This article talks explains the concept of safety factor and how it is calculated. It’s a fundamental notion that every mechanical engineer have to understand well. How do I know if the design of my part is « safe » enough? That’s a difficult question that many designers asked themselves. One of the potential answers involves the […]
What is frequency response analysis in FEA
In the last article, I described in depth Modal Analysis, Eigenvalues and all what that means and in this article, I will dive into what is frequency response analysis. The most important lesson about modal analysis – Modal analysis helps to determine the modes of vibrations and the frequencies at which those modes are triggered – […]
What is FEA modal analysis? | Learn the basics about it
Modal analysis is, along with linear static analysis, one of the 2 most common types of FE analysis. If you don’t know about those, you’ll have to review your fea basics. That’s what we’ll do here! In this short article, I’ll talk about: What is modal analysis Why it is important to know about it […]
7 wrong beliefs about meshing that you may have
Do you remember that few hundred years ago, people believed that the earth was squared? We all have wrong beliefs that limit or hinder or success! They can come from your family, your environment or even from your education… and they stop you to become better at what you do unconsciously. I often see people […]
Can a wrong mesh impact your simulation results?
I did a small research on the internet about the best FEA meshing practice and this is the kind of advice that I found: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// « Meshing is not important as long as you get the correct boundary conditions » « Meshing is critical to the accuracy of your results » « most FEA Software Automeshers do already a great […]
How to map-mesh manually a plate with 2 holes
If you have been into FEA for some time, you know probably that there is this kind of “basic knowledge” that every analyst will tell you that you need to know… The paradox is that it is very practical knowledge and it is almost never taught in the FEA textbooks…(and when you ask those specialists to […]
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