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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MNE 446 - Finite Element Method in Additive Manufacturing

Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 252 or equivalent
Finite element method (FEM) and its application to additive manufacturing problems. The objective of this course is to enable students to apply FEM to a wide range of engineering problems.Topics include: Introduction to the fundamentals of FEM; Applied finite element modeling and practical aspects of solid, heat transfer, time-dependent, and multiphysics coupled problems; Review of additive manufacturing processes and quality/reliability issues; FEM to predict part distortions, residual stresses, and in-service performance; Simulation-based design optimization for quality improvement.
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