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Textbook recommendations for learning structural analysis and FEA
I haven't been through any of the suggested books yet, so thanks for the suggestions. My eventual goal is to be able to use CAD/FEA to design or evaluate the design of welded, bent tubular steel structures. An example would be a frame for a go-cart or a roll-cage for a offroad vehicle. I have a...- mech_eng
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Textbook recommendations for learning structural analysis and FEA
Hi All, In the spirit of continuing education I'm going to teach myself some basic structural analysis. I want to (re)learn the basics and the theory behind FEA rather than just modelling in CAD and applying loads and seeing what the results are. I use SolidWorks at my job, and have made some...- mech_eng
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