Steady State Temperature Profile	Thermal Stress	Z Thermal Expansion

Wet Electrostatic Precipitator - Quarter Symmetry Nastran FEA Model

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Key Benefits of Using FEA in Virtual Product Development

• Reduce product development time and cost by reducing design iterations

• Reduce product development time and cost by reducing the number of prototypes constructed

• Reduce the amount of physical product testing, it is still very important to conduct some physical tests

• Reduce time to market

• Increase product quality through better understanding of how the product stands up to it's intended use

• The earlier FEA is introduced into the product life cycle the better

• Use FEA to drive product design

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Different Types of Engineering Analyses Available

A wide variety of analyses are available as appropriate for your project. These range from basic linear static stress analysis, heat transfer, thermal stress, a number of different dynamic analyses, to nonlinear analyses. Linear static analysis results sometimes indicate the need for a dynamic or nonlinear analysis. Even if you know in advance that a dynamic or nonlinear analysis is required - a linear static analysis is normally conducted first. If the product, or the FEA model of the product, cannot survive a linear static analysis; problems must first be fixed at that level before progressing to more complex, time consuming, and expensive dynamic or nonlinear analyses.

Linear

• Static stress or structural analysis

• Dynamic stress or structural analysis

• Thermal stress

Thermal

• Steady state heat transfer

• Transient heat transfer

• Thermal stress

Dynamic

• Modal frequency analysis

• Drop impact - quasi static

• Drop impact - nonlinear response

• Time Step - Modal Superposition

• Time Step - Direct Integration

• Response Analysis - Frequency Response

• Response Analysis - Random Vibration

• Response Analysis - Response Spectrum

• Seismic

Specialized

• Buckling

• Fatigue Life

• Composite materials

Nonlinear - most of the above coupled with specific nonlinearity

• Geometric nonlinearity

• Material nonlinearity

• Contact nonlinearity

• Drop impact - nonlinear response