FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

There are many high-quality FEA Fundamentals books available “Building Better Products With Finite Element Analysis” by Vince Adams and Abraham Askenazi is one such highly recommended book (available from Amazon.com). The main purpose of this primer is to provide the reader with enough basic understanding of FEA fundamentals to understand how ANSYS Workbench Simulation works with a bias toward how to apply this tool in order to reap the most reward from its implementation.A definition of terms analysis types assumptions and limitations will be covered and where meaningful additional explanation as to “Why is this important?” and “How and where would it be used?” will be provided. In addition a section will cover when to apply ANSYS Workbench Simulation and when to look to more advanced tools such as ANSYS Professional or other ANSYS configurations that are offer more detailed analysis capabilities but also require more training and expertise.