PSNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

DINDIGUL 624 622

TUTORIAL - 1
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Subject Sub. ME660
Finite Element Analysis
Name Code 3
Course Mr.S.Ba Year/Semest
III /V Section B
Instructor lu er
Date Max.
Due Date 50
Marks
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
CO1: The students will understand the a. Engineering knowledge
principles involved in discretization and b. Problem analysis
finite element approach c. Design/Development of solutions

1. Find the maximum deflection and bending moment for a simply

W (N/m)
supported beam subjected load as shown in fig.1 using Raleigh Ritz
method. W

2. For a cantilever beam of length L, subjected to a uniformly distributed

load thought out its length. Find the deflection at the free end of the
beam using Rayleigh Ritz method.
3. Using variational method, solve the given differential equation

d2 y
EI 2 M ( x ) =0 with the boundary conditions y(0) = 0 and y(l) = 0.
dx
4. Using Rayleigh Ritz method obtain an approximate solution of the

2
d y
differential equation 2
10 x 2=5 for 0 x 1 with boundary
dx

conditions y(0)=y(1)=0.
5. Solve the following differential equation of a physical phenomenon
using weighted residual method.
 d2y
2
500 x 2 0, 0 x 1,
dx
Trialfunct ion , y a1 ( x x 4 ),
Boundary conditions are y (0) 0
y (1) 0

PSNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

DINDIGUL 624 622
TUTORIAL - 2
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Subject Sub. ME660
Finite Element Analysis
Name Code 3
Course Mr.S.Ba Year/Semest
III /V Section B
Instructor lu er
Date Max.
Due Date 50
Marks
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
a. Engineering knowledge
b. Problem analysis
c. Design/Development of solutions