SOLIDWORKS: Advanced Simulation

Learn how to run advanced simulations to measure the stress and displacement of metal designs, using SOLIDWORKS Premium 2018.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. Conrod Half Symmetry Model

• Breaking up the geometry model
• Meshing the half model
• New loads and boundary conditions
• Analysis and comparison with the full model

2. Simplifying the Conrod Fillet Geometry

• Using the geometry fixup tool
• Remeshing the simplified geometry
• Defining new loads and boundary conditions
• Running the analysis and comparing results with the original Conrod model

3. Using the 3-2-1 Method

• Description of the 3-2-1 method
• Geometry splitting to accommodate the 3-2-1- method
• Remeshing the revised model
• Applying the specific loads and boundary conditions for the 3-2-1 method
• Running the analysis and comparing the results at the big and region of the Conrod

4. The Plane Strain Method

• An overview of the plane strain method
• Set up and meshing for plane strain analysis
• Loads and boundary conditions for plane strain analysis
• Running a plane strain analysis and interpreting results

Conclusion

• Wrap up
• Next steps