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Question Paper Code : 51085
@) B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014.
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Aeronautical Engineering
080180046 — FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
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Maximum : 100 marks
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Answer ALL questions.
PART A — (10 x 2= 20 marks)
What are the basic steps involved in Galerkin weighted residual method,
. _ Bring out the similarity and the difference in Rayleigh-Ritz method and finite
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6) Obtain any one shape function for a cubic spar element in natural coordinates
and illustrate the same graphically
Compare the characteristics of CST and LST elements.
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® Give the perspective view of any one shape function for bilinear and
biquadratic quadrilateral elements
State the limitation of three-node triangular and four node rectangular
elements for two-dimensional problems.
Sketch a differential element depicting two-dimensional conduction with
surface convection.
Distinguish between essential and natural boundary conditions.
‘The nodal coordinates of a triangular element are 1(1,2), 2(6,3) and 3(4,6). At
an interior point P, the x- coordinate is 3.3 and Ni = 0.3. Determine No, Ns and
the y-coordinate at point P.
10. What is salient features of an isoparametric element?
iPART B — (6 x 16 = 80 marks)
(@) Use the Rayleigh-Ritz method to find the displacement field u(x) of the
rod is shown in Figure Q.11 (a). Element. 1 is made of aluminium, and
element 2 is made of steel. The properties are
Eu = 70 GPa, A: =900 mm’, L, = 200mm
Est = 200 GPa, As =1200mm?, Le = 300 mm.
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Figure - Q 11)
Load P = 10,000 N. Assume a piecewise linear displacement field u = a1 +
ax for 0sx<200mm and u =a,+0,x for 200