Geophysics 580
THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR SLOW FLOWS AND OTHER EARTH SCIENCE PROBLEMS:
USING ADINA SOFTWARE

October 3:
- the concepts of Finite Elements, comparisons with other numerical methods such as Finite Differences and Control Volumes
READING: Huebner, Chapter 1.

October 9:
- first ideas about course projects.
- some simple examples of finite elements
READING: Huebner, Chapter 2.

October 16:
- Variational Principles and Galerkin's Method
- running ADINA
READING: Huebner, Chapter 3.
________ optional reading: Reddy and Gartling, Chapter 2

October 23:
- project updates: domains and boundary conditions.
- Bob, Erin, Ben, Ginny, Steve

October 30:
- project updates: domains and boundary conditions.
- Drew, Hans
- running ADINA-F: Throstur's ice sheet model

November 6:
- project updates: domains and boundary conditions.
- Aggeliki
- Variational Principles and Galerkin's Method
READING: Reddy and Gartling, Chapter 2

November 13
- project updates: test-drive ADINA, exploiting class discussion to resolve your sticking-points.
- Hans, Erin
- (send .in files to Erin)

November 20
- project updates: test-drive ADINA, exploiting class discussion to resolve your sticking-points.
- Aggeliki, Drew
- (send .in files to Throstur)

November 27
- project updates: test-drive ADINA, exploiting class discussion to resolve your sticking-points.
- Bob, Ben, Steve
- (send current .in files to Erin before class)

December 04

December 11

References:
Huebner, K.H. 1975. The finite element method for engineers. Wiley.

Reddy, J.N. and D.K. Gartling. 2000. The finite element method in heat transfer and fluid dynamics. 2nd Edition. Boca Raton, CRC Press.

Kwon,Young W. and Hyochoong Bang. 2000. Finite Element Method Using Matlab, 2nd Edition. (Hardcover) 624 p. CRC Press.

Click for a tutorial written by Tony Gades on setting up an ice sheet model in ADINA.