I'm not getting any help in the Solidworks Simulation forums, and someone suggested I ask my question here: I need to assess the stresses in a piece of spring steel that has been plastically deformed and then cycled about that nominal deformed shape. Are shell elements capable of handling this...
I have what is surely a simple question for you structural guys, but I am but a mechanical engineer! If I have 2 equal beams in parallel that are interconnected by "rigid" struts periodically spaced down the length of each beam, and I apply a distributed load to one of the beams, how do I...
I've used COSMOS/M for ages, and am currently trying to develop a 3D model which consists of perfectly bonded BEAMD3D and SHELL4 elements. I would like to plot maximum fiber stress in the beams, etc. but I can't figure out how to do so. Any tips? The manual has been useless, which probably...
