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FE Modeling Strategy

Decide on details from design

Find smallest dimension of interest

Pick element types

1D Beams

2D Plate or Shell

3D Tetrahedron or Brick

Estimate numer of elements! nodes "#dofs$

Decide if run time %ill e reasonale

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FE Modeling Strategy&continued'

(nput )eometry

*+D ,le

(nside FE code

)enerate Mesh Pick parameters- elements.length! element

si/e! 0

Select regions to mesh

)enerate and check

+spect ratio

Degenerate elements

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FE Modeling Strategy&continued'

+pply displacement oundaryconditions

check for rigid ody motion

+pply surface loads

+pply ody forces

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FE Solution Strategy

Pick solution strategy

inear or nonlinear

Eigenalue &natural freuencies oruckling'

Transient or static

Parametric! optimi/ation or proailistic

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