The video below is for completing this assignment: https://simteqengineering.co.za/blog/2017/08/21/fea-practical-assignment/ using CivilFEM. If you do not have CivilFEM installed already, you can get access to it here and follow the instructions (remember to indicate that you are a student when registering). Be sure to download the "CivilFEM with Marc" student version. It includes everything you need to run the […]

Some Motivation: Why We Are Engineers: Basic Actions of Problem Solving: Understanding the problem Simulation can be very useful to help understand what factors are important. Generate possible solutions to the problem The solutions that the designer can come up with are very dependent on the designer's experience and knowledge. Evaluate solutions Simulation can provide […]

  Engineering Design Problem: When we design, we would like to: Improve product or process quality Reduce life cycle costs Reduce development lead times This can happen during the initial design phase or sometime during the product's life. The design process starts by generating ideas – the functional performance of these ideas has to be verified. There […]