Finite Element Analysis Set 2

The minimum potential energy principle ✘ Galerkin's principle ✘ Weighted residual method ✘ Inverse matrix method ✔

Element depth ratio ✘ Mode shape ratio ✘ Aspect ratio ✘ None of the above ✔

Mode shapes ✘ Shape functions ✘ Natural curves ✘ None of the above ✔

plane stress ✘ plane strain ✘ zero stress ✘ zero strain ✔

the shape function has a unit value at one nodal point and zero value at the other nodes ✘ the sum of the shape function is equal to one ✘ both a & b ✘ none of the above ✔

local coordinates system ✘ natural coordinates system ✘ global coordinate system ✘ none of the above ✔

stretching of plates ✘ gravity of dams ✘ axisymmetric shells ✘ all of the above ✔

inverse matrix method ✘ weighted residual method ✘ the minimum potential energy principle ✔

K is a banded matrix ✘ K is un-symmetric ✘ K is an un-banded matrix ✘ none of the above ✔

very large ✘ very small ✘ assumed by software ✘ any of the above ✔