This is my bachelor's degree subject and this video helped me so much , things are so clear now in my mind , thank you so much !I can hardly wait for other videos if it's possible in the medical field (would be very helpfull). Very good job!
Excellent video & graphics. I've always preached how a person's ability to learn is contingent upon the teacher. You have the gift of teaching that 3 year olds can pick it up. Hope to see more from you. Thank you.
A bunch of thanks for this video, it actually created an impression on my mind that I can learn, understand and use FEA. I'll be more than happy to learn under your guidance and mentorship.
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html FEM video 02 - Bar element example ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html FEM video 03 - beam element ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 04 - beam element example 01 ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html FEM video 02 - Bar element example ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html FEM video 03 - beam element ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 04 - beam element example 01 ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
Really Nice explanation!! Actually im in my 3rd year and exactly today was my first class of FEA...And Im really curious to learn about this more...As yourself I'm also a hands-on person..Can you let me know how I can also start diving into the world of FEA ?? thanks 😊
Thanks! Well it all depends on what you are interested in because there are many different programs for FEA which are all different from each other. Examples: Dynamic crash scenarios (LS-Dyna), large scale loading scenarios like bridges (Ansys and Abaqus), fluid dynamics like aerodynamics of an airplane (any of the mentioned) ect. I mainly specialize in LS-Dyna but I should be able to help with any general questions. I've created a forum which I hope to eventually cover all of the main FEA solvers but you can always any general questions there as well feassistant.com/
Thanks for the video! I am studying biomedical engineering and would be really interested to know more about how you use FEA in the medical area. Was it a particular project that had a medical focus or is it the main topic?
Came here because James Cameron keeps talking about doing FEA on his submersibles on the news now and I wanted to know what on earth that is. Thanks, this is what I was looking for. The only part I'm a bit puzzled by is the name. To analyse something means to break it up into elements and understand it that way. So "element analysis" is just unnecessary. "Finite analysis" would mean the same thing as "Finite Element Analysis" (and personally I think "discrete analysis" is more descriptive but that's just me). What the name doesn't tell you is what you're analyzing. I could easily imaginge "Finite Element Analysis" referring to analyzing the chemical composition of the planck era of the big bang or like, well, pretty much anything actually. So I think "discrete stress analysis" is 100X more informative than "Finite Element Analysis". Unless you do apply it to more than just stress, which I think you do. But if it is that general then it really should just be "Discrete analysis". If I'm being honest though, I don't see why it isn't just called "polyhedron modelling". "Finite Element Analysis" just sounds like the sort of term that a humanities student would come up with.
This is good bro... Can you share some more content for beginner to how to approach FEM... OR the video which can help me to learn that.. It would be huge help for me
Glad to hear it. I've made some videos on explicit, but never implicit. I don't work with implicit nearly as much as explicit but I'll see if I can make something happen.
Quick question, are Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Finite Element Method (FEM) the same thing? Some people on the internet say it is and some say it is not, so can you please explain Thanks in advance
Great question, finite element method is the math behind all of the different software that perform the “analysis”. You can actually hand calculate using the finite element method. So, finite element analysis uses the finite element method.
I am looking into getting into FEA at my job this summer, and taking the course in college in the fall. I'll have to keep your channel in mind. Any advice for a person who does CAD professionally and want to switch to being an FEA focused Mech Engineer?
FEA compared to CAD is like video editing to photography. FEA allows you to "make" something and then see it work, if that makes sense. It's a lot more in-depth. I like it more than just CAD because projects are more interesting and you can correlate results to something that happens in the real-world.
Hey there, want to echo the sentiments of others here. A nice intro that didn't get into the weeds. I'm a hobbyist and learning for fun. Have a question, can one use FE for something like a star of planet where there is mass transport within the object (convection of material) or is it only for deformable but rigid bodies?
Well I'm currently a PhD student about to defend. Then I will head into the automotive industry to work on occupant safety. On a specific day I can do anything from project planning, to virtually building and testing a model of human anatomy through FEA. This will vary based on what field of FEA you go into. A civil engineer will have a drastically different experience than me.
Loved it man. I'm gonna write a thesis on structural analysis using either ansys or abaqus. I have decent computer smarts but I'm a beginner in FEM, which one would you recommend? I just need to get the work done easy.
