Description:
This class will raise your SolidWorks Simulation FEA skills to
the next level! It offers hands-on experience on the use of
SolidWorks Simulation Premium nonlinear module. The 2-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
non-linear analysis to successful completion.
Duration:
2 Days
Prerequisites:
SolidWorks Fundamentals is
highly recommended but not required. SolidWorks Simulation is required.
Topics:
Geometric Nonlinearities
- Large displacements problems
- Large strain formulation
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
