Finite Element Analysis of Structural Problems in Engineering

(Linear-Static Stress Analysis) using ANSYS/NASTRAN

Syllabus

 

Chapter

 

Topic

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

I
 
Introduction

 

 

1-1 to 1-

II
 

Analysis of Truss Problems

 

Trusses under general loading conditions

 

2-1 to 2-

III

 

Analysis of Beam Problems

 

(a) Beam under end load

(b) Beam under end moment

(c) Beam under distributed pressure  

(d) Beam under thermal loading

(e) Beam under off-centered load

 

3-1 to 3-

IV

 

Analysis of Frame Problems

 

Frames under general loading and boundary

conditions

 

4-1 to 4-

V

 

Two-Dimensional Problems

 

(a) Plane Stress Problems

(b) Plane Strain Problems

(c) Plane of Symmetry

(d) Plate under In-plane Loading

(e) Thick Cylinder under Internal Pressure

 

5-1 to 5-

VI

 

Axisymmetric Problems

 

(a) Circular Plate under Transverse Load

(b) Rotating Disk Problem

(c) Solid Disc Under Thermal Load

(d) Plate under Body Force

(e) Hemispherical Shell Under Edge Movement

 

6-1 to 6-

VII

 

Shell Structures

 

Shell structures under general loading and

boundary conditions

 

7-1 to 7-

 

 

 

 

 

VIII

 

Analysis of Three-dimensional Problems

 

(a) Plate with Concentrated Load

(b) Annulus Under Diametrical Compression

(c) Thick Cylindrical Under Internal Pressure

 

8-1 to 8-

 

 

 

 

 

IX

 

Structures made of Composite Materials

 

(a) Orthotropic Plate under Pressure Loading

 

9-1 to 9-

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Problems Involving Gap-Elements

 

10-1 to 10-

 

 

 

 

 

XI

 

Buckling Analysis (Instability Analysis)

 

11-1 to 11-

 

 

 

 

 

XII

 

Use of Macros in ANSYS/NISA Analysis

 

12-1 to 12-

 

Reference Books:

 

 

 

1.     Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering

T.R. Chandrupatla & A.D. Belegundu

Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1991.

 

2.     The Finite Element Method

O.C. Zienkiewicz

Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1979.

 

3.     Finite Element Hand Book

H. Kardestuncer & D.H. Norrie (Editors)

         McGraw-Hill International Edition, 1987.

 

 

                                                                                                            

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