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CEE 571 - Computational Plates & Shells
Last offered Spring 2023
Official Description
Classical and first-order shear deformable plate and shell models: assumptions, applicability, valid boundary conditions, analytical solutions; finite element methods for plates and shells: convergence, instabilities, shear and membrane locking, mixed methods for plates and shells; implementation and verification of finite elements for plates and shells; buckling of plates and shells; boundary layer effects; introduction to high order hierarchical plates and shell models and to isogeometric analysis of shells. Course Information: Same as CSE 554. 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Prerequisite: CEE 471 or TAM 551. Credit or current registration in CEE 570 Finite Element Methods or ME 471 Finite Element Analysis.
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Course Description
Classical and first-order shear deformable plate and shell models: assumptions, applicability, valid boundary conditions, analytical solutions; finite element methods for plates and shells: convergence, instabilities, shear and membrane locking, mixed methods for plates and shells; implementation and verification of finite elements for plates and shells; buckling of plates and shells; boundary layer effects; and introduction to high order hierarchical plates and shell models and to isogeometric analysis of shells are covered in this course.
Credit Hours
4 hours
Prerequisites
Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
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Computational Plates & Shells | CD | 70508 | LCD | 4 | 1030 - 1150 | T R | 2312 Newmark Civil Engineering Bldg | C. Armando Duarte |
Computational Plates & Shells | ONL | 70927 | ONL | 4 | - | C. Armando Duarte |