Computer-Aided Engineering

Catalog description

This course emphasizes on creative design, application of physical laws, and hands-on virtual or physical projects. Review of kinematics/dynamics of commonly used planar mechanisms and programming techniques for motion simulation. Interdisciplinary projects will be assigned to assess students' design knowledge. Application of computer-aided techniques to the analysis of engineering problems utilizing governing equations of the systems. Students will be exposed to formulations of finite element methods of analysis. Emphasis is placed on practical aspects of structural FE.