Awesome! Well, both are pretty similar and would be more than likely be fine for whatever project you are looking at doing. It would more come down to what your advisor has/wants to pay for an academic license tbh. Sorry, I know that might not be much help, but both really are great choices. I work mostly with LSDYNA so be sure to lookup some tutorials for whichever you choose to help you along the way!
Take CT scans of a leg, segment out the bone with a software like Mimics to get an .stl, directly remedy from that or create CAD (.igs or .step) and mesh that, assign cortical bone and cancellous bone material properties.
@@UnpopularMechanics thanks for the answer. I thought you were modeling stuff from scratch. I can imagine how hard it is to work on organic shapes. Cheers
@@UnpopularMechanics Hello Sir, is there any software that can directly Draw cad models by itself, i.e.by some image processing technique. You explained about medical field, is there any software that can scan images directly and make a cad model?
Amazing video and simply explained. Hi Unpopular Mechanics, I would like to know how did you manage to get a job related to FEA? I currently pursuing a job like that (my dream job actually), and I am starting taking courses and programs about it, I just recently graduated from mechanical engineering and I would love to get a thermal or structural analysis engineer job. Thanks.
I ended up getting a summer internship with a graduate program after my Junior year in undergrad which really introduced me to the field. Then I ended up enrolling into that graduate program. I would say that if you are willing to learn FEA then to definitely pursue jobs related to it and see how it goes.
You may be interested if there is a class that goes over the theory and math behind the software. Pretty much any intro to Finite Element Analysis or the Finite Element Method should provide this.
I'm looking forward to it! I apologize but I've been slow on my uploads. I hope to speed up so we can get to the really fun stuff like vehicle simulations!
How difficult to learn would this be transferring from a quality control role and working there for 4 years? I went to school for mechanical engineering but it’s been a few years and I’ve been offered a position doing FEA for a company
hi loved the video,I a mechanical undergraduate and now want to go in airport field can you help me out because i searched all through web but cant get much out of it.please..
Many people will disagree, but a general knowledge of mechanics/dynamics and strong problem solving skills will be more than enough. It's kind of like visual engineering. As you progress in FEA more and more things from your engineering classes will begin to make a ton of sense. Pretty neat!
Let me know if you need any help! Feel free to join the forum as well and ask any questions there. That is can be easier than answering through youtube!
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html FEM video 02 - Bar element example ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html FEM video 03 - beam element ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 04 - beam element example 01 ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
Hello sir, I have a question. If I pursue my career in FEA then will it require me to do programming? I like using the Auto-CAD Software but I don't like programming. :( I'm a mech undergrad so I'm just trying to explore different fields.
Hello sir, I have a question. If I pursue my career in FEA then will it require me to do programming? I like using the Auto-CAD Software and I love math but I don't like programming. :( I'm a mech undergrad btw
Not really. You will at least need to know how to use something like Matlab or Python for data extraction or plotting scripts etc. but nothing too difficult. It also depends what field you pursue within FEA (crash analysis, fluids, structural etc.)
I'm really trying to find a video on matrix form F=Ku and I can't find one. I really need to get a good understanding from scratch and have a few examples. Anything out there?
Thanks for the video! If you want to design your own boat, could you teach yourself and learn to use fea with laminates and do it yourself? Or is this just nuts?
@@UnpopularMechanics Thanks for answering! No I mean for actually designing and building a boat to travel the oceans on. I know there is a lot to that and that it would be safer and easier to hire an engineer for it. But for my goal of a solar powered catamaran you need to optimize for weight because you only have very low power available. There are no good designs or building plans that incorporate that atm. So my question is, if I learn the basics of structural engineering and then teach myself to use some (hopefully free) software to do this FEA optimization to optimize for weight, would that require years or months of learning? I presume that fea especially for laminates is very high paying so it could be cost effective to DIY. So is this nuts? :)
Oh wow! Well that is a huge job but it’s possible. You should first prioritize learning about CAD and how to begin designing the boat. Once you have the CAD created you’ll be able to mesh it and set up a finite element simulation to test for whatever you want. If you are only worried about weight, you can just try to model the CAD and compare the mass between materials commonly used for catamarans. I’m assuming you would need to determine how thick the material for the boat would be and things like that. I’d be happy to help you along the way as this is a pretty ambitious project ;)
@@UnpopularMechanics Oh wow thanks! Well I'm "sketching" concepts in Fusion 360 so that isn't the problem, although it's way more work than I hoped to actually design something in CAD properly. And it's also an iterative process or design spiral, in order to design the boat and it's resistance and hull shape I need to know how heavy it's going to be and how heavy depends on the forces acting on it depending on the weight and hull form... I have yet to watch your full video series also. There is just a boatload to learn about naval architecture. What software could I use? Is a trial version of hyper mesh the only sensible option or is there free software that can be used reasonably well. I know Fusion360 has a fea module but not for laminates / composites. Can you "approximate" composites as isotropic materials if you assume a quadraxial fiber orientation?
