| Week | Day | Date | Lecture Notes | Class Material (complete slides) | Supplemental Material | Assignment Due |
|---|
| 1 | M | Jan 18 | Holiday | | | |
| 1 | W | Jan 20 | Lecture 1: Post-lecture | Introduction | | |
| 1 | F | Jan 22 | Lecture 2: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Mathematical preliminaries | Math(Tortorelli) Optimization(Tortorelli) | |
| 2 | M | Jan 25 | Lecture 3: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Spring System | Spring(Tortorelli) | |
| 2 | W | Jan 27 | Lecture 4: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 2 | F | Jan 29 | Lecture 5: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | HW#1 HW#1-Solution; PA#0: 00-Example |
| 3 | M | Feb 1 | Lecture 6: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | 1D Linear Elastostatics | 1D rod(Tortorelli) | |
| 3 | W | Feb 3 | Lecture 7: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 3 | F | Feb 5 | Lecture 8: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | 1D rod FEA(Tortorelli) | PA#1: 01-FEA-Spring |
| 4 | M | Feb 8 | Lecture 9: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | 1D Linear Elastostatics FEA - Part 1 | | |
| 4 | W | Feb 10 | Lecture 10: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 4 | F | Feb 12 | Lecture 11: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | HW#2 HW#2+3 solutions |
| 5 | M | Feb 15 | Lecture 12: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | HW#3 |
| 5 | W | Feb 17 | Lecture 13: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 5 | F | Feb 19 | Lecture 14: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | 1D Linear Elastostatics FEA - Part 2 | 1D rod FEA cont.(Tortorelli) | PA#2: 02-FEA-1D |
| 6 | M | Feb 22 | Lecture 15: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 6 | W | Feb 24 | Lecture 16: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 6 | F | Feb 26 | Lecture 17: Post-lecture | | | PA#3: 03-FEA-1D-Iso |
| 7 | M | Feb 29 | Lecture 18: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | 2D Truss Systems | | |
| 7 | W | Mar 2 | Lecture 19: Abaqus Tutorial @EWS: MEL 1001 and 1009 | | | HW#4 HW#4-G HW#4-Solution |
| 7 | F | Mar 4 | Lecture 20:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 8 | M | Mar 7 | Lecture 21: Post-lecture | Heat Transfer - Part 1 | | HW#5 HW#5-Solution |
| 8 | W | Mar 9 | NO CLASS | | | |
| 8 | F | Mar 11 | EOH: NO LECTURE! | | | |
| 9 | M | Mar 14 | Lecture 22: Review | | | HW#6 HW#6-G HW#6-Solution |
| 9 | W | Mar 16 | Lecture 23: Midterm (lectures 1-21) - Solution | | | |
| 9 | F | Mar 18 | Lecture 24: Midterm overview | | | PA#4: Truss (NOT REQUIRED) |
| 10 | M | Mar 28 | Lecture 25: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 10 | W | Mar 30 | Lecture 26: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 10 | F | Apr 1 | Lecture 27: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Heat Transfer - Part 2 | | |
| 11 | M | Apr 4 | Lecture 28: Abaqus Tutorial Abaqus Tutorial 2 @EWS: MEL 1009 | | | HW#7 HW#7 Solution |
| 11 | W | Apr 6 | Lecture 29: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | 3D Elasticity (Tortorelli) | |
| 11 | F | Apr 8 | Lecture 30: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Elasticity - Part 1 | | PA#5: 2D Heat transfer 2D Heat transfer examples |
| 12 | M | Apr 11 | Lecture 31: Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | HW#7-G |
| 12 | W | Apr 13 | Lecture 32:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Elasticity - Part 2 | | |
| 12 | F | Apr 15 | Lecture 33: Abaqus Tutorial @EWS: MEL 1009 Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Wrench CAE Part | | | |
| 13 | M | Apr 18 | Lecture 34:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | |
| 13 | W | Apr 20 | Lecture 35:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | Beams | | |
| 13 | F | Apr 22 | Lecture 36:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | PA#6: 2D elasticity ReadInput.m Patch.dat PatchPointForce.dat Patch-1Element.dat inputTortoTextBook.dat |
| 14 | M | Apr 25 | Lecture 37:Pre-lecture Post-lecture | | | PA#6: 2D elasticity ReadInput.m Patch.dat PatchPointForce.dat |
| 14 | W | Apr 27 | Lecture 38:Quick introduction to topology optimization | | | |
| 14 | F | Apr 29 | Lecture 39: Abaqus Tutorial (Topology Optimization) @EWS: MEL 1009 | | | HW#8 HW#8 Solution Isotropic Elastic parameters table |
| 15 | M | May 2 | Lecture 40: Review | | | |
| 15 | W | May 4 | Lecture 41: Review (Open questions format) | | | |
| 15 | F | May 6 | | | | Final Project - Part A (HW#9) Solution TopOpt Matlab 99 line paper |