FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN

ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
OBJECTIVES
The analyst needs certain requirements
while designing and assembling. Its following
us.
 REQUIREMENTS
 Displacement at certain points
 Stress distribution
 Natural frequencies
 Critical bulking loads
 Vibration
 Pressure, velocity and temperature distribution
 Crack growth, residual strength and fatigue life.
METHODS OF ENGINEERING ANALYSIS

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
ANALYTICAL METHODS
NUMERICAL METHODS
 NUMERICAL METHODS

Functional approximation
Finite difference method(FDM)
Finite element method or analysis(FEM or
FEA)
USES OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
 It is used to solve the physical problems
involving complicated geometrics, loading and
material properties which cannot be solved in
analytical method.
 This method is extensively used in the field of
structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat
transfer, mass transfer, electric and magnetic
problems,
Classification of finite element problems

 Structural problems
 Non-structural problems