Second-order shell elements: Meshing the thin band with secondorder-shell elements produces precise curvilinear geometry. There was a time when the task of building a model for finite-element analysis ...

If you were thinking user error, think again. Incorrect analysis often results from a lack of understanding the software’s original purpose. Figure 1: Typical four-noded tetrahedral mesh—overly stiff.

This Design News interview with Marco Biancolini, founder of RBF Morph, offers insight into the advantages of using mesh morphing. Design News: What is mesh-morphing; what kind of advanced features or ...

Solid modeling is great for visualizing ideas but it's often misapplied in finite-element analysis. One of the latest methods of slashing development time is to use the 3D models that CAD users create ...

It is a thermomechanical finite element simulator that runs up to 10,000 times faster than any comparable solution currently ...