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(f) Analyses of other problems in which their experiments
are dangerous to human or too costly for multiple tests,
such as hazardous chemical reaction in gas chambers,
prediction of bomb explosion phenomena, flow field
around hypersonic aerospace plane, etc.

Advantages of the finite element method as highlighted
above have led to many commercial software packages. Users of
these software packages must have good background and
understanding of the method prior to using them. Basic
mathematical theories and the finite element method for structural,
heat transfer and fluid flow analyses will be presented in the
following chapters with examples. Understanding materials in
these chapters is encouraged before using the ANSYS Workbench
with confidence.