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Mech 403/503

 

Computer Aided Design    Tues, Thurs 1:00-2:15     Room ME241

 
 

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  Help Files (Revised 11/13/2009)

0. Creating report images from SW (pdf) 13 Nov 2009

1. Printer help file for room ME241 (pdf) 25 Sept 08

2. Examples of proper drawing dimensioning (pdf) 11Sept07

3. Cleaning SW default drawing dimension (pdf) 11Sept08

4. Introduction to Finite Elements (pdf) 22Sept09

5. Stress analysis concepts (pdf) 22Sept09

6. Overview of SW Simulation capabilities (pdf) 22 Sept 09

7. FEA mesh control with stress study example (pdf) 22 Sept 09

8. FEA thermal analysis concepts (pdf) 24 Sept 09

9. FEA vibration concepts (pdf) 06 Oct 09

10. Toolbox error work-around (pdf) 15 Oct 09

11. Default door closer project (pdf) 20 Oct 09

12. Solid stress analysis (pdf) 26 Oct 09

13.Plane stress analysis (pdf) 26 Oct 09

14. Rotational loadings (pdf) 26 Oct 09

15. Flat plate study (pdf) 26 Oct 09

16. General shell analysis (pdf) 26 Oct 09

17. Analysis of trusses and Frames (pdf) 26 Oct 09

18. Buckling analysis (pdf) 26 Oct 09

19. Axisymmetric solids (pdf) 26 Oct 09

20. Thermal stress studies (pdf) 26 Oct 09

21. Design resources (pdf) 26 Oct 09

22. Useful analogies (pdf) 26 Oct 09

23. How to access ANSYS/CFX flow solver tutorials (pdf) 05 Nov 09

Obtaining the centroid, volume, inertia, etc. of your solid (pdf) 03Oct07

Significant figures in calculations (pdf) 1 Nov 2007

Using significant figures in calculations (pdf) 1 Nov 2007

What is a Fixed Support (pdf) 2006

Stress and Failure Review (doc) 2006

Factor of Safety graphical concept (pdf) Nov. 2007

Factor of Safety as a product (pdf) Nov. 2007

Factor of Safety multiplers as a list (pdf) Nov. 2007

Finite Element Analysis Help Files 2003

New TKSolver vendor web site 2009

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