Autodesk Simulation Mechanical - Part 1

Introduction   

• Overview
• Software Installation, Services, and Support
• Installing and Running Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
• System Requirements
• Autodesk Simulation Mechanical Help
• Subscription Center
• Web Links
• Tutorials
• "How to..." Articles
• Autodesk Simulation TV
• Updates
• Background of FEA
• What is Finite Element Analysis?
• Basic FEA Concepts
• How Does Autodesk Simulation Mechanical Work?
• The General Flow of an Analysis in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
• Stress and Strain Review
• Equations Used in the Solution
• Limits of Static Stress with Linear Material Models
• Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) Overcomes Limitations
• Hand-Calculated Example
• Heat Transfer Review
• Equations Used in the Solution
• Linear Dynamics Review
• Equation for Dynamic Analyses

Using Autodesk Simulation Mechanical   

• Navigating the User Interface
• Commands
• Using the Keyboard and Mouse
• Introduction to the View Cube
• Additional View Controls
• Legacy View Controls in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
• Steel Yoke Example
• Opening and Meshing the Model
• Setting up the Model
• Analyzing the Model
• Reviewing the Results
• Viewing the Displaced Shape
• Creating an Animation
• Generating a Report

Static Stress Analysis Using CAD Solid Models   

• Archiving a Model
• Types of Brick Elements
• Generating Meshes for CAD Models
• Creating a Mesh
• Model Mesh Settings - Options
• Tips for Modeling with CAD Solid Model Software for FEA
• Simplify CAD Solid Models with Autodesk Fusion
• Working with Various Unit Systems
• Loading Options
• Load Cases
• Constraint Options
• Modeling Symmetry and Antisymmetry
• Design Scenarios
• Load and Constraint Group
• Local Coordinate Systems
• Defining Materials and Using the Material Library Manager
• Adding Material Libraries and Material Properties
• Examples of Loads and Constraints
• When to Use Displacement Boundary Elements
• Using Local Coordinate Systems
• Using Surface Variable Loads
• Exercise A: Frame - Full to Quarter-Symmetry Model Comparison
• Chapter Objectives
• Background on How Results are Calculated
• How to Evaluate Results
• Displacement Results
• Stress Results Reaction
• Force Results
• Inquiring on the Results at a Node
• Graphing the Results
• Presentation Options
• Contour Plots Image File Creation Animating FEA Results Using the Configure Report Utility
• Exercise B: Yoke - Evaluation of Results and Generation of a Report

Midplane Meshing and Plate Elements   

• Meshing Options
• Element Options
• Plate Theory and Assumptions
• Loading Options
• Example of Defining the Element Normal Point
• Result Options
• Exercise C: Midplane Meshing and Plate Element Orientation

Meshing   

• Refinement Options
• Automatic Refinement Points
• Global Refinement Options
• Creating Joints
• Creating Bolts
• Mesh Convergence Testing
• Performing a Mesh Study
• Exercise D: Yoke and Clevis Assembly

Introduction to Contact   

• Uses for Contact
• Contact Options
• Setting up Contact Pairs
• Types of Contact
• Surface Contact Direction
• Contact Example
• How to Model Shrink Fits
• Shrink Fit Example
• Case 1 - Shrink Fit / No Sliding
• Case 2 - Shrink Fit / Sliding
• Result Options
• Exercise E: Yoke Assembly with Contact

Introduction to Linear Dynamics   

• Modal Analysis
• Weight
• Load Stiffening
• Example of Natural Frequency (Modal) Analysis
• Meshing the Model Adding Constraints
• Defining the Materials
• Analyzing the Model
• Reviewing the Results
• Critical Buckling Analysis
• Setting Up a Critical Buckling Analysis
• Result Options
• Other Linear Dynamics Analyses
• Exercise F: Concrete Platform

Steady-State Heat Transfer 8.1 Product Overview   

• 3-D Radiator Example
• Meshing the Model
• Setting up the Model
• Analyzing the Model
• Reviewing the Results
• Meshing Options
• Thermal Contact
• Element Options
• Rod Elements
• 2-D Elements
• Plate Elements
• Brick and Tetrahedral Elements
• Loading Options
• Nodal Loads
• Surface Loads
• Element Loads
• Body-to-Body Radiation
• Controlling Nonlinear Iterations
• Result Options
• Exercise G: Infrared Detector Model

Transient Heat Transfer   

• When to Use Transient Heat Transfer
• Element Options
• Loading Options
• Load Curves
• Controlling Nodal and Surface Controlled Temperatures
• Result Options
• Exercise H: Transistor Case Model

Thermal Stress   

• Multiphysics Overview
• Performing a Thermal Stress Analysis
• Exercise I: Disk Brake Rotor Heat-up and Stress