Plates and Shells

Code:

PRODEM030

Acronym:

PC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Mechanical Engineering

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Applied Mechanics Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEM	0	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	6	28	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This course aims to acquaint students with theories and methods that are necessary to understand engineering problems, especially related with plates and shells. This course also aims to develop students’ skills (analysis, summary and critical observation) through assignments using Maple symbolic programming to study plates and/or laminated anisotropic and Shells.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester, students should: - be able to understand papers about plates and shells, as well as codes; - be able to derive fundamental equations to investigation problems related with plates and shells; - be able to obtain analytical solutions for plates and shells; - have a notion about plates and shells limitations; - be able to obtain solutions by finite elements of plates and shells using commercial packages; have a notion about the limitation of the elements and know how to chose the proper ones.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Solid Mechanics.

Program

Fundamental concepts of continuum mechanics Classical plate buckling theory Solution methods: Ritz method, Galerkin and Kantorovich, numerical methods; Reissner-Mindlin’s theory Solution methods based on Fourier series and on general Fourier series, approximate analytical methods and numerical methods Von Kármán’s theory Shell deformation and stress M-theory and revolution shells Buckling theory and cylindrical shells Buckling theory for revolution shells- applications Force method to calculate stress in shell components Finite element method for plates and shells

Mandatory literature

Ugural, A. C.;; Stresses in plates and shells.. ISBN: ISBN: 0-07-116793-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes will be based on exposition and discussion of course’s themes, as well as problem solving. Classes will be given with the support of an overhead projector (theoretical classes) and computer (practical classes). Students will be asked to do assignments using Maple program. These assignments should be presented both written and orally.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The Assignements will be graded during the Semester.