| Week | Day | Date | Lecture Notes | Extra resources | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | Jan 16 | NO CLASS | ||
| 1 | W | Jan 18 | Lecture 1: Introduction | ||
| 1 | F | Jan 20 | Lecture 2: Mathematical preliminaries Post-lecture notes | Text Reference | |
| 2 | M | Jan 23 | Lecture 3: Spring systems Post-lecture notes | Text Reference | |
| 2 | W | Jan 25 | Lecture 4: Spring systems Post-lecture notes | ||
| 2 | F | Jan 27 | Lecture 5: Spring systems Post-lecture notes | PA0 How to submit PA | |
| 3 | M | Jan 30 | Lecture 6: Spring systems Post-lecture notes | ||
| 3 | W | Feb 1 | Lecture 7: 1D Bar - Strong formulation Post-lecture notes | Text Reference | |
| 3 | F | Feb 3 | Lecture 8: 1D Bar - Weak formulation + Galerkin Method 1D Bar - FEA formulation Post-lecture notes | HW1 HW1 Solution | |
| 4 | M | Feb 6 | Lecture 9: 1D Bar - Galerkin Method and Shape Functions Post-lecture notes | Text Reference | |
| 4 | W | Feb 8 | Lecture 10: 1D Bar - FEA formulation Post-lecture notes | ||
| 4 | F | Feb 10 | Lecture 11: 1D Bar - FEA formulation Example Post-lecture notes | PA1 | |
| 5 | M | Feb 13 | Lecture 12: 1D Bar - FEA code Post-lecture notes | ||
| 5 | W | Feb 15 | Lecture 13: Error and computational issues | ||
| 5 | F | Feb 17 | Lecture 14: NO CLASS | ||
| 6 | M | Feb 20 | Lecture 15: 1D isoparametric elements Post-lecture notes | HW2 HW2 Solution | |
| 6 | W | Feb 22 | Lecture 16: 1D isoparametric elements Post-lecture notes | ||
| 6 | F | Feb 24 | Lecture 17: 1D isoparametric elements (coding tips) Post-lecture notes | PA2 | |
| 7 | M | Feb 27 | Lecture 18: 2D Truss | ||
| 7 | W | Mar 1 | Lecture 19: 2D Truss | ||
| 7 | F | Mar 3 | Lecture 20: 2D Truss - Code | HW3 HW3 Solution | |
| 8 | M | Mar 6 | Lecture 21: Euler Bernoulli Beams | ||
| 8 | W | Mar 8 | Lecture 22: Euler Bernoulli Beams Post-lecture notes (M-W) | ||
| 8 | F | Mar 10 | Lecture 23: NO CLASS | HW4 HW4 Solution PA3 | |
| 9 | M | Mar 13 | Lecture 24: Review Midterm equation sheet | ||
| 9 | W | Mar 15 | MIDTERM EXAM | ||
| 9 | F | Mar 17 | Lecture 25: Frames | ||
| 10 | M | Mar 27 | Lecture 26: Heat Transfer Post-lecture notes | ||
| 10 | W | Mar 29 | Lecture 27: Heat transfer Post-lecture notes | ||
| 10 | F | Mar 31 | Lecture 28: Heat transfer Post-lecture notes | PA4 | |
| 11 | M | Apr 3 | Lecture 29: Heat transfer Post-lecture notes | ||
| 11 | W | Apr 5 | Lecture 30: Abaqus tutorial - Heat transfer Abaqus HW | ||
| 11 | F | Apr 7 | Lecture 31: Heat transfer | ||
| 12 | M | Apr 10 | Lecture 32: Heat transfer | ||
| 12 | W | Apr 12 | Lecture 33: 3D elasticity Post-lecture notes | ||
| 12 | F | Apr 14 | Lecture 34: 3D elasticity Post-lecture notes | HW5 HW5 Solution HW5 (4-hour only) HW5 (4-hour only) Solution | |
| 13 | M | Apr 17 | Lecture 35: 3D elasticity Post-lecture notes | ||
| 13 | W | Apr 19 | Lecture 36: Elasticity Tutorial using Inspire Wrench model | ||
| 13 | F | Apr 21 | Lecture 37: 3D elasticity Post-lecture notes | PA#5 - Heat transfer | |
| 14 | M | Apr 24 | Lecture 38: Topology Optimization | ||
| 14 | W | Apr 26 | Lecture 39: Topology Optimization | ||
| 14 | F | Apr 28 | Lecture 40: Topology Optimization using Inspire (EWS) | PA#6 - Elasticity | |
| 15 | M | May 1 | Lecture 41: Topology Optimization using Inspire (EWS) | ||
| 15 | W | May 3 | Lecture 42: Review | Topology optimization using Inspire Topology optimization using Matlab | |
| 15 | F | May 5 | FINAL EXAM 7:00pm - 10:00pm |