Basics of finite elements method : master's thesis

Rad opisuje postupak realizacije metode konačnih elemenata na primjeru jednodimenzijskog elementa, tj. štapa, pomoću metoda Rayleigh-Ritz i Bubnov-Galerkin. Također, rad se dotiče provedbe dvodimenzijskih i trodimenzijskih elemenata. U završnom dijelu obraća se pažnja na modeliranje problema vezanih uz pomake u računalnom programu SAP2000. Trodimenzijski elementi simuliraju nosive stupove koji su opterećeni krovinom, te se prikazuju pomaci i naprezanja.This thesis describes procedure of realization of method regarding finite elements by comparing Rayleigh-Ritz method and Bubnov-Galerkin method on one-dimensional element, such as a rod. The thesis also lightly mentions two and three dimensional elements. In it's final chapter, the thesis gives an example of application of such methods by simulating stress on columns. The software used was SAP2000