CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MNE4005 - Finite Element Analysis

2020-2021 Semester B
(Course Overview)

Course Data Sheet:

Course Load: Lectures: 13 x 2h = 26h lectures
Tutorials: 10 x 1h = 10h tutorials
Lab sessions: 2 x 3h = 6h lab sessions

Lectures: Dr. Weiyin Ma (MBE, Rm# AC-Y6707, Ext. 9548, mewma@)

Lectures
Weeks 1-5: Geometric Modelling (Polynomial, Bézier, B-splines, NURBS,
and various special curves and surfaces for shape representation);

Weeks 6-8: Property Evaluation (Mass properties of geometric models).

Mesh Generation (Triangulation, surface mesh, volume mesh)

Week 8: Mid-Term Test

Weeks 9-12: Finite-Element Analysis (Type of elements, model formulation,

boundary conditions, applications.)

Week 13: Review

Tutorials
Weeks 1-8, 10, 12: One tutorial for each of the lectures in most cases.

Lab Sessions
Weeks 10, 12: Lab Tutors & Technicians (in collaboration with the lecturer,
check your own schedule)

Consultation
Weeks 1-13 Wednesday
Preferably at 3:00-4:00p.m.,
also available at 5:00-6:00p.m. for another class
Assessment
Coursework: 40%
Examination: 60% (one 2.5 hour examination)

The course work (40%) consists of some assignments, tests and lab exercises.
The examination (60%) comprises questions covering modeling, property evaluation, mesh
generation and finite element analysis with a weighting approximately proportional to the number
of lectures for each of the topics.

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