Finite Element Methods

Nonlinear geometry analysis

Large displacements and rotations of shell elements based on the MITC formulations

Analysis of FDM 3D printing process

Coupled thermal and mechanical analysis of the 3D printing process by reading through G-code

Finite Element Methods (written by C/C++/Python)

-   Solvers

-   Static analysis – Implicit time integration – linear / nonlinear system equation solver (Newton-Raphson)

-   Dynamic analysis - Explicit time integration - the central difference method

-   Thermal analysis

-   Mass transportation analysis

-   Coupled thermal-mechanical analysis

-   Buckling analysis – Eigenvalue problems

-   Total / Updated Lagrangian equations

-   Elements

-   3D solid (hexahedron / tetrahedron)

-   Linear / Nonlinear geometric shells (MITC3 / MITC4)

    -   Geometric exact beams