The following material accompanies the MENG 421 lecture for February 18, 2004.
Lectures
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Exam 1 Solution: Problem 1, Problem 2, Graph
- FEA Web Sites
- FEA Services web site | Introduction
- Lab 4, Friday, Ansys Axisymmetric Cylinder
- Axisymmetric cylinder | Pipes and cones
- Plane42 in axisymmetric mode
- Nodes and elements , the Ansys N, E, FILL commands
- NGEN and EGEN, regularly spaced nodes and elements
- Axial node numbering | Ansys code
- Radial node numbering | Ansys code
- Isometric view
- Incorrect loading, concentrated force at node
- Correct loading, pressure over surface
- cylind1a.a, First Ansys lab problem
- cylind1.a, Second Ansys lab problem
- Animation
Assignment: Axially loaded truncated cone
- Truncated cone | Two elements | Four elements
- Use diameter shape funcion in Matlab code
- Assignment, due Wednesday, February 24. Exact solution is U = 5.269e-3.
- Solution: Cover sheet, Four elements (after due date)
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