Lecture

Finite Element Method: Quadrangular Elements

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ME-372: Finite element method

L'étudiant acquiert une initiation théorique à la méthode des éléments finis qui constitue la technique la plus courante pour la résolution de problèmes elliptiques en mécanique. Il apprend à appliquer cette méthode à des cas simples et à l'exploiter pour ...

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This lecture covers the product of two functions, basic functions of linear and quadratic rectangular elements, criteria of differentiability, continuity, and support functions in the context of quadrangular finite elements. It also discusses the Lagrangian family of regular rectangular finite elements and the index form of elementary quantities.

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François Gallaire

google scholar https://scholar.google.ch/citations?hl=fr&user=T3OooAcAAAAJ François Gallaire earned his engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in 1998 and a master's in Liquids Physics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1999. He completed his PhD in 2002 at LadHyX on swirling flow instabilities and vortex breakdown. After six years at the Mathematics department of Université de Nice, he joined EPFL in 2009, founding the Fluid Mechanics and Instabilities Lab (LFMI). He became an associate professo

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