English activity of finite elements

Christian Camilo Rodriguez Cruz

First point
the mathematical approach that suits best the representation of a steel plate subjected to an axial
load is the following:

Create and discretize the solution domain into finite elements; that is, subdivide the problem into
nodes and elements.

Assume a shape function to represent the physical behavior of an element; that is, a continuous
function is assumed to represent the approximate behavior (solution) of an element

Develop equations for an element.

Assemble the elements to present the entire problem. Constl1lct the global stiffness matrix.

Apply boundary conditions, initial conditions, and loading.

Solve a set of linear or nonlinear algebraic equations simultaneously to obtain nodal results, such
as displacement values at different nodes or temperature values at different nodes in a heat
transfer problem

Obtain other important information. At this point, you may be interested in values of principal
stresses, heat fluxes, and so on.
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Date taken from:

Por: Moaveni, Saeed [Autor] .

Tipo de material: LibroUpper Saddle River Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008 N.JEdición: 3rd
ed.Descripción: xv, 861 páginas ilustraciones gráf.
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