simulation.md

Simulation

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• Principles
• Software
• Workflow

Principles

• Structural forms
  • Mass structures
  • Shell structures
  • Frame structures
• Elasticity Theory
• Material properties
• Boundary conditions
• Types of forces
• Finite Element Method (FEM)

Software

• Freecad http://www.freecadweb.org/
• Netgen https://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/
• Calculix http://www.calculix.de/
• Paraview http://www.paraview.org/

Workflow

• Model your part using a 3D modeling software
• Export the model to a stereophotography STL files
• Mesh your model, coarse and fine meshes
• Define the material properties of the object
• Define the model constrains (fixed, pinned or rolled)
• Apply forces to the model
• Run the analysis
• Visualize and understand the analysis iterate on the design

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