Finite Element methods in Geotechnical Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Finite Element methods in Geotechnical Engineering (subject code 2724301) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 29 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2724301)Unit 1 Concepts of FDM, limitations of FDM, introduction to FEM, Steps
- involved in Finite Element Analysis Procedure
- Merits and Demerits
- Principles of Elasticity: Equations of equilibrium and compatibility
- stress-strain relations
- plane stress and plane strain and axi-symmetric problems
Unit 2 Element Properties
- Concept of an element
- various element shapes
- Displacement models
- Generalized coordinates
- Shape functions
- Convergent and Compatibility requirements
- Geometric invariance
- Natural coordinate system - area and volume coordinates
Unit 3 Generation of Element Stiffness and Nodal Load Matrices, Isoparametric
- Formulation: Concept
- Different isoparametric elements for 2D analysis
- formulation of 4-noded and 8-noded isoparametric quadrilateral elements
- Lagrangian elements
- Serendipity elements
Unit 4 Assemblage of Elements
- Discretization of a structure
- numbering systems
- Aspect ratio its effects
- Direct Stiffness method
Unit 5 Techniques of nonlinear analysis, constitutive modeling for soils,
- determination of soil parameters for such analysis
- Applications related to Geotechnical problems such as study of embankment dams (total stress consideration
- pore pressure)
- problem of strip footing
- stress distribution around opening
Unit 6 Application of FEM/Modelling of problems using FEM based software’s
- like PLAXIS
- etc. to solve various geotechnical problems
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