Engineering Analysis with COSMOSWorks 2007

This tutorial concurrently introduces you to COSMOSWorks software and the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis through hands-on exercises. A number of projects are presented using commonly used parts to illustrate the analysis features of COSMOSWorks. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Static analysis of a plate 3. Static analysis of an L-bracket 4. Stress and frequency analysis of a thin plate 5. Static analysis of a link 6. Frequency analysis of a tuning fork 7. Thermal analysis of a pipeline component and heater 8. Thermal analysis of a heat sink 9. Static analysis of a hanger 10. Analysis of contact stress between two plates 11. Thermal stress analysis of a bi-metal beam 12. Buckling analysis of an L-beam 13. Design optimization of a plate in tension 14. Static analysis of a bracket using adaptive solution methods 15. Design sensitivity analysis of hinge supported beam 16. Drop test of a coffee mug 17. Selected large displacements problems 18. Mixed meshing problem 19. Static analysis of a weldment using beam elements 20. Miscellaneous topics 21. Implementation of FEA into the design process 22. Glossary of terms 23. Resources available to FEA Users