SolidWorks Simulation Nonlinear
Instructor Led Analysis Training Course
This class will raise your SolidWorks Simulation FEA skills to the next level! It offers hands-on experience on the use of SolidWorks Simulation nonlinear module. The two-day course provides an overview on a wide range of nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics. You will learn how to deal with models that exhibit large displacements and/or yielding, discuss and practice the use of many material models available in SolidWorks Simulation and, most importantly, how to drive a nonlinear analysis to successful completion.
Who should attend: Designed for users who would like to become productive fast, the nonlinear course offers hands-on experience on the use of SolidWorks Simulation nonlinear module. The two-day course provides an overview on a wide range of nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics.
Course details and prerequisites:
Duration: 2 Days
Type: Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
- Attended the SolidWorks Simulation Essentials Course
- Knowledge of SolidWorks
After the training you will be able to:
- Test your parts and assemblies for a variety of different non-linear situations
- Apply non-linear materials
- View non-linear analysis results and understand the effects to your SolidWorks designs
Course Outline
Geometric Nonlinearities
- Large displacements problems
- Large strain formulation (rubber-like materials)
Material Nonlinearities
- Nonlinear elasticity
- Hyperelasticity (Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden)
- Plasticity (von Mises, isotropic/kinematic/mixed hardening rules)
- Temperature dependent material properties
- Visco-elasticity and creep
- Contact (Boundary) Nonlinearities
- 3D nonlinear gap/contact analysis (with or without material nonlinearities).
Numerical Procedures
- Solution control techniques (force, displacement, and Arc-Length controls)
- Equilibrium Iterations schemes (Newton-Raphson, modified Newton-Raphson)
- Termination schemes (convergence and divergence criteria)
Special Topics
- Adaptive automatic stepping algorithm
- Prescribed non-zero displacements associated with time curves
- Deformation dependent loading
- Analysis stabilization techniques
Viewing the Results
- Deflected shape plots
- Displacement and stress color filled contour plots
- Animation of deflected shape, displacement, and stress contour plots
- X-Y plots for response quantities Isoplanes and sectioning
