Fidelis is thrilled to announce that James VanWagnen has joined the team in the role of Project Engineer. James is no stranger to Fidelis, having worked closely with the team during his time at American Axle Manufacturing. His passion for problem solving and strong mechanical background make him the perfect addition to our growing organization.
When performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA), there are many factors that can influence the accuracy of the simulation, the most critical of which may include mesh size and element quality. Mesh size, as you might guess, refers to the geometric dimensions of the element: length, width, and height. Element quality, though, is a bit more
Sunday is Valentines Day, and whether you have that special someone in your life or not, Fidelis is spreading the love with this ductile damage tutorial for Abaqus! The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient
Have you ever found yourself wondering which Abaqus element formulation is most suitable for your analysis? With the vast options provided within Abaqus Standard and Abaqus Explicit, novice and experienced users alike often find themselves asking this very question, and for good reason: selecting the appropriate element type with respect to your simulation objectives is
When we run a structural Abaqus model, it might be fine to assume linear-elastic material behavior. This means that all of the deformation caused by loading is fully recoverable and no permanent damage or ‘set’ is incurred by the material. This is the case only when the analysis does not generate stresses exceeding the material
As CAE analysts, one of the most challenging aspects of our job is balancing the tradeoff between simulation accuracy and solver efficiency. What good is a simulation model that runs in five minutes but doesn’t mimic the real-world physics? Conversely, how valuable is a well-correlated methodology that takes weeks or months to solve? Although both
We hear it all the time, and most FEA codes spit it out as if it’s the holy grail of field outputs – but what actually is von Mises stress? Hopefully this post will help you understand that a little bit better, and to realize how constitutive FEA material models are taking some liberties with
It’s almost Christmas!!! And we’ve always wondered how those gifts stay in one piece after their fall down the chimney!? The Fidelis Fun Features series is aimed at taking a lighthearted approach to learning some of the more advanced features of ABAQUS in a fun and efficient way. In this video, we take you through
Recently, we partnered with LIFT to produce a webinar on our thoughts regarding the constant push towards truly virtual product development. In case you missed that live event, we’ve repackaged it below and invite you to check it out. It runs around 50 minutes and covers some introductions to LIFT (@0:00) and Fidelis (@8:21). Then
The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform can be accessed via a user login role (PCS) for a nominal fee (less than $1,000). From that login, the user can then gain access hundreds of various business roles, depending on their position within the organization. Rather than acquiring the typical disparate software packages for PLM, CAD, Simulation etc., The 3DEXPERIENCE
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