A Six-Day Short Course on

Finite Element Method (FEM 2016)

(with applications to heat transfer,

fluid mechanics, and solid mechanics)

Course Faculty

Dr. J. N. Reddy Department of Mechanical Engineeering

Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3123 USA

Email: jnreddy@tamu.edu

December 6-12, 2016

Convener

Dr. S. Prabhu Professor and Head

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Coordinators

Mr. P.V. Jeyakarthekeyan Mr. R. Yogeshwaran

Department of Mechanical EngineeringSRM University

Chennai, India

Professional Highlights of Prof. J. N. Reddy

Dr. Reddy is a Distinguished Professor and inaugural holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Dr. Reddy is the author of over 550 journal papers and

20 text books on theoretical formulations and finite-element analysis of problems in solid and structural mechanics (plates and shells), composite materials, computational fluid dynamics, numerical heat transfer, and applied mathematics. Professor Reddy is internationally-known for his research on mechanics of composite materials and for computational methods. The shear deformation plate and shell theories that he developed and bear his name in the literature are well known, and finite element models he developed have been implemented into commercial software like ABAQUS, NISA, and HyperXtrude. Such an eminent record of research has earned Dr. Reddy numerous national and international awards, including •1992 Worcester Reed Warner Medal and 1995 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); 1997 Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award from the Mechanics Division of the American Society of Engineering Education;1998 Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); 2000 Excellence in the Field of Composites and 2004 Distinguished Research Award from the American Society for Composites (ASC); 2003 Computational Solid Mechanics award from the USACM; 2014 The IACM O.C. Zienkiewicz Award from the IACM; 2014 Raymond D. Mindlin Medal from the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE; 2015 elected as a member of the US National Academy of Engineering; 2015: Elected as Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering; 2015: Inducted into the Hall of Fame of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology of Oklahoma State University; 2016: Simpson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Northwestern University; 2016 William Prager Medal of the Society of Engineering Science; and 2016 ASME Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (the highest honor ASME can bestow on an engineer). Professor Reddy has had profound influence on the careers of many students and young researchers who came in contact with him during his professional career (not only as students and collaborators but also as participants in his short courses, workshops and seminars during his visits to various institutions and conferences). Some never met him but were influenced by his writings.

A Six-Day Short Course on

Finite Element Method (FEM 2016)

(with applications to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and solid mechanics)

December 06-12, 2016

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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITYSRM University is one of the top ranking Universities and most premier engineering destinations in India, which is established in 1985 by the Founder Chancellor, Dr. T.R. Paarivendhar, SRM University and now it is functioning in four campuses located at Kattankulathur, Vadapalani and Ramapuram in Tamilnadu and a fourth campus at Modi Nagar, Ghaziabad with over 38,000 students and 2,600 faculty members, offering wide range of undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs in Engineering, Management, Medicine & Health Sciences, Law and Science & Humanities.

The Institution has moved up through international alliances and collaborative initiatives to achieve global excellence. The SRM University also collaborates with foreign Universities like MIT, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburg University etc. offering a postgraduate academic program MSIT-ESE.

Over 150 students sponsored to 35 foreign Universities like MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Davis, Warwick and Western Australia. Now the Institute enjoys an unsurpassed reputation in academia and corporate circles being the preferred manpower source for vision to be recognized as a world-class learning institution.

SRM University has been categorized as grade A University by Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD); Government of India. SRM is accredited by NAAC with 'A' Grade in the year 2013.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTThe Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of the pioneering departments of SRM University. The present faculty strength is 130. About 200 research papers have been published in international journals and about 500 papers in international/national conferences. The department is functionally divided into three areas of specialization: (i) Design, (ii) Manufacturing and (iii) Thermal Engineering. The National Board of Accreditation had accredited the Mechanical Engineering program in 1997, itself. The mechanical engineering department at kattankulathur campus is accredited by ABET, USA. The department also offers Doctoral programs in these three areas of specializations.

The following salient workshops and conferences conducted by Mechanical Department were 10th Asian symposium of visualitization, 2010. National Workshop on fuel cell technology, 2008, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2006, Short Course on Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures: 2015, Workshop on Development, Manufacturing and Analysis of Advanced Composites, 2015 and short course on FEM, 2015, National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (NCAME 2016).

Various Research facilities available in the department are 5 Vz axis CNC Machine, IRB 1410 ABB industrial robot, IRB 360 FlexPicker Vision ABB robot, wear and friction monitor Apparatus, thyristor controlled 64 -segment prog, electric furnaces, 7 Mill volt He — Ne with spatial filter, vision systems, computerized surface roughness tester, Fazo portable CMM, Carlzess size CMM, six axes spine simulator, computerized IC engine test Rig, gas analyzer, Kistler Impact hammer, RPT, solar steam cooking plant and FMS systems.

