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CUSTOMIZED TRAINING:  BEGINNING OR ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

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LINEAR ELASTIC & DYNAMICS

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NON-LINEAR CONTACT, INERTIAL EFFECTS, LARGE DEFORMATION, POST YIELD WITH STRAIN HARDENING

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BUCKLING ANALYSIS, CONVENTIONAL EULER ANALYSIS AND M.E.S.

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STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENT THERMAL ANALYSIS

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VIBRATION, IMPACT & SHOCK

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REINFORCED CONCRETE CRACKED SECTION ANALYSIS

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FEATURING AUTOCADŽ MECHANICAL EVENT SIMULATION 2012 (MES)

 
bulletCUSTOM DESIGNED TRAINING SEMINARS ON REQUEST
bulletSEMINARS PRESENTED IN ENGLISH OR PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN) 

 

LINEAR ELASTIC BUCKLING AND NON-LINEAR MES BUCKLING WITH LOCAL DEFORMATION, DEFECTS, ECCENTRIC LOADING AND ACTUAL DISPLACEMENTS

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REINFORCED CONCRETE CRACKED SECTION (NON-LINEAR STRESS/STRAIN), FRACTURE ENERGY WITH SHEAR TRANSFER... 

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...TYPICAL WORKSHOP DEMONSTRATION DURING CUSTOM TRAINING SEMINAR, REINFORCED CONCRETE DEEP BEAM ANALYSIS, COMPARISON TO LABORATORY TESTS...

1- Deep Beam tensor ZZ.jpg (705860 bytes)    2 -Deep Beam Crack analysis.jpg (354137 bytes)    3 - Deep Beam cracked section.jpg (611951 bytes)    4 - Deep Beam STM Bottle shaped strut.jpg (243555 bytes)   5 - deep beam TEST.JPG (174495 bytes) 

 

LINEAR ELASTIC PLATE ELEMENTS IN SOME APPLICATIONS WILL NOT PRODUCE ACCURATE RESULTS.  THIS IS DUE TO THE LIMITED CAPABILITIES OF LINEAR ELASTIC ELEMENT FORMULATIONS AND PROCESSORS WHEN COMPARED TO THE ADVANCED FEATURES OF NON LINEAR MES.  THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF SLIDES WILL DEMONSTRATE A COMMON ERROR THAT STUDENTS OF FEA WILL ENCOUNTER DURING AN ANALYSIS OF A SIMPLIFIED STEEL PLATE HOPPER MODEL, SUBJECTED TO OUT OF PLANE FORCES THAT CREATE MEMBRANE STRESSES AND FLEXURAL STRESSES.  

Fig 1 hopper GL.JPG (106266 bytes)    FIG 2 HOPPER GA w pressure.JPG (185569 bytes)    FIG 3 HOPPER LE DEFLECTION.JPG (133084 bytes)    FIG 4 HOPPER LE VM STRESS.JPG (161888 bytes)

FIG 5 HOPPER ORG SHELL DEFLC.JPG (188015 bytes)    FIG 6 HOPPER ORG SHELL STRESS.JPG (198941 bytes)    FIG 7 HOPPER ORG SHELL A36 DISP VM CURVE.JPG (170783 bytes)    

THE FIRST SLIDE BELOW SHOWS AN ANALYSIS FROM AN ACTUAL FORENSIC CASE, PERFORMED BY AN INEXPERIENCED ENGINEER USING LINEAR PLATE ELEMENTS.  THE OBVIOUSLY INACCURATE RESULTS WERE REPORTED TO THE CLIENT AND ENTERED INTO THE COURT RECORD.  THE SECOND SLIDE PRESENTS THE CORRECT RESULTS.  THE CORRECTED ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED USING THE NON-LINEAR M. E. S. PROCESSOR AND ORIGINAL SHELL ELEMENTS.

FIG 8 TJ HOPPER LE DISP.JPG (138112 bytes)    FIG 9 TJ HOPPER MES DISP.JPG (182106 bytes)

 

...AND CONTACT OF HARDENED STEEL COMPONENTS WITH LOCAL PLASTIC DEFORMATION

1 - shakle & pin gap.jpg (94282 bytes)         2 - Shakle and pin.jpg (178624 bytes)        3 - shakle & pin post.jpg (391977 bytes)    ANIMATION DOWNLOAD

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