Overall, this programme was designed to enhance the functional knowledge of new FEM users in the aspects of practical stress analysis.
The salient aspects of this workshop were –
- The tutorials were handled by very experienced industry exposed users of FEM.
- This course offered vital guidance to judge which approximations are acceptable for solving the practical problems.
- The methods of verifying and validating the FEM results were demonstrated with real world case studies.
- Each participant was provided with high quality training notes.
Workshop Topics
Basic Introduction
- Basic Theory of FEA
- Direct Stress and Strain
- Shear Stress and Torsion
- Bending Stress
- Thermal Stress Effects
- Stress Concentration Effects
- Fatigue and Impact
- Properties of Materials
- Stiffness Calculations
- Units and Unity Bracket
FEM - 1D and 2D formulations
- FEM formulation and Weak formulation
- FEM formulation of 1D elements
- Example problems of 1D elements
- 2D Plane Stress/Plane Strain
- 2D Axi-Symmetric Problems
- Design of Loading and Constraints
- Representative Material Properties
- Results Interpretation/Verification
- Balanced Loads/Minimal Constraint
- Non-Linear Considerations
- Introduction to Plasticity
3D formulations and Meshing Methods
- Introduction to the Real World in 3D
- Example of Simple 3D Analysis
- Processing of 3D CAD Data
- Preparing CAD Data for Analysis
- Fast and Accurate Meshing Methods
Practical Aspects
- Bolted, Welded joints
- Failure analysis
- Fatigue analysis
- Post processing techniques
- Performance optimization through simulation
Quality & Verifications Aspects
- Verification of FEM results
- Practical Validation
- Quality aspects in analysis
- Case studies from Automotive / Defence / Aeronautics
- Getting Help When Things Go Wrong
Workshop Tutors
Mr. Nitin S. Gokhale
Company: CEO of finite to infinite, Pune
Qualification : M.Tech (Design Engineering) from IIT Powai
Experience:
- 12 years experience in CAE projects: 3 years stint at CAE group of Mahindra & Mahindra
- Carried out more than 250 successful projects and 150 corporate CAE trainings for Indian and Overseas clients
- Extensive experience to IDEAS, HyperMesh, Nastran, Ansys, Optistruct and FEMFAT
- Authored book on Practical Finite Element Analysis
