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Feedback for Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Qy6KthBB-jvI6JLt2RO3R_3HDp945Ygp2qJc51a7ypA

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1/ Week 8 Assignment with Solutions.

Dear Participants, 

The week 8 Assignment with solution for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1" has been released in the portal, this week 8 assignment is just for practice it is not included for final marking scheme.

Best wishes for the Exams!!

NPTEL Team

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RE: Refund amount for failed transactions

Dear Student

We have refunded the money from our side for failed transactions, if the money is not credited to your account you can check with your bank with the reference number which has been generated during your payment.

Refunds are not being processed for successful registrations.

If the bank confirms that your amount is not refunded, then please write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in

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NPTEL Certification exam: Hall tickets available for download

Dear candidate:

Hall tickets have been published for the courses that have exams on March 20 and 27. The link for the same is https://www3.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/885/2759/login.html

Instructions for candidates to access the hall ticket:

• Please login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the March 20th/ 27th exams, from the link.
  
• Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 20th/ 27th 2016.
  
•  Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket).
  
• Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
  
• Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on March 20th and another on March 27th, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
  
•  Note2: Exam time : 2 PM to 5 PM.
•  In case of issues - contact us at nptel@iitm.ac.in. 

Best of luck for your exams!

Thanks
NPTEL team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 : Assignment Solutions for Week 7 Released

Dear Participants:

The Solutions for Week 7 Assignments have  been released for the course “Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1” and is available for download in the portal.

Thanks !
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 8 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 8 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 7- Assignment 7 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 7 Assignment 7 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 : Assignment Solutions for Week 6 Released

Dear Participants:

The Solutions for Week 6 Assignments have  been released for the course “Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1” and is available for download in the portal.

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 : Assignment Solutions for Week 5 Released

Dear Participants:

The Solutions for Week 5 Assignments have  been released for the course “Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1” and is available for download in the portal.

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1/ Link to Download Week-6 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week - 6  lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

URL: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104193/

Thanks.

Happy Learning!!
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 6- Assignment 6 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 6 Assignment 6 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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REMINDER: Registration closes on 1st MAR 2016 5 PM (Tuesday) - Register today!!!

Dear students

Hope you are doing the course and are enjoying the learning process.

Already 5766 students have registered for the exams, are you one of it? If not Please register for the exam today!!

The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)

If you have any payment issue and internet connectivity problem, please try to register earlier instead of trying out in the last minute.

Exam registrations close on 1st MAR 2016 5 PM (Tuesday)!! The last date will not be extended!

Dates of exam: 20th March 2016 (or) 27 March 2016
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking

The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of March 2016.

Certificate will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.
Courses with exam on March 20th/ 27th : http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20March%2020-27%202016.pdf

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college using the DD option, ONLY After the SPOC of your college has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the March exam, please come to this form and add your signature, photo and certificate (in case of SC/ST). This step is mandatory fr generating the hall ticket.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 6 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 6 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 5- Assignment 5 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 5 Assignment 5 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1

Happy learning!

NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 5 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 5 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 : Assignment Solutions for Week 3 Released

Dear Participants:

The Solutions for Week 3 Assignments have  been released for the course “Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1” and is available for download in the portal.

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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Announcement regarding exam and certificate format.

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Registration open for certification exam

(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)


The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of March 2016.

Certificate will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable. 
Courses with exam on March 20th/ 27th : http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20March%2020-27%202016.pdf

NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 : Assignment Solutions for Week 1 and 2 are Released

Dear Participants:

The Solutions for Week 1 and 2 Assignments have  been released for the course “Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1” and are available for download in the portal.

Happy learning!
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 4- Assignment 4 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 4 Assignment 4 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1

Happy learning!

NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 / Link to Download Week-4 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

 The Week-4 lectures for the course"Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 " can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

 URL: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104193/19


Happy Learning!!!

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Assignment-3 Submission due date Extended 11/02/2016

Dear Participants,

Please note that the due date for the submission of assignment-3 has been extended to 11/02/2016 (11:55 pm IST). The due date for the submission of assignments 1 and 2 remain unchanged. Please submit the assignments on or before the due date for submission as applicable.

Thanks.

Happy Learning!
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 4 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 4 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 3- Assignment 3 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 3 Assignment 3 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1

Happy learning!

NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I, Examination registration form

Dear Participants,

The Individual certification exam registration form is likely to open on
Feb 8th 2016 11am - for the 10 hr/ 20 hr course exams that are scheduled
on March 20th/ 27th2016
Due to the extension in enrollment last date from Jan 25th 2016 to Feb 4th 2016, we had to defer the opening date for the exam registration form. 

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 3 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 3 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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General Guidelines to Access the Portal

1.Go to: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer
 Login with your registered email id and password, then on the left side of the page you can able to see the course contents and assignments.



2. If there is text version you can able to see a tab “*Text Version*” on the top of the video.




3. If you have limited internet access Goto the Nptel website:

URL: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104193/




Thanks and regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 / Link to Download Week-2 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

 The Week-2 lectures for the course"Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1 " can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

 URL: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104193/

Happy Learning!!!

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 2- Assignment 2 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 2 Assignment 2 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1
Happy learning!

NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Week 2 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 2 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I / Assignment 1 - Submission Due Date

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I / Course Duration / Exam Dates (Update)

Dear Participants,

The "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" is a 20 hours course which spans for 8 weeks.

Course duration: January 18 2016 - 11 March 2016
Dates of exams: 20 March 2016 and 27 March 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm

Happy Learning!

Note: Those who have already joined the course, kindly ignore the email notification which you have got during the time of enrolling on Course duration and Dates of exams.

Thanks.
Regards,
NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I / Link to Download Week-1 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-1 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following
link and can be watched offline.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112104193/

Screenshot:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me02/assets/img/screenshot%20download%201.jpg

Happy Learning!!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team,

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1: Week 1- Assignment 1 Released

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the course.

The Week 1 Assignment 1 is released for the course Basics of Finite Element Analysis-1
Happy learning!

NPTEL Team.

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I / Week 1 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 1 Lectures for the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I : Important announcement

Dear Participants:

Please note the following with regard to the course "Basics of Finite Element Analysis-I"

1. The exam for the course will be online, instruction for the same will be communicated to you shortly.

2. The exam question paper would be MCQ  type.

3. The duration of the exam is 3 hours

4. No negative marks.

5. Assignments carry 50% weightage towards final grading. Exam carry 50%. Therefore you are advised to give equal importance to assignments as well as exams.

With best wishes,

NPTEL Team

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Welcome to NPTEL Online Certification Course:Basics of Finite Element Analysis

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course " Basics of Finite Element Analysis ". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 18 2016. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam 2 weeks after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections: 

•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.  
     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course: 

Name of the course:Basics of Finite Element Analysis  (8 weeks : 20 hrs)
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me02/
Course duration: January 18 2016 - 11 March 2016
Dates of exams: 20 March 2016 and 27 March 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Tentative list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/pdf/Exam%20City-list.pdf
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly 

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team