There are some free meshing software out there that I've used. IA-FEMesh is one that works pretty well for simple geometries. I'm not super familiar with it but I could make a video once I brush up on it. Also, you can create topics on the forum where you can attach pictures and whatnot to better illustrate any issues that you may have. feassistant.com/forums/
Consider joining our FEA-focused community forum if you are interested in learning more!
feassistant.com
thank you for this, this is super helpful
This is how teaching should be. And he said "If I confused you..." no, the way you taught this was outstanding! Great job with this lesson.
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar
@@UnpopularMechanics And you, Sir, are a humble person.
This is my bachelor's degree subject and this video helped me so much , things are so clear now in my mind , thank you so much !I can hardly wait for other videos if it's possible in the medical field (would be very helpfull). Very good job!
Really glad to hear that it was helpful for you!
You're a legend for creating this. You have a gift for demystifying science. I loved this video.
Thanks! “Demystifying science” that’s a great way to put it 😂
This is the perfect overview of what the field is without confusing the viewer with too much technical information.
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
You explained simply which google couldn't. Thank you
Excellent video & graphics. I've always preached how a person's ability to learn is contingent upon the teacher.
You have the gift of teaching that 3 year olds can pick it up. Hope to see more from you. Thank you.
Thank you, I'm a Computer Science student working on Mandibular Surgery and this helped a lot
Thanks, im not even a beginner, first time watching anything like this and i got it! Awesome.
Well that's great to hear! If you are an engineer it's a great field to get into and a nice skill to have.
I am a complete beginner and this video was much helpful. Thanks a lot for this video.
Great video! I’m an orthopedics student and had no clue of what was FEA. Would be great in you post a video focused to their uses in orthopedic.
That’s a great idea actually. I’ll look into it. Anything in particular? Foot/ankle? Lower leg? Upper leg?
i upvote every comment on how you explained this. brilliant!
A bunch of thanks for this video, it actually created an impression on my mind that I can learn, understand and use FEA. I'll be more than happy to learn under your guidance and mentorship.
Thank you so much sir!!!
Really there is no material like this for the beginners to understand FEM
*very greatly explained*
Glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for this video. It is great to watch a simplification of the issue and how attractive it is.
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element
ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html
FEM video 02 - Bar element example
ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html
FEM video 03 - beam element
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 04 - beam element example 01
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL
ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
No one can resist subscribing after watching this ...
If they hadn't I'd be rich
you really made basics of FEA clear. i wish you could make a video on how to use this in dentistry.
Thanks, I appreciate it! Someone else mention doing something with tooth fracture.
THIS VIDEO CLEAR MY CONCEPT NOT ABLE TO CLEAR SINCE MONTHS
This buzz term of FEA was in an advertisement... I had no idea, this helped immensely though.
Thanks.
He explain it way better than my UNF professor.
You said your weren't an expert, well blue I bet you are. Thanks for the video.
Expert at FEA? No way. Expert at dumbing down topics? Perhaps
You explained briefly and clearly, thank you!
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element
ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html
FEM video 02 - Bar element example
ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html
FEM video 03 - beam element
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 04 - beam element example 01
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL
ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
Like how you did it!
Valuable for contributing in the expample and his numerial inetgartion for planty diverse researchs!
Short and clear. Thx for making this video.
You're welcome!
Really Nice explanation!! Actually im in my 3rd year and exactly today was my first class of FEA...And Im really curious to learn about this more...As yourself I'm also a hands-on person..Can you let me know how I can also start diving into the world of FEA ?? thanks 😊
Thanks! Well it all depends on what you are interested in because there are many different programs for FEA which are all different from each other. Examples: Dynamic crash scenarios (LS-Dyna), large scale loading scenarios like bridges (Ansys and Abaqus), fluid dynamics like aerodynamics of an airplane (any of the mentioned) ect. I mainly specialize in LS-Dyna but I should be able to help with any general questions. I've created a forum which I hope to eventually cover all of the main FEA solvers but you can always any general questions there as well
feassistant.com/
Excellent video! You made it so simple to understand.
