Studienhandbuch | KV Computational Methods in Mechanics

Inhalt

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Workload	Education level	Study areas	Responsible person	Hours per week	Coordinating university
3 ECTS	B2 - Bachelor's programme 2. year	Mechatronics	Alexander Huemer	2 hpw	Johannes Kepler University Linz

Detailed information

Original study plan

Bachelor's programme Mechatronics 2025W

Learning Outcomes

Competences
Students know to find approximate solutions to problems of linear elasticity by means of the finite-element method (FEM).

Skills	Knowledge
Describe state of deformation by means of strain measures of continuum mechanics (k3, k4) Derivation of the weak form of the equations of motion based on the balance equations of continuum mechanics (k2) Numerical integration of univariate and multivariate functions (k3, k4) Interpolation by means of polynomial shape functions with local support (k3) Implementation of a finite-element solver in Python (k3, k4) Solving two-dimensional problems by means of linear quadrilateral and triangular elements (k3, k4)	Fundamentals in linear elasticity: kinematics and statics of deformable bodies Vector and tensor analysis Basic knowledge in object-oriented programming

Criteria for evaluation

Implementation of a finite-element framework, solution and analysis of selected problems of linear elasticity

Methods

Lecture, numerical and practical examples

Language

German, if desired English

Changing subject?

Corresponding lecture

^(*)MEBWCVOCMME: VO Computergestützte Methoden der Mechanik (3 ECTS)

On-site course
Maximum number of participants	-
Assignment procedure	Assignment according to sequence