Sign-up for free online course on ANSYS simulations!Step 1: Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
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You'll be going through these same steps when, as a super-duper analyst, you'll be solving more complicated problems using an industry-standard FEA code. There is a close correspondence between the above menu items and the steps we'll be going through as indicated in the table below:
Menu Item | Step |
Mesh | Step 2: Generate finite-element model Geometry & Mesh |
Input Data | Step 3: Specify inputs Setup (Physics) |
Solver | Step 4: Assemble and solve global system Solution |
Post-Process | Step 5: Post-process the solution Results |
For each step 2 through 5, we'll be working predominantly in the corresponding menu. All of the menus have a help option which contains useful information about the particular menu option. Also, most of the functions used in the program have command line help; type help commandname at the MATLAB prompt to access this information.
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I hear you saying "this is a piece of cake, gimme more!". So let's move on to Step 2 where we'll generate the finite-element model.
Go to Step 2: Generate finite-element modelGeometry & Mesh
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