CONTENTS FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS METHOD
Contents
Credits and Copyright ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Introductory ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
General Principles of Code and Platform ............................................................................................................................ 5
Presentation of Code_Aster ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Wide Range of Finite Elements .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Algorithms and Analysis Methods ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Creation of a Command File ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Data Setting and Command Language ................................................................................................................................ 9
Salome’s Possibilities ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Code_Aster Possibilities ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Where to Find Information ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Useful Links ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Personal Difficulties During Salome_Meca, Code_Aster Study ...................................................................................... 17
Chapter_I: Cube ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Step 1: Purpose of the FE Analysis/ Description of the problem ...................................................................................... 18
Step 2: Input Values for the FE Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 18
Step 3: Model Geometry ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Step 4: Meshing Geometry ............................................................................................................................................... 22
Step 5,6,7,8 and 9: Salome_Meca Linear Static Analysis Wizard .................................................................................... 24
Step 10: Running the Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Step 11: Post Processing the results .................................................................................................................................. 27
Chapter_II: Cylinder Rod ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Step 1: Purpose of the FE Analysis/ Description of the problem ...................................................................................... 32
Step 2: Input Values for the FE Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 32
Step 3: Model Geometry ................................................................................................................................................... 33
Step 4: Meshing Geometry ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Step 5,6,7,8 and 9: Salome_Meca Linear Static Analysis Wizard .................................................................................... 36
Step 9: Manual editing of command (.comm) file ............................................................................................................ 36
Step 10: Running the Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 38
Step 11: Post-Processing of the results ............................................................................................................................. 38
Chapter_III: Child Swing.............................................................................................................................................................. 40
Step 1: Purpose of the FE Analysis/ Description of the problem ...................................................................................... 40
Step 2: Input Values for the FE Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 40
Step 3: Model Geometry ................................................................................................................................................... 41
Step 4: Meshing Geometry ............................................................................................................................................... 42
Step 5,6,7,8 and 9: Creating command (.comm) file with Eficas ..................................................................................... 43
Step 10: Run the Analysis ................................................................................................................................................. 49
Step 11: Post Processing the results .................................................................................................................................. 50
Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Chapter_IV: Beam System ............................................................................................................................................................ 52
Step 1: Purpose of the FE Analysis/ Description of the problem ...................................................................................... 52
Step 2: Input Values for the FE Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 52
Step 3: Model Geometry ................................................................................................................................................... 53
Step 4: Meshing Geometry ............................................................................................................................................... 55
Step 5,6,7,8 and 9: Creating the command (.comm) file .................................................................................................. 56
Step 10: Run the Analysis ................................................................................................................................................. 58
Step 11: Post Processing the results .................................................................................................................................. 58
