SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Nonlinear
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.
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.
Length: 2 days
Lesson 1: Large Displacement Analysis
- Case Study: Hose Clamp
- Linear Static Analysis
- Auxiliary Boundary Conditions
- Geometrically Linear Analysis: Limitations
- Nonlinear Static Study
- Linear Static Study (Large Displacement)
Lesson 2: Incremental Control
- Techniques
- Incremental Control Techniques
- Case Study: Trampoline
- Linear Analysis
- Membrane Structures
- Nonlinear Analysis – Force Control
- Nonlinear Analysis – Displacement Control
Lesson 3: Nonlinear Static Buckling
- Analysis
- Case Study: Cylindrical Shell
- Linear Buckling
- Linear Static Study
- Nonlinear Symmetrical Buckling
- Nonlinear Asymmetrical Buckling
Lesson 4: Plastic Deformation
- Case Study: Paper Clip
- Linear Elastic
- Nonlinear – von Mises
- Nonlinear – Tresca’s
- Stress Accuracy
- Mesh Sectioning
- Stress Analysis of a Beam Using Nonlinear
- Elastic Material
Lesson 5: Hardening Rules
- Hardening Rules
- Case Study: Crank Arm
- Isotropic Hardening
- Kinematic Hardening
Lesson 6: Analysis of Elastomers
- Case Study: Rubber Pipe
- Two Constant Mooney-Rivlin (1 Material Curve)
- Coefficient of Determination
- 2 Constant Mooney-Rivlin (2 Material Curves)
- 2 Constant Mooney-Rivlin (3 Material Curves)
- 6 Constant Mooney-Rivlin (3 Material Curves)
Lesson 7: Nonlinear Contact Analysis
- Case Study: Rubber Tube
- Instability in Assemblies
- Stabilization
- Releasing Prescribed Displacement
- Validity and Limitations of Static
- Analysis
Lesson 8: Metal Forming
- Bending
- Case Study: Sheet Bending
- Plane Strain
- Large Strain Formulation Option
- Convergence Problems
- Automatic Stepping Problems
- Small Strain Vs. Large Strain
- Formulations
