The Finite Element Method - MEF 1

This course explores the FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS MANDATORYIN THE USE OF CAE Technology – The Finite Element Method. Many professionals starting their applications in this area find difficulties in using CAE technology.

These difficulties arise from learning to use the software without satisfactory knowledge of the Finite Element Method, confusing this learning with understanding the Finite Element Method. Hence, the philosophy of the approach used here is justified: IF THE ENGINEER CANNOT MODEL THE PROBLEM WITHOUT THE COMPUTER, THEY SHOULD NOT DO IT WITH THE COMPUTER.

In contrast to the previous view, learning so deeply the "mathematical techniques" of a long purely academic course raises the question: How to apply this knowledge in practice? Due to this approach, fear and discouragement towards the application of this knowledge emerge.

THE CENTRAL QUESTION BEFORE USING SOFTWARE ARE THE CONCEPTS !!!!!

Technology is knowledge. Empowering oneself in understanding, applying, and disseminating this knowledge is a topic that drives the technical society, but with little success. Academic institutions still maintain a certain distance from the technical problems of companies, which, in turn, being hostages of immediacy, still have difficulties in perceiving study and research as effective

tools in solving their problems.

In the field of structural analysis, there are certainly Professors who have a deeper knowledge of theory, or even, we can find engineers within companies more involved in the task of applying this discipline. There is no doubt that Prof. Dr. Avelino has synthesized this knowledge in an efficient format and has become an absolute reference in Brazil.