Thanks!
Good to hear
Great Job, Your method of explanation was very easy to understand.
What a decent intro! Really awesome.
Thanks, I strive for decent in my life
will wait for any update. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the clear explanation.
Informative video and channel
Why thank you Dr. Sanei
cheerio, this is real good and easy to grasp!
Thanks for the video! I am studying biomedical engineering and would be really interested to know more about how you use FEA in the medical area. Was it a particular project that had a medical focus or is it the main topic?
Came here because James Cameron keeps talking about doing FEA on his submersibles on the news now and I wanted to know what on earth that is. Thanks, this is what I was looking for.
The only part I'm a bit puzzled by is the name. To analyse something means to break it up into elements and understand it that way. So "element analysis" is just unnecessary. "Finite analysis" would mean the same thing as "Finite Element Analysis" (and personally I think "discrete analysis" is more descriptive but that's just me). What the name doesn't tell you is what you're analyzing. I could easily imaginge "Finite Element Analysis" referring to analyzing the chemical composition of the planck era of the big bang or like, well, pretty much anything actually. So I think "discrete stress analysis" is 100X more informative than "Finite Element Analysis". Unless you do apply it to more than just stress, which I think you do. But if it is that general then it really should just be "Discrete analysis". If I'm being honest though, I don't see why it isn't just called "polyhedron modelling". "Finite Element Analysis" just sounds like the sort of term that a humanities student would come up with.
Thank you! Very easy to understand..
This is good bro... Can you share some more content for beginner to how to approach FEM... OR the video which can help me to learn that.. It would be huge help for me
Thank You for Posting this. Can you give us a better insight on the tools/software and the end to end problem solving description?
Thank You so much you made the topic Understandable now...Thank You again much love
Really too much helpful keep making video ❤❤ Thank you brother
This stuff is worth GOLD! 👍
I wish!
Great video and very informative. Request you to make videos on implicit and explicit dynamic analysis
Glad to hear it. I've made some videos on explicit, but never implicit. I don't work with implicit nearly as much as explicit but I'll see if I can make something happen.
@@UnpopularMechanics could you please share the link of the video
If you will make playlist for FEA and ansys together because it is not possible to go through ansys without knowing FEA
You mentioned you've been doing FEA for 5 years...are you working as a mechanical engineer now? How's working life for engineers?
Quick question, are Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Finite Element Method (FEM) the same thing? Some people on the internet say it is and some say it is not, so can you please explain
Thanks in advance
Great question, finite element method is the math behind all of the different software that perform the “analysis”. You can actually hand calculate using the finite element method.
So, finite element analysis uses the finite element method.
I am looking into getting into FEA at my job this summer, and taking the course in college in the fall. I'll have to keep your channel in mind. Any advice for a person who does CAD professionally and want to switch to being an FEA focused Mech Engineer?
FEA compared to CAD is like video editing to photography. FEA allows you to "make" something and then see it work, if that makes sense. It's a lot more in-depth. I like it more than just CAD because projects are more interesting and you can correlate results to something that happens in the real-world.
Hey there, want to echo the sentiments of others here. A nice intro that didn't get into the weeds. I'm a hobbyist and learning for fun. Have a question, can one use FE for something like a star of planet where there is mass transport within the object (convection of material) or is it only for deformable but rigid bodies?
Where was this pic at the top right corner taken from? SimScale?
Hypermesh
Great explanation brother
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Simply superB 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
That was a good video. What is your daily work like, like what you actually do at work?
Well I'm currently a PhD student about to defend. Then I will head into the automotive industry to work on occupant safety. On a specific day I can do anything from project planning, to virtually building and testing a model of human anatomy through FEA. This will vary based on what field of FEA you go into. A civil engineer will have a drastically different experience than me.
Great job man. Clear explanation!
hi. Love introduction. My particular research is on human body modelling. In particular, the abdominal. can you please tell me how to start and do?
this guy gets me. I love it !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved it man. I'm gonna write a thesis on structural analysis using either ansys or abaqus. I have decent computer smarts but I'm a beginner in FEM, which one would you recommend? I just need to get the work done easy.
