UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
College of Engineering
CEE570/CSE551 – Finite Element Methods (in Solid and Structural Mechanics)
Term: Spring semester, 2014.
Instructor: Professor Glaucio H. Paulino
Office: 3129B NCEL; Office Phone: 333-3817
Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00pm-5:00pm or by appointment
E-mail: paulino@illinois.edu
TA: Xiaojia (Shelly) Zhang; Office: B116 NCEL; E-mail: zhang100@illinois.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm or by appointment; Room 2310 NCEL (Yeh Center)
TA: Junho Chun; Office: 2119 NCEL; E-mail: jchun8@illinois.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00pm-2:00pm or by appointment; Room 3310 NCEL (Yeh Center)
TA: Heng Chi; Office: 2144 NCEL; E-mail: hengchi2@illinois.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00pm-3:00pm or by appointment; Room 1225 NCEL
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11:00-11:50AM, 2311 Yeh Center
Textbook: R. D. Cook, D. S. Malkus and M. E. Plesha (2002). Concepts and Applications of
Finite Element Analysis, 4th. Edition, (yellow cover), John Wiley and Sons (ISBN 0471847887).
I-Clickers: Please bring your I-Clicker to all classes. When you get your I-Clicker, please go to
http://iclicker.illinois.edu/students.aspx# to register your I-Clicker ID, use your UIN as “Student
ID”. For problems contact TA (zhang100@illinois.edu).
Finite Element Manual (EWS Lab.): Getting Started with ABAQUS/Standard Interactive
Version (2002), Hibbitt, Karlson & Sorensen, Inc. (HKS) [or equivalent material on ABAQUS
web site]
Optional Texts (classical books):
• K.-J. Bathe (1995) Finite Element Procedures Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0133014584).
• R. D. Cook (1995). Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis, John Wiley and Sons (ISBN
0471107743 ).
• T. J. Hughes (2000) The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element
Analysis, Dover Publications (ISBN 0486411818).
• J. N. Reddy (1993). An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 2nd Edition, McGraw
Hill (ISBN 0070513554).
• J.N. Reddy (2004). An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford University
Press (ISBN 019852529X).
• O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor and J.Z. Zhu (2005) The Finite Element Method: Basic
Formulation and Linear Problems, 6th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann (ISBN 0750663200).
Note: The 5th Edition (2000) has been published in three volumes: 1 - The Basis, 2 – Solid
Mechanics and 3 - Fluid Dynamics
Website: http://ghpaulino.com/courses/cee570 (pswd: femspring14) or
http://http://paulino.cee.illinois.edu/fem_login.html
Handouts, homework assignments, homework solutions, etc are posted on the Web Site. You will
need to install Adobe Acrobat XI Reader Software on your Windows or Macintosh computer.
Acrobat is available free of charge from Adobe. It is a “plug-in” for Internet Explorer, Chrome,
Safari, or other web browsers.
Course Objectives and Emphasis: Our objective is to study the theory, implementation, practical
aspects, and utilization of finite element analysis in order to: become intelligent users of finite
element capabilities now widely employed in engineering practice, develop a feel for deformation
and stress behavior, and be prepared to go on to further study (formal or personal) for more
advanced understanding, research, and development (R&D). Moreover, the student will be
exposed to practical aspects of finite element modeling by using some relatively sophisticated
analysis software (e.g. PATRAN and ABAQUS).
Computer Assignments: Computer assignments might be performed on the College of
Engineering Workstation Laboratory (EWS), which has Unix and Windows workstations. Cites
offers short courses during the first two weeks of the semester for students not familiar with the
fundamental use of the workstations. Please become familiar with EWS workstations during the
first week of class (e.g. logging in, editing files, printing files, manipulating windows, etc.). The
web page for EWS is the following: http://www.ews.uiuc.edu. In addition, some assignments will
require use of MATLAB.
Remarks:
1. Class participation is encouraged!
2. Homework to be turned in at beginning of assigned lecture period.
Grading:
• Two quizzes: 3/3/2014, 4/14/2014 (20% + 20%)
• Homework assignments + Participation (20%)
• Project, due 3/14/2014 (10%)
• Final exam (comprehensive), 5/16/2014, Friday, 8:00-11:00am (30%)