Best Stress Schools?
Best Stress Schools?
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Hi Folks,
Am trying to locate where in the country has the best training for Stress Engineers.
Can anyone advise?
Thanks
Am trying to locate where in the country has the best training for Stress Engineers.
Can anyone advise?
Thanks





RE: Best Stress Schools?
RE: Best Stress Schools?
RE: Best Stress Schools?
in anycase, perhaps 787a380 could explain which continent he/she is looking for ...
i liked UNSW ...
RE: Best Stress Schools?
You think right, and I didn't imply there wasn't one either. Unless you're very fortunate, very few people get an education - in the strict sense - in FE. You can learn the basics in uni., and you may be in a position to write your own code (where you gain a real understanding of the basic principles of FE), but the real learning comes from applying the basic principles learned, as well as practical experience, and making lots and lots and lots of mistakes. With the lots of mistakes also come lots and lots of lessons. Half the battle when you're starting out is accepting that age means experience means you listen means you learn. Amen.
RE: Best Stress Schools?
My experience has been that engineers have to be able to do hand calcs, have to be able to understand the structure and how it handles loads (the zen of stress analysis ?). this takes alot of experience, but it needs a foundation. I don't think you'd believe the number of graduates who can't solve a simply supported beam in an interview !
Unfortunately I think schools think they have to push FE (in place of traditional, unfashionable, hand calcs) so that graduates can step right into the work. I wish I could spend 5 minutes with whoever gave them this idea !
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Engineering Mechcanics would expound on the basics of your statics, dynamics, strength of materials. typically these programs begin with applied strength of materials or advanced strength of materials and go one to include Elasticity, Stability, Continuum Mechanics, Mechanics of Anisotropic Materials, FEA, CFD, etc.
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RE: Best Stress Schools?
The mechanics classes are way more important than the FEM classes. I've worked with a lot of engineers. The better ones were well founded in mechanics. FEM is a technique to apply what is learned in mechanics.