CM4005 Finite Element Analysis in Manufacturing Engineering Syllabus:

CM4005 Finite Element Analysis in Manufacturing Engineering Syllabus โ€“ Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

๏‚ท To equip students with fundamentals of finite element principles.
๏‚ท To impart knowledge on solving 2 dimensional finite element problems.
๏‚ท To develop finite element model for the field problems.
๏‚ท To introduce non-linear analysis and its computational methods.
๏‚ท To emphasis on the finite element approach of production processes.

UNIT I GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Historical Background โ€“ Mathematical Modeling of field problems in Engineering โ€“ Governing Equations โ€“ Discrete and continuous models โ€“ Boundary, Initial and Eigen Value problems โ€“Variational Formulation of Boundary Value Problems โ€“ Ritz Technique โ€“Natural and Essential Boundary conditions โ€“ Basic concepts of the Finite Element Method. One Dimensional Second Order Equations โ€“ Discretization โ€“ element types- Linear and Higher order Elements โ€“ Derivation of Shape functions and Stiffness matrices and force vectors โ€“ Assembly of Matrices โ€“ solution of problems from solid โ€“ Structural, stress, and strain analysis โ€“ Introduction to beam elements.

UNIT II PROBLEM IN 2D

Second Order 2D Equations involving Scalar& Vector Variables โ€“ Variational formulation โ€“Finite Element formulation โ€“ Triangular elements โ€“ Shape functions and element matrices and vectors. Application to Field Problems in Manufacturing Engineering โ€“ Quadrilateral elements. Introduction to elasticity equations โ€“ stress strain relations โ€“ plane problems of elasticity โ€“ element equations Plane stress, plane strain and axisymmetric problems โ€“ stress-strain-time or constitutive equations- Introduction to flow problems- solution of problems in fluid mechanics- numerical examples -plates and shell

UNIT III APPLICATIONS TO FIELD PROBLEMS

Higher Order Elements. Natural co-ordinate systems โ€“ Isoparametric elements โ€“ Shape functions for isoparametric elements โ€“ One, two and three dimensions โ€“ Serendipity elements โ€“ Numerical integration and application to plane stress problems transformation in ฮพ, ฮท and ฮถ โ€“ coordinates- Jacobian of transformation-order of convergence- numerical integration โ€“example problems- shape functions in natural coordinates- rectangular elements- Lagrange family- Serendipity family- rectangular prismstetrahedral elements

UNIT IV NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS

Introduction to Non-linear problems โ€“ some solution techniques- computational procedure- simple material nonlinearity- Plasticity and viscoplasticity, stress stiffening, contact interfaces- problems of gaps and contact- geometric non-linearity- modeling considerations- Impact analysis.

UNIT V ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES

Application to Bulk forming, sheet metal forming, casting, metal cutting, welding- Features of software packages

OUTCOMES:

CO1: Demonstrate finite element analysis techniques
CO2: Solve 2 dimensional finite element problems.
CO3: Analyze of field problems for shape function
CO4: Determine the computational solution techniques for non linear problems
CO5: Apply finite element analysis techniques to analyse the production processes

REFERENCES

1. Bathe, K.J., โ€œFinite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis, 1990.
2. Kobayashi, S., Soo-IK-Oh and Altan, T., โ€œMetal forming and the Finite element Methodsโ€, Oxford University Press, 1989.
3. Lewis, R.W., Morgan, K, Thomas, H.R., and Seetharaman, K.N., โ€œThe Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer Analysisโ€, John Wiley, 1994.
4. Rao, โ€œFinite Element Method in Engineeringโ€, Pergammon Press, 2005.
5. Reddy, J.N, โ€œAn Introduction to the Finite element Methodโ€, McGraw โ€“ Hill, 2005.