Each of these simulation techniques has its place for fluid problems. Here’s how to pick which is best for yours. Finite element analysis (FEA) is primarily used to predict how external forces affect ...

Derek Rimmer, the engineering director at machine tool manufacturer Cincinnati Machine, knows his customers want better products at a lower cost. "The biggest challenge is providing increased ...

A new editorial in Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology surveys how finite element methods are transforming precision ...

Linear finite-element analysis does not provide enough information about buckling to make correct design decisions, especially when designing lightweight components ...

The office chair shows that more than structural towers can be modeled with the FEA program GBW32 from Grape Software. A user has released translation along the Y axis and rotation about the Z axis of ...

Finite Element Analysis has long helped design traditional power plants. Now, it’s proving a boon for designing “green” facilities, like wind turbines and wave power. Pelamis Wave Energy Converter ...

Researchers have introduced an automated volumetric workflow for plant branching structures that produces hexahedral meshes suitable for finite element analysis. The practical win is that scanned or ...

A calibrated cellular automaton-finite element model now quantitatively predicts how casting temperature and cooling rate ...