SolidWorks Simulation: Non-linear

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. (2 days)

Prerequisites:  Must have attended the basic SolidWorks Simulation class, or must have an experience with SolidWorks + working basic knowledge of finite elements and of basic mechanical principles

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.

Length: 2 days.

Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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TOPICS COVERED

Geometric Nonlinearities.

• Large displacements problems
• Large strain formulation

• Nonlinear elasticity
• Hyperelasticity (Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden)
• Plasticity (von Mises, isotropic/kinematic/mixed hardening rules)
• Temperature dependent material properties
• Visco-elasticity and creep

• 3D nonlinear gap/contact analysis (with or without material nonlinearities).

• Solution control techniques (force, displacement, and Arc-Length controls)
• Equilibrium Iterations schemes (Newton-Raphson, modified Newton-Raphson)
• Termination schemes (convergence and divergence criteria)

• Adaptive automatic stepping algorithm
• Prescribed non-zero displacements associated with time curves
• Deformation dependent loading
• Analysis stabilization techniques

• 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

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