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Introduction to FEA
General Working of FEA
Nodes, Elements, and Element Shapes
General Procedure of Conducting Finite Element Analysis
FEA through ANSYS
Effective Utilization of FEA
FEA Software
Advantages and Limitations of FEA Software
Types of Analysis
Structural Analysis
Thermal Analysis
Fluid Flow Analysis
Electromagnetic Field Analysis
Coupled Field Analysis
Introduction to ANSYS
System Requirements
Getting Started with ANSYS
Interactive Mode
Batch Mode
Starting a New File Using the ANSYS Product Launcher window
Exiting ANSYS
Self-Evaluation Test
2: BASIC SOLID MODELING
Real Constants
Material Properties
Multiple Attributes
Assigning Multiple Attributes before Meshing
Assigning Default Attributes before Meshing
Modifying Attributes after Meshing
Verifying Assigned Attributes
Element Attributes Table
5: FINITE ELEMENT MODELING (FEM) II
Deleting Loads
Deleting DOF Constraints
Deleting all Loads and Load Step Options
Deleting all Loads Applied on Solid Model
Deleting all Loads Applied on Finite Element Model
6: SOLUTION AND POSTPROCESSOR
Solution
Defining the New Analysis Type
Restarting the Analysis
Setting Solution Controls
Setting Analysis Options
Solving the Analysis Problem
Nonlinear Analysis
Geometric Nonlinearity
Material Nonlinearity
Boundary Nonlinearity (Changing Status)
Performing the Nonlinear Analysis
Specifying the Analysis Type, Setting Solution Controls, and
Applying Loads
Obtaining the Solution
9: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Steel tubes and springs structure
Modal analysis of an airplane wing
Nonlinear analysis (material nonlinearity)
10: THERMAL ANALYSIS
Thermal Analysis
Important Terms Used in Thermal Analysis
Heat Transfer Modes
Thermal Gradient
Thermal Flux
Bulk Temperature
Film Coefficient
Emissivity
StefanBoltzmann Constant
Thermal Conductivity
Specific Heat