Introduction to FEM- Historical Back ground – Weighted Residual, Ritz and Galerkin method – Variational formulation- General procedure of FEM Experiments: 1. Study of different commercial FEA tools used for design and analysis

One dimensional elasticity – Two-dimensional elasticity- Axisymmetric elasticity- Formulation of element characteristic matrices and vectors for elasticity problems. Experiments: 1. Stress analysis of Crankshaft 2. Stress analysis of leaf spring 3. Stress analysis of composite bumper 4. Design and analysis of chassis frames

One dimensional, Two dimensional heat transfer – Axisymmetric heat transfer – Torsion problems - Formulation of element characteristic matrices and vectors for Field Problems Thermal problems Experiments: 1. Thermal analysis of cylinder liners 2. Thermal analysis of piston crown

Natural coordinate system and Numerical Integration – Higher-order, one-dimensional, twodimensional elements – Structural beam, plate and shell elements – Isoparametric elements – Isoparametric formulation.

An overview of FE analysis program – pre-processing – solution – post processing. Experiments: 1. Design and analysis of torsion bar 2. Cam Profile analysis