EBM 507: Finite Element Analysis for Stress and Strain

Lecture on the finite element method: what the method gives, the accurate stress analysis of complex structures from basic principles, its versatility across structural, thermal and fluid problems, the discretisation of a body into elements and nodes, the shape functions and the stiffness matrix of an element, the assembly and solution of the system, the interpretation of the stress and strain results, and the use of the method on bone and implant structures.