If you’ve been in the field of engineering for even a short time, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term ‘fatigue’. But have you ever thought about what it actually is, why it matters and how we can go about predicting it? If not, this post is for you! And hey, it might be a good refresher
Fidelis Industry Insights is a series of blog posts aimed at pinpointing and highlighting where Fidelis, and the industry-leading SIMULIA software we provide, can revolutionize the way our customers and partners think about engineering and business in general. In the first installment, we take a look at the Aerospace Custom Tooling industry and learn how
Plane stress and plane strain assumptions are something that we hear all the time in FEA, and in solid mechanics in general, but what actually are they? It is often assumed that everyone in the field of engineering implicitly understands what these terms mean, hence straightforward explanations can be somewhat hard to find. Here, we
An Interview With Robert Hurlston “Learn the basics well – they will stand you in good stead for when you are guiding or supervising others” Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Andrew Sherry for the latest in our series of interviews titled ‘Excerpts with the Experts’, in which we learn what it takes
An interview with Robert Hurlston “My general advice would be to always stay curious, that’s all folks!” Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jousef Murad for the latest in our series of interviews titled ‘Excerpts with the Experts’, in which we learn what it takes to get to the very top of the simulation
Whether you’re venturing into FEA for the first time or you’re a seasoned analyst, it is important to have a good picture in your mind – and maybe even a written plan – for your model before you ever even open the pre-processing software. If you try to skip this step, you’ll likely be heading
An interview with Robert Hurlston “I’d definitely recommend finding companies who take simulation seriously and are willing to invest in both staff development and toolsets/methods which can ultimately lead to better products” Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Steff Evans for the latest in our series of interviews titled ‘Excerpts with the Experts’, in
We regularly need to model contact between parts within FEA models. After all, not many of our simulations will include only one component, and as we begin to increase the complexity of our jobs, we tend to prefer contact over traditional ties and glue. On occasion, it is simply not possible to obtain static equilibrium
An interview with Robert Hurlston Remain curious and keep learning; develop your professional network both inside and outside your company; be known as a helper; become the best communicator you can. Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Bohm for the latest in our series of interviews titled ‘Excerpts with the Experts’, in which
An interview with Robert Hurlston There is a lot of knowledge and different concepts to be learned in the field of simulation. Each of them must be taken one by one and experienced in order to understand all the details and to be able to apply them properly in our simulations. Becoming a simulation engineer
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