This course introduces the common sources of nonlinearity in engineering mechanics and develops analysis techniques to solve nonlinear structural engineering problems.

2 lectures per week.

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75% Written Exam

25% Project Output (Other than dissertation)

The technology itself is not creating competitive advantage, but design and optimisation. This course aims to introduce students advanced modelling techniques applied in design and optimisation nonlinear structures. The main sources of nonlinearity in engineering mechanics (material and geometric) and analysis techniques for solving nonlinear structural engineering problems. Techniques presents helps students how to design safe, economic, and low carbon footprint structures.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ undertake a Finite Element Analysis involving either material and geometric nonlinearity;

■ utilise appropriate solution strategies to undertake a robust analysis and achieve an accurate solution;

■ critically assess results of a nonlinear finite element analysis;

■ apply advanced continuum mechanics descriptions to nonlinear structural engineering problems.

■ solve problems using advected muddling techniques, using parallel pressing and cloud computing.

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of the course's summative assessment.

Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.

Students must submit report for muddling elastoplastic structure 25%. Calculations are made with specially written finite element code (tailored for this course aims) for modelling elastoplastic structures, using parallel processing, cloud computing. Students had access to high performance computing server though web-browser and desiccated to this course Jupyter notebooks, where can input geometry, mesh it, preform nonlinear analysis and post-process results.

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates.  Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.