Introduction to FEA with Ansys

Overview

Instructor: Umair Bin Asim

Time: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 — 11:30AM-2:00PM CT and Friday, June 5, 2020 — 10:00AM-1:00PM CT

Location: Zoom session only

Prerequisites: Current Ada account

This short course provides an introduction to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using Ansys.

Course Materials

  • Introduction to FEA with Ansys Day 2 results worksheet: XLSX

Presentation slides

The presentation slides are available as a downloadable PDF.

  • Introduction to FEA with Ansys Day 1: PDF
  • Introduction to FEA with Ansys Day 2: PDF

Agenda

The basic steps involved in the setup and solution of a solid mechanics problems will be covered, including:

  • Problem specification
  • Pre-analysis and start-up
  • Geometry generation
  • Meshing
  • Physics setup involving material behavior
  • Numerical solution and results
  • Verification and validation
  • Exercises