ME 185, Fall 2008

ME 280A
Introduction to the Finite Element Method

Class Meetings
Lecture 001: TuTh 9:30-11am, 3113 Etcheverry Hall
Discussion 101: We 5-6p, 3107 Etcheverry Hall

Instructor
Professor Panos Papadopoulos
Room 6131 Etcheverry Hall
E-mail: panos@me.berkeley.edu
Telephone: 510-642-3358
Office hours: Mo 2-3:30p and Tu 12-1p

GSI
Arkaprabha Sengupta
Room 136 Hesse Hall
E-mail: arkaprabha@berkeley.edu
Telephone: 510-643-7579
Office hours: Tu 4-6 and We 1-2

Course Handouts
Conduct of Course
Course Outline
Bibliography

Course Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 (as of 11/19/2009)

Links to Papers
C.A. Felippa. An appreciation of R. Courant's `Variational Methods for the Solution of Problems of Equilibrium and Vibrations,'1943. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 37, pp. 2159-2187, (1994).
R.W. Clough. The Finite Element Method after Twenty-five Years: A Personal View. Computers & Structures, 12, pp. 361-370, (1980).
J.T. Oden. Historical Comments on Finite Elements. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on History of Scientific and Numeric Computation, pp. 125-130, Princeton, NJ, (1987).
K.W. Morton Finite Difference and Finite Element Methods. Computer Physics Communication, 12, pp. 99-108, (1976).
B.A. Finlayson and L.E. Scriven The Method of Weighted Residuals - A Review. Applied Mechanics Reviews, 19, pp. 735-748, (1966).
M. Hoit and E.L. Wilson An Equation Numbering Algorithm based on a Minimum Front Criteria. Computers & Structures, 16, pp. 225-239, (1983).

Homework Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6
Assignment 7
Assignment 8
Assignment 9
Assignment 10
Assignment 11

Announcements

Arkaprabha will hold his regular office hours on Tuesday, November 24 in 2109 Etcheverry Hall. During the office hours, there will be a FEAP demonstration between 5 and 6pm.
There will a FEAP demonstration session on Monday, November 16 5-6p in 2105 Etcheverry Hall.
Arkaprabha will hold his regular office hours on Tuesday, November 17 in 2109 Etcheverry Hall.
There will a FEAP demonstration session on Monday, November 2 5-6p in 2105 Etcheverry Hall.
Arkaprabha will hold his regular office hours on Tuesday, November 3 in 2109 Etcheverry Hall.
The midterm examination will take place on Wednesday, October 14, 5:10-6:30pm in 3107 Etcheverry Hall.
There will two FEAP demonstration sessions on Monday, October 5 (5-6:30p, 2105 Etcheverry Hall) and in lieu of Arkaprabha's office hours on Tuesday, October 6 (4-6p, 2109 Etcheverry Hall). Please plan to attend one of these sessions.
Arkaprabha will hold his regularly scheduled office hours on Wednesday, October 7th in 2109 Etcheverry Hall.
There will be no discussion session on Wednesday, October 7th.

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