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04413 The Finite Element Method for Partial Differential Equations
Danish title: Elementmetoden for partielle differentialligninger

Type: Å, Language: EEE
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: C8811
Offered by: Department of Mathematical Modelling (IMM)
No credit points with: C8811
Prerequisite: 21390/C2180/C3733/49104/05/C4051/C4052/C4301/C5521/C6908/77142/C8411/ C8877. 01030/C0130/01031/C0131/01034/C8812/36260/C8814
Desirable: C0201//04110/C0205/04010/C6908
Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester
Limitation: Max. 20
Scope and form: Exercises of 3 weeks' duration.
Examination: Evaluation of reports ( pass/fail )
Remarks: Lecture notes are handed out. The course is given in collaboration with the Department of Energy Engineering. Contact person: Niels Houbak (ET), build. 404, tel. +45 4525 4154.
Contact person: Vincent A.Barker, IMM, Building 305, Tel. +45 4525 3074
Aim: To enable the student to develop computer programs for solving linear partial differential equations from engineering science by the finite element method.
Contents: Short treatment of the mathematical aspects of the finite element method including: local and global interpolation functions based on simple triangular elements, boundary value problems for partial differential equations, the Galerkin method, the global algebraic system of equations, Gaussian elimination and time-dependent problems. Systematic development, through exercises, of a computer program for implementing the finite element method. The course concludes with an application of the program to a practical problem from engineering science.