Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Design Engineers

This on demand course provides the skills necessary for proper use of FEA in the design process and ensures that the powerful tool is implemented in the most efficient and productive way. Participants will begin with the foundational FEA process, observe expert demonstrations showing how FEA is conducted using real models, study different types of typically performed analysis, discuss common misconceptions and errors made, and explore how FEA can be implemented within the design environment. Hands-on exercises focusing on FEA fundamentals, different types of analysis, and proper modeling techniques are included.

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Target group

This course addresses the needs of design engineers using Finite Element Analysis on a new product during the design process. Non-specialized analysts and FEA users, R&D engineers and managers, and project and product engineers can benefit from this introduction to FEA concepts.

Target group

What will you learn

  • Identify the purpose of using FEA in the design process
  • Identify and avoid errors inherent to FEA results
  • Identify FEA advantages and shortcomings
  • Recognize and avoid common FEA mistakes
  • Produce reliable results on time
  • Interpret and use FEA results
  • Explain an effective approach to FEA project management
  • Ensure quality and cost-effectiveness of FEA projects

Course structure

Module I: Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

  • FEA Definition and Process
  • Discretizing and Characteristics of Finite Elements
  • Degrees of Freedom
  • Common FEA Assumptions
  • Mesh Concerns
  • Discretization Error and the Convergence Process

Module II: Conducting the FEA Process

  • FEA Preparation Using SOLIDWORKS
  • Model Setup
  • Analysis of Displacement, Strain, and Stress Results
  • Analysis of Convergence Results
  • Types of Convergence Analysis

Module III: Avoiding FEA Errors

  • Singularities
  • Verification and Validation of Results
  • Control of Modeling Error
  • Useful Modeling Techniques
  • Types of Boundary Conditions

Module IV: Common Types of FEA

  • Modal Analysis
  • Buckling Analysis
  • Thermal Analysis

Module V: Conducting Nonlinear Analysis

  • Classifications of Nonlinear Behavior
  • Nonlinear Geometry Analysis
  • Nonlinear Material Analysis
  • Contract Stress Analysis

Module VI: Implementation of FEA into the Design Process

  • FEA and the Product Design Process
  • Interfacing between CAD and FEA
  • Project Management of an FEA Project
Materials Provided
  • 90 days of online single-user access (from date of purchase) to the eight hour presentation
  • The eBook, Engineering Analysis with SOLIDWORKS® Simulation by Paul Kurowski (always available in mySAE Library)
  • Student license to SOLIDWORKS® 
  • Job aids
  • SOLIDWORKS® models
  • Integrated knowledge checks to reinforce key concepts
  • Follow-up to your content questions
  • 1.2 CEUs*/Certificate of Achievement (upon completion of all course content and a score of 70% or higher on the learning assessment)
Course structure

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