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This work could also be very helpful for the students of senior design
(mechanical system design) and (FEA for large deformation problems). In
addition, it could be used for computer sessions of short courses on stress
analysis techniques and finite element analysis offered by the Mechanical
Engineering department.
After giving a brief introduction to the finite element analysis and
modeling, various guided tutorials have been included in this manual.
Several new tutorials have been developed and others adapted from
different sources including ANSYS manuals in two volumes, ANSYS
workshops and Internet resources. Tutorials have been arranged in each
volume according to the flow of the course and cover topics such as
solid modeling using 2D and 3D primitives available in ANSYS, static
structural analysis (truss, beam, 2D and 3D structures), dynamic analysis
(harmonic and modal analysis), and thermal analysis.
Wael A. Altabey, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria
(21544), Egypt. Postdoctoral follow, International Institute for Urban
Systems Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu (210096),
China.
Mohammad Noori, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405,
USA.

E-mail: wael.altabey@gmail.com
mnoori@outlook.com