FEM with ANSYS Workbench in Practice

The text, compactly written and easy to understand, introduces to the Finite-Element-Methodology (FEM) and explains the application areas of linear and non-linear statics and dynamics. For practical use the text provides the prerequisite process steps in ANSYS Workbench. These include an appropriate network, the definition and control of load and bearing conditions and selection of the applicable calculating approach, such as linear/non-linear or implicit/explicit solution. The latest edition contains the new subjects topology optimization and additive fabrication simulation.

More than 25 exercise examples demonstrate typical use, for instance the calculation of notch stress and screwed connections, the imaging of hyper-elastic and plastic material behavior or studies of oscillations and non-stationary processes. The website of the book provides the geometries and exemplary solutions for the exercises in the book.