Awesome! Well, both are pretty similar and would be more than likely be fine for whatever project you are looking at doing. It would more come down to what your advisor has/wants to pay for an academic license tbh. Sorry, I know that might not be much help, but both really are great choices. I work mostly with LSDYNA so be sure to lookup some tutorials for whichever you choose to help you along the way!
you are brilliant sir
you left me no choice i subscribe!
I appreciate your sacrifice
Thank you very much for this video. It would be nice one tutorial about software for FEA.
As in differences between the different software?
Awesome video man. Thank you!
Very helpful, thanks mate. Mechanical eng undergrad
No problem 👍
I am very intersted in the CAE or Finite element analysis, I am mechanical engineering student and want to work on CAE, can you please guide me.
How do you build the geometry, especially that organic shape (bone)? What software program are you using?
Take CT scans of a leg, segment out the bone with a software like Mimics to get an .stl, directly remedy from that or create CAD (.igs or .step) and mesh that, assign cortical bone and cancellous bone material properties.
@@UnpopularMechanics thanks for the answer. I thought you were modeling stuff from scratch. I can imagine how hard it is to work on organic shapes. Cheers
In my world that is about as “from scratch” as you can get. Were you talking about modeling bones without any scan data at all?
@@UnpopularMechanics Hello Sir, is there any software that can directly Draw cad models by itself, i.e.by some image processing technique. You explained about medical field, is there any software that can scan images directly and make a cad model?
Mimics is what you are looking for
Keep doing the good work boss.
Thanks, will do!
I like this one already. Thank you
Love your videos!!! Keep postín!
Amazing video and simply explained.
Hi Unpopular Mechanics, I would like to know how did you manage to get a job related to FEA? I currently pursuing a job like that (my dream job actually), and I am starting taking courses and programs about it, I just recently graduated from mechanical engineering and I would love to get a thermal or structural analysis engineer job.
Thanks.
I ended up getting a summer internship with a graduate program after my Junior year in undergrad which really introduced me to the field. Then I ended up enrolling into that graduate program.
I would say that if you are willing to learn FEA then to definitely pursue jobs related to it and see how it goes.
Would you recommend this for someone who is more interested in pure mathematics, like in functional analysis, abstract algebra, etc
You may be interested if there is a class that goes over the theory and math behind the software. Pretty much any intro to Finite Element Analysis or the Finite Element Method should provide this.
Thanks man. Finally I understand
No problem, glad to help!
Thanks for the video...I also suggest you to post a video on simulation of a vehicle.
I'm looking forward to it! I apologize but I've been slow on my uploads. I hope to speed up so we can get to the really fun stuff like vehicle simulations!
How difficult to learn would this be transferring from a quality control role and working there for 4 years? I went to school for mechanical engineering but it’s been a few years and I’ve been offered a position doing FEA for a company
great video, thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching!
hi loved the video,I a mechanical undergraduate and now want to go in airport field can you help me out because i searched all through web but cant get much out of it.please..
What do you mean by airport field? Like aviation?
What are basics in engineering that are req to learn FEA
Many people will disagree, but a general knowledge of mechanics/dynamics and strong problem solving skills will be more than enough. It's kind of like visual engineering. As you progress in FEA more and more things from your engineering classes will begin to make a ton of sense. Pretty neat!
Thank you. This is a good start for me.
Let me know if you need any help! Feel free to join the forum as well and ask any questions there. That is can be easier than answering through youtube!
Thanks a lot for the video and keep it up:)
Thanks, will do!
nice introduction for FEA .. expecting more to come !!
FEM video 01 - Introduction and bar element
ua-cam.com/video/UHRoz2nioSU/v-deo.html
FEM video 02 - Bar element example
ua-cam.com/video/6tKHH8zptBY/v-deo.html
FEM video 03 - beam element
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 04 - beam element example 01
ua-cam.com/video/zioGBMtq2PA/v-deo.html
FEM video 05 - beam element example 02 with UDL
ua-cam.com/video/ZSSSXRd0FcQ/v-deo.html
Hello sir, I have a question.
If I pursue my career in FEA then will it require me to do programming?
I like using the Auto-CAD Software but I don't like programming.
