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 ...

Finite Element Analysis consists of a computer model of a material or design that is stressed and analyzed for specific results. It is used in new product design, and existing product refinement. A ...

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 ...