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7 wrong beliefs about meshing that you may have

October 28, 2016 by Cyprien 17 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: FEA Meshing Tagged With: mesh

Can a wrong mesh impact your simulation results?

October 24, 2016 by Cyprien 21 Comments

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 […]

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How to map-mesh manually a plate with 2 holes

September 22, 2016 by Cyprien 16 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: FEA Meshing

3 simple steps to get a nice valve stem brick mesh

September 6, 2016 by Cyprien 8 Comments

3 simple steps to get a nice valve stem brick mesh

A lot of designers have been using tetra element meshing kind of “by default”… When you see and hear everyone around you telling that automatic tetra meshing is the most convenient and easy way to get your model meshed, it’s tempting to just do that. But in fact, automatic tetra meshing has always been kind […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, FEA Meshing

A simple thing you absolutely need to know about shell elements orientation

September 3, 2016 by Cyprien 15 Comments

A simple thing you absolutely need to know about shell elements orientation

Hey, It’s September already… time to start over to publish new posts about FEA :) As you know, FEA for All is a blog for everyone, from beginners to advanced FEA experts. Today, I decided to tackle a very basic topic (but essential to know): the shell element orientation! What is shell elements orientation? Shell […]

Filed Under: CAE for beginners, FEA Meshing Tagged With: Shell element orientation

How to practice “serendipitous learning”

July 14, 2016 by Cyprien 7 Comments

How to practice “serendipitous learning”

Serendipity is such a strange word. No long ago I didn’t know its meaning, but the idea behind is something I knew and practiced for years already.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: learning, serendipity

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