COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS LABORATORY
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- ELENA BENVENUTI
- Credits
- 6
- Curriculum
- COSTRUZIONI E AMBIENTE
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- ICAR/08
Training objectives
- The course addresses the usage of finite element models for solving geometrically and materially nonlinear structural problems.
Prerequisites
- The student should master the main concepts of structural mechanics. It is suggested to attend the course of "Mechanics of Structures".
Course programme
- Basics of the finite elements method
Non-linear constitutive laws fo concrete, metals, masonry and wood
Plasticity
Damage mechanics
Fracture mechanics
Failure criteria
Arc length algorthms
Limit analysis of frames and masonry
Non-Eulerian stability
Coupling of material and geometric nonlinearity Didactic methods
- The course is subdivided into two halves, theoretical and practical. The student will practice with both commercial and home made FE codes. The purpose is mainly to improve the operational skills of the students.
Learning assessment procedures
- The student has to discuss in a convincing manner a script text presenting the results of an exercise solved on his/her own.
Reference texts
- Lecture notes and slides
L. Corradi dell'Acqua, Meccanica delle strutture vol. 1, 2, 3, McGraw-Hill.
L. Nunziante, L. Gambarotta, A. Tralli, Scienza delle costruzioni, McGraw-Hill.
Felippa C.A., Nonlinear Finite Element Methods, University of Colorado at Boulder, http://kis.tu.kielce.pl//mo/COLORADO_NFEM/colorado/index.htm
Z.P. Bazant, L. Cedolin, Stability of structures, Oxford Press.
M. Jirasek, Z. P.Bazant, Inelastic analysis of structures, Wiley.
