ESA 321

Aerospace Structure

Course Information
Dr. Norizham Abdul Razak

Topic Outcomes
The student should grasp the concept of Finite
element Method.
The student should be capable of writing
simple programs to solve different structural
problems using finite element method.

Course Assessment
My contribution - 15% of coursework
Exam
1 Question
Assessments

Test

Group Project

Assignments

5%

Quiz

5%

Attendance

5%

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General Information
Lecture times
Monday 11:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m.
Thursday 09:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

My extension : 5909
Email : norizham@usm.my
GSM : 018 3157148
Aerospace building - Room 236
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Consultation times
Day

Times

Monday

2:30 4:30

Tuesday

2:30 4:30

Thursday

2:30 4:30

Friday

10:00 12:00

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Syllabus

Introductory class (24/11)

Truss Element(24/11)
Beam Element (1/11)
Frame Element (8/11)
Plane Stress (15/12)

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References
Any Finite Elements Method books or
J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element
Method 3rd ed., McGraw Hill.
D.V. Hutton, Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis
1st ed., McGraw Hill.
K. Bathe, Finite Element Procedures, Prentice Hall,
1996. (in library)
T. Hughes, The finite Element Method: Linear Static and
Dynamic Finite Element analysis, Dover Publications,
2000. (in library)

Class lecture notes

Additional notes (from me)
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