Watch out — You can get different results depending on how you mesh the model. Second-order shell elements: Meshing the thin band with secondorder-shell elements produces precise curvilinear geometry.

You need not know everything about FEA to successfully run today's analysis software. Over the past 30 years, finite-element analysis has gone from a technology used mostly by experts and academics to ...

Failure analysis is the scientific process of determining the root cause of a failure. It is often related to equipment breakdown with varying levels of consequence, from loss of production, to ...