Design assisted by finite element analysis (FEA)

The course will be suitable for those who wish to gain insight into the new standard and for those who want to expand their FEA capabilities beyond linear elastic analyses and “hand calculations”. Participants will, for instance, learn how to determine the resistance directly from the analysis results, which can be useful when hand calculations become challenging. The course will not provide training in use of software. Furthermore, this is not a course in the theory of the finite element method, and participants are assumed to have some prior knowledge of the subject (however, a brief introduction/review will be provided).

PROGRAM
08.45-09.00: Registration
09.00-09.45: Introduction
09.45-10.00: Coffee Break
10.00-10.45: Analysis, basis for Design
10.45-11.00: Coffee Break
11.00-11.45: Modelling
11.45-12.00: Coffee Break
12.00-12.30: Verification and validation, Methods for design
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.15: Methods for design continues, documentation
14.15-14.30: Coffee Break
14.30-15.15: Stress concentrations
15.00-15.30: Questions and summary

INSTRUCTORErik Løhre Grimsmo

• PhD in Structural Engineering from NTNU (topic: joints and connections in steel)
• Project Engineer at Aas-Jakobsen (part of Norconsult)
• Committee Chair for SN/K 72, the Norwegian mirror committee for EN 1993 and -4
• Committee member of SN/K 64, the Norwegian mirror committee for EN 1990
• Member of WG8, the European committee responsible for the development of EN 1993-1-8 / the joint standard (including the subgroup for FEM analyses)

LANGUAGE
Course will be held in English

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