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14 • Using ansys for finite element analysis
• Alter the FE model relatively easily and cheaply
• Corrective measures can be taken before any hardware is built
(also, the number of prototypes can be reduced)
• Physically meaningful to engineers and resemble actual structure

Disadvantages

• Experience and judgment needed
• Requires good computing facility

1.1.8 areas of aPPlication

1.1.8.1 structural

• A1 Stress analysis
• A2 Buckling
• A3 Vibration analysis
• A4 …..

1.1.8.2 nonstructural

• B1 Heat transfer
• B2 Fluid flow
• B3 Distribution of electric or magnetic
• B4 Lubrication
• B5 …..

1.1.8.3 examples of Multi-physics applications

• A + B1 Thermal analysis
• B1 + B2 Convective flow
• A + B1 + B2 Manufacturing processes

1.1.8.4 common fields of application

• Mechanical engineering
• Aerospace engineering
• Civil engineering