GEOSTAR is nice for several reasons - much bigger element library than the /WORKS side of SRAC products. With that comes a much bigger range of problem types that can be solved, gap elements, random vibration, etc.
I have used this product for ~10 yrs and it is much better now with...
An meaningful addition to finite element analysis for brittle materials is to interface FEA results with a reliability analysis. This is important because with this part of material the strength is more related to statistical effects - a small part is is stronger than a large part - There is a...
