Does COSMOS/FEA need to be a numbers game?
June 1st, 2007 by Lou
When it comes to FEA analysis there are 6 steps that will be followed regardless of the package you use. These are:
1. Geometry creation - Many of us will be using SolidWorks for this but can be imported geometry.
2. Materials - Specify this in SolidWorks or within COSMOSWorks. Another great resource is matweb.com.
3. Boundary Conditions - Applies the restraints and forces that are being applied to the part. This tells the solver what exactly the geometry is experiencing.
4. Mesh - Breaks the geometry into small pieces (best analogy is LEGOS)
5. Run - Run the solver. This takes the above 4 steps into consideration in order to calculate stress, strain and displacement, etc.
6. Results - The entire goal of the analysis. Quantative part of the procedure which begins the design verification process.