ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH PRO/MECHANICA AND ANSYS

 , , , , , , , , , , , The book is organized into 10 chapters. The first chapter provides a fundamental coverage of finite element methods. , It stresses the mathematical and mechanical fundamentals, which support the development of finite element methods. Chapter 2 introduces the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire design system and Pro/Mechanica, which is engineering simulation software to carry out finite element analysis. , Chapter 3 focused on modeling a variety of load conditions. , Chapter 4 focuses on modeling the boundary conditions of mechanical structures in general, illustrating the procedure of dealing the physical entities both at the component level and at the assembly level. , Chapter 5 presents engineering analysis in the thermal domain. , , Chapter 6 presents an important branch of finite element methods. , The branch is shell modeling through idealization. , Chapter 6 also covers a review of the stress conditions so as to understand the mechanism of the engineering simulation software in the computing process. , In Chapter 7, we focus on applications. , Several case studies deal with engineering vibration analyses and buckling analyses. , Chapter 8 introduces a specific concept called design optimization. , Chapter 9 deals with the beam elements. , Several examples related to mechanics of materials are presented. The engineering simulation system of ANSYS is introduced in Chapter 10. , ANSYS is the FEA software most widely used in industry, not only nationally, but worldwide as well. The material assembled in this book is an outgrowth of a senior-level design elective course taught by the author at the University of Maryland at College Park for the past ten years. Moreover, this book is written in a style adaptable for self-study and reference._,