Breadcrumb Home Engineering MECH 417 MECH 417: Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Download as PDF Department Engineering School Inamori School of Engineering Credits 3 Use of the finite element method to solve problems in the areas of stress analysis; heat conduction. and fluid flow. Weighted residual and variational approaches; shape functions; numerical integration; and the patch test. Prerequisites CEMS 251 or MECH 241, MATH 271