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In this volume of the book “Fundamentals of Finite Element Methods with
ANSYS Tutorials and Applications for Engineering” after providing a
brief introduction on finite element analysis and modeling, various guided
tutorials were presented to demonstrate how simple structural analysis can
be carried out by ANSYS. Most of these tutorials have been specifically
developed for this book and are based on the version of ANSYS shown in
the corresponding figures of the tutorial examples. For the static analysis
of different structures, the most common finite element types introduced in
Section 1.4, such as solid modeling using 2D and 3D primitives available
in ANSYS, static structural analysis (truss, beam, 2D and 3D structures),
and thermal analysis, are explained.
In the second volume, tutorials demonstrate dynamic analysis capa-
bilities of ANSYS and the topics covered include harmonic and modal
analysis. In addition, analysis of composite structures, probabilistic design
analysis, APDL programming, and design optimization are presented
through corresponding tutorials.