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List of Figures ix
Preface xi

1 Dynamic Analysis 1
1.1 Tutorial 1: Harmonic Analysis of Structure 1
1.2 Tutorial 2: Modal Analysis of Structure 11
2 Composite Materials 19
2.1 Composites—A Basic Introduction 19
2.2 Modeling Composites Using ANSYS 26
2.3 Tutorial 3: Simply Supported Laminated Plate
Under Pressure 38
3 Probabilistic Design Analysis 69
3.1 Probabilistic Design 69
3.2 Probability Distributions 75
3.3 Choosing a Distribution for a Random Variable 91
3.4 Probabilistic Design Techniques 96
3.5 Postprocessing Probabilistic Analysis Results 98
3.6 Tutorial 4: Probabilistic Design Analysis of Circular
Plate Bending 107
4 APDL Programming 145
4.1 Create the Analysis File 145
4.2 Tutorial 5: Stress Analysis of Bicycle Wrench 148
4.3 Tutorial 6: Heat Loss from a Cylindrical Cooling Fin 155