MENG 453

Finite Element Method and Applications in Design

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Lab Tutorials

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I-deas PDF files

• Quick Tips to Using Ideas (Tips.pdf)
• Creating Parts (parts.pdf)
• Viewing Parts (viewing.pdf)
• Sketching and Constraining (sketch.pdf)
• Using Sections and Sketch Planes (planes.pdf)
• Adding Fillet, Shell, and Draft features (fillet.pdf)
• Creating Swept Features (swept.pdf)
• Modeling Open Parts (openpart.pdf)
• Performing Surfacing Operations (surface.pdf)
• Introduction to Simulation (FE_intro.pdf)
• What is Finite Element Modeling? (FE_Whats.pdf)
• Manually Creating Nodes and Elements (FE_man.pdf)
• Managing Parts in Model Files (manage.pdf)
• Using Libraries (library.pdf)
• Free Meshing (FE_mesh.pdf)
• Which Element Type Should I Use? (FE_eltyp.pdf)
• How Many Elements do I Need? (FE_many.pdf)
• Boundary Condition Sets (FE_bc1.pdf)
• Displaying Results (FE_post.pdf)
• Boundary Condition Surface Loads (FE_bc2.pdf)
• Boundary Condition Symmetry (FE_bc3.pdf)
• Parameter Studies (FE_param.pdf)
• Optimization Redesign (FE_opt.pdf)
• Mapped Meshing on Surfaces (FE_map1.pdf)
• Mapped Meshing of Volumes (FE_map2.pdf)
• Simulation Troubleshooting (FE_solve.pdf)
• Graphing and Combining Results (FE_graph.pdf)
• Thermal Analysis (FE_therm.pdf)
• Checking Element Quality (FE_Qual.pdf)
• Visualizer (FE_vis.pdf)
• Extruding and Revolving Features (Extrude.pdf)
• Axisymmetric Modeling (FE_axi.pdf)

Tutorials at other universities

Lehigh University CadLab