Review of Elasticity Theory - Introduction to FEM- Historical Back ground – Variational formulation- General procedure of FEM - Overview of commercial FEA tools Experiments: 1. Study of different commercial FEA tools used for design and analysis 2. Introduction to pre-processing and model preparation

One dimensional elasticity – Two-dimensional elasticity- Axisymmetric elasticity- Formulation of element characteristic matrices and vectors for elasticity problems. Experiments: 1. Analysis of a truss element 2. Analysis of a beam element

One-dimensional, Two-dimensional heat transfer – Axisymmetric heat transfer – Formulation of element characteristic matrices and vectors for Field Problems Thermal problems Experiments: 1. Thermal analysis of cylinder liners 2. Thermal analysis of piston crown

Natural coordinate system and Numerical Integration – Higher-order (one-dimensional, two- dimensional) elements – Structural beam, plate and shell elements – Isoparametric elements – Isoparametric formulation.

An overview of FE analysis program – pre-processing – solution – post processing. Experiments: 1. Stress Analysis of Crankshaft 2. Stress Analysis of Leaf Spring