Instructor:
Prof. A. J. Baker
Office:Perkins Hall 316A
Phone: (865) 974-7674
Fax: (865) 974-6372
e-mail: ajbaker@utk.edu,
Office hours: always online

Meeting: Tuesday & Thursday,
3:40 - 4:55pm

  This first-level graduate course widely covers aspects of finite element implementation of weak statement theory applied to scientific computing. Developed for ES graduate students majoring in computational mechanics, it as well has attracted graduate students from other disciplines within (and now external to) UT. Material applications for dissertation or research projects have included meteorite accretion and radioactive waste disposal models (Geology), fractured media porous flow (Civil Engr.), bioremediation reacting system models (Chemical, Agricultural Engineering, Microbiology), and rheology (Materials Science).  

Hands-on practical computing experience is a course key focus, with software system developments aimed at fundamentals. This academic course led to writing of the Finite Elements 1-2-3 (McGraw-Hill) textbook, published in 1991 with an included PC code. This "pedagogical system" is now out-of-print, but totally replaced by the FEm.PSE text (2003), the Internet website courseware, and the Matlab enabled problem solving environment(PSE). Thereby, reporting of course-integrated computational experiment results has transcended from "spaghetti code" to a PSE, and from paper to html/pdf reporting.

ES 551w may be taken for credit or audit by anyone (anywhere) admitted to the UT Graduate School (see Registration). Alternatively, it may be taken for transfer credit by non-UT students admitted to a university graduate school (anywhere). It may also be taken for self-study directly through CFD Laboratory (see Registration).