How to generate automatic contacts & check the contact status in Ansys WB?

Contacts can be a real pain sometimes...especially if you work with an assembly model with a lot of parts.

Jose (FEAforall Ansys Teacher) shows to you how to check the contact status to understand where you have problems.

How to evaluate a bolted joint?

There are several techniques to analyze bolts, depending on the results you want to get.

Jose explains in this video the advantages and disadvantages of both and how to assign quickly a lot of bolts at the same time.

How to evaluate the mesh quality?

Trying to solve an FEA model without checking the mesh quality first is like wanting to drive blindsided (well...sort of)

Jose shows in this video how to check the mesh quality and also how to find the "nests" of bad elements in your model. 

When the analysis doesn’t solve…how do you solve the problems in the analysis?

One of my teacher told me that once: "When you get an error, you should be happy about it, because it shows you how to correct your model..."

Jose explains here quickly his methodology to solve a problem in your simulation with Ansys WB.

How to analyse the results? How do you find if the results are accurate or not?

THE question that most of FEA engineers want to know... and one of the most important things to keep in mind!