. But dictionaries are notoriously archaic. For
our objectives it will be convenient to distinguish four
flavors:
Theoretical
Applied
Mechanics
Experimental
Computational
Nanomechanic
s
Computational
Mechanics
Micromechanic
s
Solids and
Structures
Continuum
mechanics
Fluids
Systems
Multipysic
s
Continuum
Mechanics
Statics
Time
Invariant
Quasi-static
Dynamics
Linear
Statics
Non-linear
CSM spatial
Finite
Element
Method
(FEM)
Bounda
ry
Elemen
t
Method
(BEM)
discretizatio
n
Finite
Differen
ce
Method
(FDM)
Finite
Volume
Method
(FVM)
Spectr
al
Metho
d
MeshFree
Method
FEM Variants
Displace
ment
FEM
Formulati
on
Equilibriu
m
Mixed
Hybrid