ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Overview

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities is a 3-day training course for engineers that need to perform structural nonlinear analyses using the ANSYS Mechanical. This course is intended for users who have taken the ANSYS Mechanical Introduction course and who are already familiar with the procedures for performing a linear static analysis in ANSYS Mechanical.

After completing the course, students should be able to perform, in ANSYS Mechanical, a nonlinear structural analysis.

Description

The course introduces the nonlinear solution procedure and covers how to setup a structural nonlinear analysis, define nonlinear solution options, and review the nonlinear results. Advanced contact analysis procedures are discussed for simulating contact between two or more solid bodies. In addition, metal plasticity, hyperelasticity (including curve-fitting tools to help translate experimental data to strain energy density function coefficients), how to diagnose non-convergence problems, and how to interface with ANSYS are also covered in the training course.

Prerequisites

  • A technical education and background is recommended but an engineering degree is not required.
  • Completion of the ANSYS Mechanical Introduction course.

Course Topics Include:

  • Structural Nonlinearities
  • Advanced Contact
  • Metal Plasticity
 
  • Hyperelasticity
  • Nonlinear Diagnostics
  • Accessing ANSYS Options

Each course chapter is followed by "hands-on" workshops and exercises.

Training Schedule

Start Date

Length(Days)

Title

Location

June 04, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Houston, Texas
June 11, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Orlando, Florida
June 12, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Bloomington, Minnesota
June 19, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 26, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Irvine, California
August 06, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities San Jose, California
August 06, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
August 13, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Evanston, Illinois
August 13, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Burlington, Massachusetts
August 20, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Waterloo, Ontario
September 11, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Bloomington, Minnesota
September 17, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Houston, Texas
September 17, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Orlando, Florida
September 17, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Irvine, California
October 01, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 29, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities San Jose, California
November 05, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
November 13, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Evanston, Illinois
November 19, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Burlington, Massachusetts
November 26, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Waterloo, Ontario
December 03, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Ann Arbor, Michigan
December 03, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Orlando, Florida
December 04, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Bloomington, Minnesota
December 10, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Irvine, California
December 10, 2013 3 ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities Houston, Texas