The module teaches the application and using of commercial finite element software to solve and analyse structural problems. The main focus is set on the following points:
- Solving stability problems (Bifurcation problems, snap-through, bending-twists, buckling of beams, shells and plates)
- Training course using the commercial software Abaqus FEA
- Performing of structural analyses using Abaqus
- Repetition of the theory of Finite Element Method
- Material failure in concrete structures
- Plasticity in steel structures
- System damages due to dynamic stress: e.g. resonance failure of a frame and various impact problems such as the impact against a road sign or the design of a crash box
All documents for the module are given at Stud.IP.