Category Archives: Finite Element Analysis

To test FEMAP’s capability to connect element types I have made the following geometry: The pad-eye and a part of the adjacent geometry are modeled with solids. The connection between the two is made with surface to surface contact. The … Continue reading →

Clicking the rendering to the left will reveal an animation representing a grouping of static analysis results for a sliding load. It is done with FEMAP’s MultiSet capability and studies the full range of motion. When the load is shifting on the structure sometimes … Continue reading →

Working barges sometimes have columns under main deck to make local reinforcement. I have used a theoretical model to study such a case using FEMAP. The deck is subject to uniform pressure. To the right of this post is displayed the … Continue reading →

In this example I have studied a lifting beam using Solid Elements. Because the load cases, geometry and boundary conditions have a symmetry axis, the left side of the model has been replaced by boundary conditions. The structure is stressed … Continue reading →