SOLIDWORKS: Advanced Simulation
1h 52mAdvanced2018-01-30
Authors
Tony Abbey
FEA Evangelist, Consultant, Mentor
Course details
Before parts can be manufactured, SOLIDWORKS designers need to perform advanced stress analysis using simulations. This process is called finite element analysis or FEA. Join instructor Tony Abbey in this course, as he teaches this vital skill using the rich simulation features in SOLIDWORKS Premium 2018. Learn how to break up and mesh models, set loads and boundary conditions, and fix and re-mesh geometry. Explore the 3-2-1 and plane strain methods for measuring stress and displacement. After optimizing each design, Tony runs an analysis and compares the before and after results so you can see how the stress is reduced.
Learning objectives
Breaking up the model
Meshing and re-meshing the model
Simplifying the geometry
Using the 3-2-1 and plane strain methods
Running analyses and comparing results
Learning objectives
Breaking up the model
Meshing and re-meshing the model
Simplifying the geometry
Using the 3-2-1 and plane strain methods
Running analyses and comparing results
Skills covered
SimulationSOLIDWORKSDassaultManufacturingProduct and Industrial DesignProduct and ManufacturingDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Exercise files
1. Conrod Half Symmetry Model
- 04 - Breaking up the geometry model
- 05 - Meshing the half model
- 06 - New loads and boundary conditions
- 07 - Analysis and comparison with the full model
2. Simplifying the Conrod Fillet Geometry
- 08 - Using the geometry fixup tool
- 09 - Remeshing the simplified geometry
- 10 - Defining new loads and boundary conditions
- 11 - Running the analysis and comparing results with the original Conrod model
3. Using the 3-2-1 Method
- 12 - Description of the 3-2-1 method
- 13 - Geometry splitting to accommodate the 3-2-1- method
- 14 - Remeshing the revised model
- 15 - Applying the specific loads and boundary conditions for the 3-2-1 method
- 16 - Running the analysis and comparing the results at the big and region of the Conrod
4. The Plane Strain Method
- 17 - An overview of the plane strain method
- 18 - Set up and meshing for plane strain analysis
- 19 - Loads and boundary conditions for plane strain analysis
- 20 - Running a plane strain analysis and interpreting results
Conclusion
- 21 - Wrap up
- 22 - Next steps