MECH&AE 261B

Finite Element Analysis for Solids and Structures

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Application of finite element method to classical and state-of-art modeling and design problems for solids and structures. Introduction of commercial mainstream finite element program—ABAQUS—and demonstration of how to use it in advanced way. Topics include review of finite element method, static and dynamic linear elasticity, finite deformation of hyperelastic materials, instability analysis, fracture, and implementation of user-defined subroutines in ABAQUS. Term projects using computers.

Letter grading.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 156A or M256A, or consent of instructor. Strongly recommended requisites: courses M168, M256B, 261A.

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MECH&AE 156A
MECH&AE M256A
consent of instructor

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MECH&AE 261B

MECH&AE 156AAdvanced Strength of Materials
- MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
  - MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
  - MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications2 more beneath
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials

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