Finite-element analysis (FEA) lets engineers at Alliance Spacesystems Inc. (ASI) of Pasadena, Calif., build a lightweight, yet strong, robotic arm for NASA's "Spirit" Mars rover. By testing the arm ...

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 ...

In this third and final installment of guidelines for getting an initial FEA program contributing to the design department, Ted Fryberger, president and instructor of DeepSoft Inc., Columbia, Md. (www ...

The ability to predict, in the design stage, how a product will perform in its operating environment is not only an invaluable aid but, in an increasingly competitive marketplace, an economic ...

There's lots of talk about the need to make simulation a core part of the early design process, yet the reality has been tools for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), ...

An engineer with limited FEA experience and no library of best practices to guide him tried to mesh a thin-walled bike frame with solid elements rather than using more appropriate beam elements. Most ...

Using novel theoretical and modeling tools such as finite element analysis can greatly accelerate widespread applications in many areas of nanotechnology. Polymer reinforcement using fillers is a ...

It has long been the dream of engineering-software providers -- both on the analysis side and design side -- that these two stages of product development be more closely integrated. That's also the ...

How do laminated composites crack and lose their strength? It's an important question as commercial aerospace and other industries increasingly consider composites for critical load-bearing structures ...

This country research report on Vietnam Finite Element Analysis [FEA] Software Market offers comprehensive insights into the market landscape, customer intelligence, and competitive strategies in the ...

Continuous Composites, which recently secured multi-million-dollar funding from the US Air Force to advance the development of high-performance materials using its CF3D® technology, has also been ...

What is Finite Element Analysis? The finite element analysis is an extensively used method for computationally solving partial differential equations in technology and mathematics. The classic domains ...