APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SEMESTER M. TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE/JULY 2018

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Stream

I. Machine Design

Course Code & Name: 01 ME6103. Finite Element
Method

Answer any twofull questions from each part

Limit answers to the required points.

Max. Marks: 60 Duration: 3 hours
1, 3.

each element, and the reactions. use the direct stiffness method. 6

b. What are the steps in a finite element analysis? 3
2.Explain the following in the context of FEM
a. Patch Test 4

b. Shape Function 2

c. Transformation of coordinates 3

3. a. Derive the stiffness matrix fora node beam
element. 9

For the spring assemblage shown in Figure, determine the
nodal displacements, the forces in