Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES: DESIGN AND COMPUTATION | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AMEM423 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | AMEM219,AMAT314 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | Principles ofstructural mechanics, numerical methods, computer programming, non-linearstructural mechanics, finite-element-modelling, manufacturing processes. | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Introduction: Principles of structural mechanics and structural heat effects, plasticity theory, modal analysis, buckling and fracture models. Analytical and numerical solution approaches. Modelling and simulation using advanced finite element models. Definition of contact models for modelling structure to structure interaction, linear static and dynamic problems and plastic deformation for non-linear failure problems. Boundary and initial conditions: Boundary conditions in structural mechanic problems including clamps, material pre-treatment, strain-hardening or forced clamps. Discretisation techniques: Mesh creation and discretization methods for bar, shell and solid models. Solution techniques of discretised equations: Properties of numerical solution methods and error estimation. Implicit and explicit computation method for non-lineal plasticity and contact problems and result evaluation and interpretation. Advanced topics in lightweight structures: Manufacturing and joining processes for lightweight construction in vehicle industries, failure criteria and fatigue, material behaviour in higher temperatures, non-linear phase transformation models during heat processing and further advanced topics of lightweight structures applications. Laboratories: Individual simulation Laboratories for practical lightweight structural problems solution and plots of field data performed with the use of the Deign CAD tool SolidWorks and the FE codes ANSYS and LS-DYNA at the Computer Laboratory. Assignments: Individual assignments on practical structural models under different load scenarios modelling degrees. Application of numerical techniques on lightweight structures via the use of FE software. | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations, as well as demonstrations of computational geometries,models, computer programmes and the use of advanced and FEM codes at the computer laboratory for solving structural problems. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |