Fall 2026 Mechanical Engineering E6106 section 001

Finite Element Method for Fluid Flow and

FEM for Fluid Flow and FS

Call Number 15659
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Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Vijay Vedula
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Solving convection-dominated phenomena using finite element method (FEM), including convection-diffusion equation, Navier-Stokes, equation for incompressible viscous flows, and nonlinear fluid-structure interactions (FSI). Foundational concepts of FEM include function spaces, strong and weak forms, Galerkin FEM, isoparametric discretization, stability analysis, and error estimates. Mixed FEM for Stokes flow, incompressibility and inf-sup conditions. Stabilization approaches, including residue-based variational multiscale methods. Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation for nonlinear FSI, and selected advanced topics of research interest.

Department Mechanical Engineering
Enrollment 0 students (30 max) as of 9:06PM Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Subject Mechanical Engineering
Number E6106
Section 001
Division School of Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate
Section key 20263MECE6106E001