5 ECTS credits
130 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4017384ENR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (E) Master - advanced level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Partnership Agreement
- Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
- Extinguishing
- Yes
- Faculty
- Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
- Department
- Mechanics of Materials and Constructions
- External partners
- Université libre de Bruxelles
- Educational team
- Thierry Massart
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 24 contact hours Lecture
36 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
- Course Content
The valid fiche can be found at the following link:
CNST - H418. Change the language to English in the dropdown menu on top of the page.
- Recall of basics of weak forms, finite elements
- Solution methods for sets of nonlinear equations
- Sources of non linearities (material, geometrical, contact)
- Solution procedures for quasi-static problems (Incremental schemes, Newton-Raphson, arc-length methods, ...)
- Instabilities
- Hyperelasticity
- Damage mechanics (formulation, implementation)
- Plasticity (formulation, implementation)
- Computational strategies for failure modelling
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : The course slides will be made available to students at the first course as well as course notes in English.
- Additional info
This course should follow the course ‘Structural analysis and Finite elements’
The students are expected to have basic knowledge of continuum mechanics (stresses, strains, elasticity). Basic notions of structural mechanics and strength of materials are also required. Finite element concepts will be extensively used.
The course slides will be made available to students at the first course.
Exercises are organised to introduce the non linear complexities step-by-step.
Exercises consist of 3 projects:
- introduction on a simple 1dof structure (instability) and implementation of a simple nonlinear code,
- Use of a commercial software to solve a practical problem.
Each of them results in a written report used for evaluation
- Learning Outcomes
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Algemene competenties
After the end of the course, the students are expected to
- be able to apply computational methodologies to solve non linear structural mechanics problems
- Understand the methodologies used in non-linear finite element packages
- be able to detect when a practical problem requires the incorporation of non linear behaviour
- be able to translate a mechanical problem incorporating non linear effects into a computational model using proper assumptions
- be able to select the proper computational approach for a given problem
General competences
The Master of Science in Engineering has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the advanced methods and theories to schematize and model complex problems or processes.
The Master of Science in Engineering can reformulate complex engineering problems in order to solve them (simplifying assumptions, reducing complexity).
The Master of Science in Engineering can think critically about and evaluate projects, systems and processes, particularly when based on incomplete, contradictory and/or redundant information.
The Master of Science in Engineering has the flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context.
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering can combine computational modelling methods and experimental techniques to tackle complex structural and material analysis problems.
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Option Structures can integrate advanced modelling tools for the design of complex structures in civil engineering.
- Grading
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Report determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Written exam
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 60% of the final mark.
Note: A written examination is held at the end of the course which matches 50% of the final note. The aim of this written evaluation is to test the understanding of key principles, assumptions and objectives of the different computational techniques and constitutive models by means of transversal questions. Part of the questions have to be answered without course notes. The last question of the examination consists in an open question for which students can use their course notes.
Within the PRAC Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Exercise reports
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 40% of the final mark.
Note: There is a evaluation of the written reports corresponding to the exercise sessions. This amounts for 50% of the final note of the course.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The goal of the assessment is globally to verify if the student is able to
- Understand simplifying modelling assumptions and their validity
- Apply a rigorous approach to perform a computational study
- Be able to look for additional information on models
The assessment is twofold:
First, there is a evaluation of the written reports corresponding to the exercise sessions. This amounts for 40% of the final note of the course.
A written examination is held at the end of the course which matches 60% of the final note. The aim of this written evaluation is to test the understanding of key principles, assumptions and objectives of the different computational techniques and constitutive models by means of transversal questions.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.