SolidWorks Simulation Non-Linear - Toronto

SolidWorks Simulation Non-Linear Module

Course Description

This course offers hands-on experience on the use of SolidWorks Simulation Premium nonlinear module. The 2-day course provides an overview on a wide range of nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics. You will learn how to deal with models that exhibit large displacements and/or yielding, discuss and practice the use of many material models available in SolidWorks Simulation and, most importantly, how to drive a nonlinear analysis to successful completion.

Prerequisites

• Attended the basic SolidWorks Simulation class, or equivalent. Knowledge of SolidWorks.

Course Components:

1) Introduction to Nonlinear Structural Analysis 

• Geometric Nonlinearities and Displacement

2) Geometric Nonlinearities

• Large displacements problems
• Large strain formulation

3) Material Nonlinearities

• Nonlinear elasticity
• Hyperelasticity (Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden)
• Plasticity (von Mises, isotropic/kinematic/mixed hardening rules)
• Temperature dependent material properties
• Visco-elasticity and creep

4) Contact (Boundary) Nonlinearities

• 3D nonlinear gap/contact analysis (with or without material nonlinearities)

5) Numerical Procedures

• Solution control techniques (force, displacement, and Arc-Length controls)
• Equilibrium Iterations schemes (NewtonRaphson, modified Newton-Raphson)
• Termination schemes (convergence and divergence criteria)

6) Special Topics

• Adaptive automatic stepping algorithm
• Prescribed non-zero displacements associated with time curves
• Deformation dependent loading
• Analysis stabilization techniques

7) Viewing the Results

• Deflected shape plots
• Displacement and stress color filled contour plots
• Animation of deflected shape, displacement, and stress contour plots
• X-Y plots for response quantities Isoplanes and sectioning

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