COURSE OBJECTIVESThe major problem facing the engineering analyst contemplating the use of the technique lies in acquiring appropriate knowledge to provide assurance that the finite element model produced gives a reasonably reliable representation of the "real life" problems being analyzed. The present course is designed to bridge the gap between the theoretical finite element knowledge and its industrial applications by providing sufficient insights into the relationship between the physical data (e.g., loads, boundary conditions, constitutive behavior, etc) and the finite element equations. The lecturer will present the details of underlying theories and the derivation of the governing equations, finite element model development, and applications.

This course is intended to provide graduate students, engineers, and researchers working in aerospace, automotive, civil, mechanical

engineering, mathematics, and information technology industries as well as numerical analysts and materials scientists with the theory and applications of linear finite element analysis of problems from heat transfer, fluid mechanics, solid and structural mechanics, and general field problems.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE COURSEPersons who have attended the course and followed the material should benefit in strengthening their background in the following areas:

| A strong understanding of the formulative steps involved in the finite element model development of the equations of engineering and applied science, including certain heat transfer and fluid flow problems.

| Generation of finite element data (e.g., selection of elements and mesh, computation of nodal forces), imposition of boundary conditions, post-computation of stresses and strains, etc.), exploitation of problem symmetries, and interpretation and evaluation of the results.

COURSE MATERIAL AND REFERENCE BOOKA copy of the overheads used in the presentation of the course will be provided as a part of the course material. The introductory finite element book by JN Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006 will also be provided.

COURSE CONTENTS | Background: Introduction to numerical methods

• General introduction• Classical variational methods (Ritz and weighted-residual

methods)• Numerical examples• Tutorial session

| Derivation of equations of typical1-D problems • General introduction• One-dimensional heat flow• Axial deformation of bars• Tutorial session

| The basic concepts in FEM – one-dimensional problems• Axial deformations of a bar• Strong and weak forms• Essential vs. natural boundary conditions• Integral statements (Principle of the minimum potential energy• Methods of approximations (Finite element approximation

functions (linear, quadratic, and cubic elements)• Assembly of element equations• Illustrative examples and discussion of results in light of physical

response• Tutorial session

| Bending of straight beams according to the classical beam theory• Derivation of governing equations of the Euler-Bernoulli beam

theory• Weak form development• Finite element model• Numerical examples• Tutorial session

| Bending of straight beams according to the shear deformation beam theory• Derivation of governing equations of the Timoshenko beam theory• Weak form development• Finite element model• Shear locking• Numerical examples• Tutorial session

| Eigenvalue and Time-Dependent problems• Free vibration of elastic systems (natural frequencies)

• Numerical examples• Transient analysis for parabolic and hyperbolic equations• Numerical stability and explicit formulations• Numerical examples• Tutorial session

| Finite element models of two dimensional problems• Derivation of the governing equations of membrane and heat

transfer problems in 2D• Weak form development of typical 2D equation in single unknown• Finite element model development and element types (triangular

and quadrilateral elements)• Assembly of elements• Numerical examples• Axisymmetric problems• Transient Analysis• Numerical examples• Tutorial session

| Elasticity Problems• Governing equations of plane elasticity problems• Elements types (triangular and quadrilateral elements)• Assembly of elements and load calculation• Numerical examples

| Three-dimensional problems• Heat transfer-type problems• Elasticity problems• Types of 3-D Finite elements (interpolation functions)

| Introduction to viscous flow problems • Governing equations • Mixed finite element model (2D)• Penalty finite element model (2D) • Locking phenomena• Numerical examples

| Other topics of interest to the participants • Plate bending• Other topics

Important Dates

Last date for registration : Nov 30, 2016Course Dates : Dec 6-12 (Dec. 11 off), 2016

Registration Fee

(registration fee includes, course material, lunch, coffee break) For participants from industry : ` 10,000 For participants from academic institutions : ̀ 6,000 For Research Scholars : ` 4,000

Application

Please fill out the Registration From and send it before the date indicated along with DD in favour of "Mechanical Engineering Association" payable at Chennai.

Contact:

Dr. S. Prabhu, Professor and Head Department of Mechanical Engineering SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203 Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu, India Tel. : + (91) 044 - 27452270 - 1849 Ext. Mobile : +(91) 98412 45755 E mail : hod.mech@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in