I have been providing e-learning courses on FEA for over 11 years. I now supplement the courses with a free weekly broadcast that covers topics across FEA.
Format – live presentation around 30 minutes. Q and A 30 minutes .
Completed presentation recordings to view
Session 1. St Venant’s Principle
Session 2 . FEA quick sanity checks
Session 3: Free Body Diagrams – what are they and why do they go wrong?
Session 4: Mohr’s circle – getting past it and onto practical stress assessment
Session 5: Cheating in nonlinear buckling
Session 6: High Cycle and Low cycle fatigue
Session 7: Generative Design and Topology Optimization – what’s the difference?
Session 8: Why are Normal Modes an essential foundation in Dynamic Response?
Session 9: Stress Singularities and Concentrations – what’s the difference?
Session 10: ‘Spider’ Elements in FEA – what are they?
Session 11: Units in FEA – some horror stories!
Session 12: Can Designers really take advantage of FEA?
Session 13: FEA models under or over constrained?
Cartoons
I have had requests for my cartoons, download here!