The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shifted attention to the airborne (also commonly referred to as ‘aerosols’) transmission of exhaled droplet nuclei within indoor environments. Therefore,…

While many parts may work well initially, they often fail in service due to fatigue failure caused by repeated cyclic loading. Characterizing the capability of…

Parameter optimisation is one of the biggest issues of engineers, particularly who use FE software. Sometimes, it needs to be investigated design parameters that are…

Diabetic foot represents a complication of diabetes that can lead to foot ulcers and other serious conditions. 3D Finite Element (FE) analysis enables dynamic characterisation…

On Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “with extreme effort,” the company’s controversial new pickup truck could hit an extremely low drag coefficient —…

“Implicit” and “Explicit” refer to two types of time integration methods used to perform dynamic simulations. Explicit time integration is more accurate and efficient for…

Composite structures have excellent strength to weight ratios and are used in many applications, including most of the airframe in modern aircraft as shown in…

When performing structural finite element analysis (FEA), there are three types of nonlinearities that the analyst needs to consider including in their simulation. Material nonlinearities…

A study conducted at MIT showed how to break a spaghetti in two pieces. The question, why spaghetti does not break into two, also interested…

Figure 1: Link Thermal to Independent Structural keeping pre-Environment Branches—Alternative Ways Introduction ANSYS Workbench Mechanical can link a thermal analysis to a structural analysis, sharing…