CEE 7770 - [Advanced Concepts in Finite Element Methods]

Spring. 3 credits.

Next offered 2013-2014.

W. Aquino.

The main objective of this course is to introduce the student to modern techniques used for solving partial differential equations using finite element methods. In addition, half of the course is devoted to advanced programming techniques to produce fast and robust finite element computer codes. The course covers formal mathematical formulations of the finite element method using function spaces, extensions of the finite element method, optimization of continuous systems, object-oriented implementations, and an introduction to multilevel techniques such as multigrid and domain decomposition.