:(
I'm a mech undergrad so I'm just trying to explore different fields.
Thankyou for the explaination!
Very nice explanation sir
Great video! :) One question, what are grids in FEA or FEM?
By grids, do you mean the mesh?
@@UnpopularMechanics The only thing I know is that you can transform grids into mesh. But I can't find anything else on google.
I’ve never heard of this. It may be specific to a certain FEA solver..
Thanks man. Really helpful!
excellent video
Thanks, great explanation
Great piece of work! please keep going I am going to use your videos to start learning FEA.
Hello sir, I have a question.
If I pursue my career in FEA then will it require me to do programming?
I like using the Auto-CAD Software and I love math but I don't like programming.
:(
I'm a mech undergrad btw
Not really. You will at least need to know how to use something like Matlab or Python for data extraction or plotting scripts etc. but nothing too difficult. It also depends what field you pursue within FEA (crash analysis, fluids, structural etc.)
@@UnpopularMechanics ok. Thank you.
I only know the basics of C and C++
So can we say that CFD is the fluids version of FEA?
Exactly, but it’s not limited to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) You’ve also got things like smoothed particle hydrodynamics.
That was really helpful! Thankyou! :)
you the man!
This is ideal - thank you :)
Glad it was helpful!
it's great! thanks!
You are great
This is awesome!
Glad that you enjoyed it!
I'm really trying to find a video on matrix form F=Ku and I can't find one. I really need to get a good understanding from scratch and have a few examples. Anything out there?
Luke Theiss hey check out IIT Kharagpur on UA-cam. He’s got lots of videos on matrices and such clear examples. You’ll like it
heyy! can you help me using LISA software to find doubler repairs analysis 🥺
Thanks for the video!
If you want to design your own boat, could you teach yourself and learn to use fea with laminates and do it yourself?
Or is this just nuts?
Design your own virtual boat for simulation? Yeah that’s possible for sure. You would just need CAD of a boat geometry or design the geometry yourself
@@UnpopularMechanics Thanks for answering! No I mean for actually designing and building a boat to travel the oceans on. I know there is a lot to that and that it would be safer and easier to hire an engineer for it.
But for my goal of a solar powered catamaran you need to optimize for weight because you only have very low power available. There are no good designs or building plans that incorporate that atm.
So my question is, if I learn the basics of structural engineering and then teach myself to use some (hopefully free) software to do this FEA optimization to optimize for weight, would that require years or months of learning?
I presume that fea especially for laminates is very high paying so it could be cost effective to DIY.
So is this nuts? :)
Oh wow! Well that is a huge job but it’s possible. You should first prioritize learning about CAD and how to begin designing the boat. Once you have the CAD created you’ll be able to mesh it and set up a finite element simulation to test for whatever you want. If you are only worried about weight, you can just try to model the CAD and compare the mass between materials commonly used for catamarans. I’m assuming you would need to determine how thick the material for the boat would be and things like that. I’d be happy to help you along the way as this is a pretty ambitious project ;)
@@UnpopularMechanics Oh wow thanks!
Well I'm "sketching" concepts in Fusion 360 so that isn't the problem, although it's way more work than I hoped to actually design something in CAD properly.
And it's also an iterative process or design spiral, in order to design the boat and it's resistance and hull shape I need to know how heavy it's going to be and how heavy depends on the forces acting on it depending on the weight and hull form...
I have yet to watch your full video series also. There is just a boatload to learn about naval architecture.
What software could I use? Is a trial version of hyper mesh the only sensible option or is there free software that can be used reasonably well.
I know Fusion360 has a fea module but not for laminates / composites. Can you "approximate" composites as isotropic materials if you assume a quadraxial fiber orientation?
There are some free meshing software out there that I've used. IA-FEMesh is one that works pretty well for simple geometries. I'm not super familiar with it but I could make a video once I brush up on it. Also, you can create topics on the forum where you can attach pictures and whatnot to better illustrate any issues that you may have. feassistant.com/forums/
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Please do a tutorial on how to use strand7 program for FEA on a mandible? :O
I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with strand7 so I’m unable to help
Hello
What is the different between ANSYS and Zebluon program
Thank you
I'm sorry, I am not familiar with Zebluon
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Glad I can help
Great video! Thank you for sharing :^D
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Sir how to mesh a ball separately inside a cube