Since the last videos I made which showed how to install a Virtual Linux Machine on your PC and install Salome Meca 2017 on top of it, a new release of Salome-Meca 2017 for Windows went out! Good news for those who are a bit afraid to step into the linux world but still want […]
FEA Automation: Is it always good to automate?
It’s been some time I am talking about what I think of automation and “push-a-button” solutions to my newsletter subscribers. I know that this is a potentially “sensitive” topic for some people in the FEA field…and many people working in the FEA software industry would prefer you not to know about what I am about […]
[Ansys AIM 18 Tutorial] Linear static analysis of a pressured pipe
Today, I am starting again doing simple tutorials of Ansys! I decided to start with a very simple linear static analysis of a pressured pipe with Ansys AIM 18 Student Edition. And just for the fun, I decided to record this video in 4 different languages (English, French, Chinese and Korean,…) Here is the english […]
What is linear static analysis in FEA simulation?
If you are a beginner in FE (Finite Element) Analysis, this post should put some light on some of the most essential aspects to understand about “linear static analysis” First of all a little of background about Finite Element Analysis for those who really start out… Finite Element analysis is a method that helps […]
What is an FEA Solver ?
It’s been a long time since the last time I wrote on the blog, but FEA is an area where there are a lot of things to explain and I will continue to explain the contents which interest most of FEA engineers. Thanks to Fisible for proposing today’s subject ;-) I am waiting for your […]
The FEA analysis Myth among CAD users
I was myself doing a lot of CAD design before and I never thought that FEA Analysis was a big deal. This is what I thought: Take a CAD model, apply material, loads, boundary conditions, contacts, mesh it and then watch the results… it is like a black box. At least it is what I […]