Jason Midkiff's Contract for MSE 2094 Class Project

Group: Numerical Methods - Finite Element Analysis
Concentration: Theory

• Finite elements around a crack tip
  • What are finite elements and nodes?
  • What are finite elements used for?
  • How are different finite elements related to one another?
• Mathematics
  • Displacement equations
  • Stress equations
  • Stress intensity (K) equations
  • Application of equations to mesh
    • How to apply equations to the elements
    • Equating the equations of elements with common boundries
    • Solving systems of equations
    • Finding K
• Getting the best results for K
  • Graphical technique
  • Finer Meshes
  • Specially shaped elements