BOĞAZİÇİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ME 610 Finite Elements
Spring 2023
T 9:00-10:00 (VYKM4), F 10:00-12:00 (M 2200)
INSTRUCTOR: Şebnem Özüpek
ozupek@boun.edu.tr
Office hours: by appointment
TEACHING ASST.: Necdet Ali Özdür
necdet.ozdur@boun.edu.tr
Office hours: by appointment
COURSE PAGE: https://moodle.boun.edu.tr
PREREQUISITES: Calculus and linear algebra, basic numerical analysis.
TEXTBOOK:
E. B. Becker, G. F. Carey and J. T. Oden, Finite Elements: An Introduction, Prentice Hall, 1991.
Textbook is available at Nazar Kırtasiye in BU South Campus.
TOPICS:
This course provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques of the finite element method. The
emphasis is on the method itself – as a method for constructing approximate solutions to boundary value
problem – rather than on any particular application of the method. Students will develop simple but
complete computer codes for the finite element analysis of classes of one and two dimensional problems.
HOMEWORK:
Weekly written assignments and coding projects will be given.
Assignments need to be submitted by the lecture hour of the assignment due date. 10% of credit will be
deducted for every day the assignment is late. Assignment turned in 5 or more days after the due date
will be graded but will not receive any credit.
Coding projects must be completed in order to receive a passing grade and to be admitted to the final
exam.
TESTS:
Two midterm exams will be given. The dates will be announced on class web page.
No make-up exams will be given.
A final comprehensive exam will be given at the regularly scheduled time.
GRADING:
Homework and class participation 20%, coding projects 35%, midterm exams 20%, final exam 25%.
ATTENDANCE:
75% attendance is required to take midterm exams. Content of missed classes is student’s responsibility.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
You should work the homework individually, although you may consult with me or other members of the
class if questions arise. Checking answers is permitted, copying other's solutions or code is not permitted.
Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
ASSESSMENT METHODS:
The course and instructor will be evaluated at the end of the semester using the BU approved form.
REFERENCES ON BU LIBRARY RESERVE
Hughes, Thomas J. R., The finite element method: linear static and dynamic finite element analysis,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, c1987. (TA347.F5 H84 1987)
O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor, J.Z. Zhu, The finite element method: its basis and fundamentals, Oxford :
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. (TA640.2 .Z5 2005)
Bathe, Klaus-Jürgen, Finite element procedures, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1996. (TA347.F5
B36 1996)
Reddy, J. N. (John N.), An introduction to the finite element method, New York: McGraw-Hill, c1993.
(TA347.F5 R4 1993)
Szabo, B. A. (Barna Aladar), Finite element analysis, New York: Wiley, c1991. (TA347.F5 S98 1991)
Gilbert Strang, George Fix, An analysis of the finite element method, Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-
Cambridge, c2008. (TA335 .S77 2008)
