Studienhandbuch | UE Selected Aspects and Applications of the Method of Finite Elements

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Workload	Education level	Study areas	Responsible person	Hours per week	Coordinating university
1,25 ECTS	M2 - Master's programme 2. year	Mechatronics	Alexander Kainz	1 hpw	Johannes Kepler University Linz

Detailed information
Original study plan	Master's programme Mechatronics 2015W
Objectives	Teaching of the fundamentals of selected aspects and applications of the Finite-Element Method (FEM)
Subject	Aspects of modelling, overview of basic and advanced concepts, interpretation and validation of results. Effective treatment of of non-linear problems by finite-element approaches. Geometry adjustment and meshing of complex parts and assemblies (imported from CAD). Contact and friction, roughness transfer. Forming technology (rolling, forging, deep-drawing, roller levelling). Modal analysis of complex parts and assemblies (machine-dynamics, torsional vibrations). Thermodynamics of irreversible processes (heat transfer, parameter-identification problems).
Criteria for evaluation	written examination or project work and/or oral examination
Methods	Modelling and simulation of selected examples (typically praxis-relevant problems) by utilizing commercial FEM-tools (e.g. Abaqus).
Language	German
Changing subject?	No
Further information	none

On-site course
Maximum number of participants	35
Assignment procedure	Assignment according to sequence