Tag: FEA

This guest contribution on the Altair blog is written by the ESRD team, a member of the Altair Partner Alliance With the increased usage of finite element analysis (FEA) software tools for virtual prototyping of new and/or modified engineering designs, and the … Read More

Before the holidays, I shared the process of analyzing my family’s Christmas Tree stand as an example of using Inspire as a FEA tool. The loads and supports that I found to be the most realistic can be seen in … Read More

Admitting that the headline is somewhat provocative, this is the exact situation in strength assessment of components made of metals. One might think that the task of evaluating the mechanical strength of a component should be a mundane thing since … Read More

Subsurface mooring deployment, recovery, and performance in current and waves For many years moorings have been designed using basic mass-drag-buoyancy calculations, spreadsheets, rules-of-thumb, black magic scripts, and a dose of ‘salty-sea-dog’ experience. With these methods, we can frequently estimate a … Read More

A well-known saying when talking about computers is “Garbage In leads to Garbage Out”. This is certainly true when performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA). In this post, I will discuss ways to ensure that your FEA results actually mean something.