Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:

identify the concepts of idealization and discretisation,

defining boundary conditions,

formulate element and global stiffness matrices, 

evaluate results of finite element analysis,

identify sources of computational errors of finite element analysis,

identify sources of physical errors of finite element analysis.

understand limitations and scope applicability of finite element analysis.

implement the methodology of finite element analysis,

interpret numerical results of finite element analysis,

use commercial finite element analysis software.