Finite Element Analysis
Finite Element Analysis
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Does anyone have any tutorials on FEA, i would like to learn it, but don`t know where to start. Thank you
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RE: Finite Element Analysis
Dan
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There are text books out there too.
Do you want to learn to understand Finite Element Analysis, or do you just want to operate the software?
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Search Amazon for the books. There are some free FEA tools out there, you can play with. You may wind up having to install Linux.
Search Google.
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FEA tools FeLT and Calculix both run under Linux.
You might want to go to the FEA forum as ask what textbooks they recommend.
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I think FEA isn't much more "automatic" than manual hand calcs, because setting up your loads, setting up your restraints, defining the mesh... all of that is manual.
The only automatic process is the actual number crunching (which is what a computer does) and as we know but a layman may not, it is not a black box. You do have control.
It's pretty much as manual as a manual hand calc. just then, in a completely different way. It can be valuable in that respect though, if fea and a hand calc. come out with similar answers because they are different in how one postulates the question and comes to a resultant answer.
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