FEA

Physics Fun with Jamie: Best Practices for Applying Fixtures

solidworks simulation applying fixtures

Welcome back to “Physics Fun with Jamie”. SOLIDWORKS FEA is a powerful tool that allows users to simulate physical behavior of designs and analyze their performance under different loading scenarios. One of the key elements in FEA analysis is the use of fixtures, which are…

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Results Exchange Capabilities and Benefits

Run a FEA on the geometry using the flow effects

SOLIDWORKS has many different analysis tools that allow us to simulate and validate designs. Flow Simulation is a computational fluid dynamics program that allows us to do things like heat transfer, internal/external flow, and results exchange studies. We are going to talk about Flow Simulations…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Nonlinear Study Example of a Hard Hat Impact Test

Side view of simulation set-up

We all know that safety comes first whether it’s on vacation or at work. Well what happens if you’re a construction worker on site wearing a hard hat and a one inch wrench lands on your head from a 3 meter height? Lets use SOLIDWORKS…

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Stratasys J55 prints outstanding colour gradients, clearly showing stress points on your FEA models

preparing model for 3D printing

The Stratasys J55 printer brings expanded capabilities to the Polyjet desktop series of office friendly printers. Learn more by reading TechTalk: Javelin’s Professional Services team impressed with Stratasys J55 3D printer for product development. Gradient Colours on your 3D Prints One of the most notable…

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Accurate Simulation is not determined by the underlying Finite Element Method (FEM)

Finite Element Method (FEM)

Read the article below to learn how accurate simulation is not solely determined by the underlying Finite Element Method (FEM) mathematics, but by capabilities and features that make correct set up more accessible. Developers of finite element analysis (FEA) software often tout their solutions as…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Nonlinear Result Options to Save Disk Space

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Nonlinear studies include Result Options that can be defined before running the study to minimize the filesize of the results (.CWR file).  You can choose how often to save results of Stresses and Strains over the time steps.  Displacement values will always be…

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Simulate Efficiently with the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Load Case Manager

Primary load cases can use all, none, or any combination of the specified loads and fixtures. Secondary load cases can then use any combination or multiple of the primary loads.

Getting valid, informative, and useful results is the goal of any design validation and verification activity, whether it be through simulation or physical testing. However, getting these results efficiently is the difference between getting a product to market, or watching your competitor get there first….

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 Stress Averaging at Mid-Side Nodes

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 now includes an option that enables an improved stress averaging method for mid-side nodes of a high quality (second order) solid element.  A solid element is made up of a four-corner tetrahedral shape.  Each corner has an associated node.  High Quality elements…

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How to add a Point Load along a Beam in SOLIDWORKS Simulation

When applying External Loads to a beam element, you can apply it to the entire beam which distributes the load.  You can also apply it to a joint at the end of a beam element.  But what if you need to apply a point load…

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