meshing. It's on of those times I wish I had FEMAP or a real mechanical
FEA program. Then you can easily run the automesher a couple of times
at different sizes and see the stress trends. I spent way more time than
I should have messing with the mesh in Advanse to get something I was
happy with. On the flip side, though, it's nice to have the integrated
code checking in the structural programs. Saves endless hours of data
reduction (or data post processing scripting).
Jordan
> Gotta be careful with point loads and FEA. point loads are
> singularities in elasticity theory. The stresses under a point load
> diverge with decreasing mesh size--best to estimate the contact area
> and use a pressure loading that gives you the same force.
>
> Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
> chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
> .......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
> 1864)
> http://www.skypoint.com/members/chrisw/
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