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I have seen that in a lot of industries, the failure criterion is unsigned von Mises stress. Sometimes it may refer to yield stress, sometimes ultimate stress depending upon the scenario simulated. My research peer suggested another approach that I never heard before. Use signed von...
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I am performing explicit dynamic non-linear contact analysis (drop test) and the results are quite off from physical testing.
If however, the same parameters are used for solving with Abaqus then it is quite closer to reality.
So I am just checking whether my findings are in line with...
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1. I have always done convergence analysis by checking the maximum stress for a scenario and seeing if it converges towards a value upon mesh refinement. However, my professor recommended a better method. He told me to choose a geometric point (x,y,x) and always have a node at this point...
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I am trying to understand what it means when a software says that it has an implicit solver as well as explicit solver.
Often I find that people try explain the difference by using quasi-static vs time dependent analysis, but I know that that is not the correct answer. Additionally, how...
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I am a Mechanical engineering graduate student with a couple of years of professional experience in FEA, as well as my research project is in FEA. It is my personal desire to develop a basic FEA software of my own. I have the software development skills, but do not know the...
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I am in need of developing a mini-FEA software for my project and need some help in understanding the theoretical aspects of FEM.
Since I do not have the differential equations of the objects, I am restricted to using the strong form approach instead of the weak form.
I tried looking up...
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In my Finite Element Methods course I learned that the best way to check whether a FEA is precise or not based on the potential energy of the elements. We could do this on paper using the differential equations for simple beams.
But for complex objects, when I do FEA in a software how do...
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I have received a task of simulating a difficult scenario.
Rubber (Elastollan 1185A) is over moulded over a plastic part (PBT GF20).
The rubber stays on the part due to adhesion between the contact region.
My task is to simulate the situation where the rubber peels off from the plastic...
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I am a design engineer and want to start a trend of using FEA during the design process in my group.
As of now, for some months I have been doing push button analysis using Creo Simulate for linear behaviour.
It has been a progressive journey from "relative" comparison of concepts to...
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I am trying to learn Creo Simulate 2.0 and having a hard time applying time varying forces.
I want to have forces something like this:
Force1: 50N from 0 to 0.5sec
Force1: 100N from 0.5 to 1.2sec
Force2: linearly increasing from 200 to 250N from 1 to 2 sec
Simulate does not show any...
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I am considering starting my FEA consultancy.
So I would like to know the prices of FEA software packages.
It would be great to understand the fixed initial seat price as well as the yearly price of the packages.
I have tried searching a lot using Google but in wain...
