Lecture

Learning material

Welcome to the lecture on the finite-element method. Here you will find the learning material that we have put together specifically for you for this lecture. The aim of this material is to prepare you to solve the exercise sheets. You should, of course, also consult other sources of information, such as non-fiction books. Wikipedia also contains useful information on the contents of this lecture.

There are two types of learning material:

Videos with short (up to 30 minutes) lecture snippets on aspects of this course
Written text (the classic “lecture notes”), which you can also download here as a PDF file; an unmaintained older German language version if also available

The learning material is sorted by week to give you an idea of how quickly you should work through the material. Of course, you can work through the learning material faster, but you should not fall behind.

The course is roughly structured according to the following topics:

What is modeling and simulation?
Linear function spaces and basis functions
Approximation, interpolation
Spectral methods and the finite element method
Time propagation
Numerical optimization methods for nonlinear problems
Unstructured grids

We discuss the following application examples:

Ion transport in an electrolyte
Solid mechanics

Please contact us if you discover any errors or ambiguities in the learning material. We are not infallible and do make mistakes. Please contact us in this case.

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Course on finite-elements at TU Delft

Lecture

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Course on finite-elements at TU Delft

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