Official Syllabus – Abbreviated/Formatted Syllabus
Information on Online Instruction
Course Materials:
Lecture Notes
Matlab Scripts & Nastran Examples
Homework Assignment Files
Other Readings/Resources
Key to abbreviations in weekly modules.
LO = Learning Outcome, Lec = Lecture, Read = Mandatory Reading, Review = Optional reading, Abr = Abrahamsson Book 2013
Semester Schedule: EMA 610 – Spring 2020
* NOTE: All of the dates below are approximate. The instructor will adjust the schedule as necessary. See the assignment on the course web page for the latest due dates.
| Date* | Week | Topic | Due Dates* |
| 1/22 | 1 | LO: Understand importance of finite element model updating and its application in the aerospace industry. Review Lec: Introduction to FE Updating, Introduction to Nastran, Read: Linear Algebra Review, Review: Abr 1.0-1.8 |
HW#1 Assigned |
| 1/24 | Lec: Input files in Nastran | ||
| 1/27 | 2 | Read: Watch Online Patran/Nastran Tutorials: First (Links to an external site.), Second (Links to an external site.) & find others on your own Work on HW#1 in Nastran |
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| 1/29 | Lec: (finish lecture) Input files in Nastran Work on HW#1 in Nastran |
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| 1/31 | Lec: Vibration Fundamentals Review | ||
| 2/3 | 3 | Read: Topic 2 FEM, Lec: Review of FEM and Managing M & K Matrices from FEM | HW#1 Due HW#2 Assigned (NASTRAN files) |
| 2/5 | Lec: Properties of FE Model Matrices, Rigid Body Modes | ||
| 2/7 | Read: Topic 3 Modal Analysis, Abr 2.4 Lec: Modal Analysis, Damping, Lec: Modal Displacement Method | ||
| 2/10 | 4 | Work on HW#2 in Class | |
| 2/12 | Work on HW#2 in Class | ||
| 2/14 | Read: Topic 4 FEM Errors | ||
| 2/17 | 5 | Read: Topic 5 Correlation Metrics, Abr. 9.2, 9.5 | |
| 2/19 | Lec: Topic 7 Test Analysis Models, Dynamic Reduction | HW #3 Assigned | |
| 2/21 | Lec: Topic 8 Static Reduction | HW#2 due | |
| 2/24 | 6 | Lec: Topic 9a Modal Reduction | |
| 2/26 | Lec: Topic 9b Hybrid Reduction Example: Static Reduction on beam44 |
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| 2/28 | Lec: Mode Acceleration Method, Matlab example of FRF computation. | ||
| 3/2 | 7 | Read: Ginsberg Ch. 9, or Book Excerpt Sec. 2.2-2.3.1 (free download from on campus) (Links to an external site.) Lec: Introduction to Modal Substructuring, Constraints and Primal Assembly |
HW#3 due |
| 3/4 | Lec: Hurty/Craig Bampton Models, Read: Book Excerpt | HW #4 Assigned | |
| 3/6 | Lec: Free-Interface Methods: MacNeal/Rubin | ||
| 3/9 | 8 | Lec: Frequency Response Computation (Ginsberg Ch. 5), MDOF_FRF_example.m – work on HW#4 | |
| 3/11 | Work on HW#4 | ||
| 3/13 | Read: Topic 10.1 – Modal Kinetic Energy | ||
| 3/16 | Spring Recess 3/16-3/20 | ||
| 3/23 | 9 | Read: Topic 10.2 – Effective Independence, Abr. 5.1, Video: Mod10 Sensor Placement (Links to an external site.), Notes | |
| 3/25 | Read: Topic 11 – Selecting Input Locations, Abr. 3.4, 5.2 Video (Links to an external site.), Handout, Literature Example |
HW#4 due HW #5 Assigned |
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| 3/27 | Work on HW#5 | ||
| 3/30 | 10 | Work on HW#5 | |
| 4/1 | Read: Topic 12 – Selection of Target Modes, Abr. 3.5-6, Video Lecture: Target Modes (Links to an external site.), Handout | ||
| 4/3 | Read: Topic 14 – FEM Calibration Video Lecture: Introduction to FE Updating (Links to an external site.) Handouts (for the next few days): First, Second |
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| 4/6 | 11 | Video Lec: Simple FEM Calibration, Intro to Modal Parameter Sensitivity (Links to an external site.) | HW #6 Assigned |
| 4/8 | Read: Matrix Calculus, Lec: Modal Sensitivities to Design Changes & Enhanced Optimization (live lecture) | HW#5 due | |
| 4/10 | Work on HW#6 | ||
| 4/13 | 12 | Lec (BBCU) Simple Jacobian Example Work on HW#6 |
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| 4/15 | Lec (BBCU) Introduce Final Project, Work on HW#6 |
Final Project Assigned | |
| 4/17 | Work on HW#6 and project | ||
| 4/20 | 13 | Video Lec: S4B Updating Case Study (Links to an external site.) (see Mod. 14 Slides), Topic 15: Nastran Sensitivity Analysis Sol 200, Simple Jacobian Calc. in Nastran (matlab code).
Work on HW#6 and project |
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| 4/22 | (BB Ultra) Lec: Topic 15 – ATA’s Attune Package (Links to an external site.)(Alternative: ata-e.com > Attune > Demo) Open to work on project |
HW#6 due | |
| 4/24 | Open to work on project | ||
| 4/27 | 14 | Lec (read on own): Topic 16 – Model Validation, Abr. 11.1-4 (Matlab Implementation of FEMCali (Links to an external site.) FYI) Open to work on project |
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| 4/29 | Open to work on project End of Course Evaluations: https://aefis.wisc.edu |
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| 5/1 | Open to work on project | ||
| 5/8 | Final Reports Due: 5/8/2020, Friday, Midnight |
Final Project Report Due |
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