Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, you will achieve the following:
- Develop a strong foundation in stress analysis and demonstrate the ability to analyze various structural problems.
- Explain the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis and evaluate the methodologies used for analyzing structural members such as beams, plates, shells, and struts.
- Critically assess the applicability and limitations of these methods and demonstrate original thought and judgment when approaching structural analysis.
Core Content:
- Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
- Types of elements, Integration points, Meshing, Mesh convergence, Visualisation, Results interpretation
- Stress analysis of beam structures under static and dynamic loading
- Stress concentration in steel and composite plates
- Analysis of tubular assemblies
- 2D and 3D modeling of solid structures
- Axisymmetry and symmetry boundary conditions
- Analysis of stress and strain variations in a pressure vessel subjected to different loading conditions
- Prediction and validation of stress and strain fields ahead of the crack tip
- Introduction to stress analysis of components and structures
- Materials: Ductile and brittle materials, Tensile data analysis, Material properties
- Stress-Strain Relationships: Isotropic/kinematic hardening, Dynamic strain aging, Complex stress and strain, Stress and strain transformation
- Fracture and yield criteria, Constraint and triaxiality effects, Plane stress and plane strain conditions
- Thin-walled cylinder theory, Thick-walled cylinder theory, Compound cylinders, Plastic deformation of cylinders
- Introduction to computational stress analysis
- Strain and strain measurement methods
- Quarter-bridge circuits: Introduction and practice
- Strain variation with position and orientation
- Shear strain and principal strains, Shear stress and normal stress from measured strain
- Yielding of components, Residual strain and stress, Practical determination of stress and yield load
- Full-bridge circuits: Introduction and practice
Target Audience:
This course is suitable for the following professionals and students:
- Stress engineers
- Structural engineers
- Pipeline engineers
- Research students
