384 COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING DESIGN
Project 13
Many engineering structures are made up of simple elements like beams, trusses and plates. Create
a finite element software to help in the static analysis (stress, deflection) of simple structures.
Project 14
Vibration analysis of beams, shafts and uniform plates and simple spring/dashpot type machine parts
are often desirable. Finite element analysis can help the designer in carrying out a simulation. Create
software modules for some simple elements with material properties, boundary conditions, force and
frequency magnitudes etc. as user defined inputs.