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2016-08-18
Simulation Based Design - Lecture 4
2016-08-18
Simulation Based Design
2016-08-18
Simulation Based Design - Lecture 3

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 is very dependent on the designer experience and knowledge. Evaluate solutions Simulation can provide […]

2016-08-18
Simulation Based Design - Lecture 2

  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 products life. The design process starts by generating ideas - the functional performance of these ideas have to be verified. There are two […]

2016-08-17
Simulation Based Design - Lecture 1
2016-06-08
Adams Getting Started

So you are interested in dynamics? You have come to the right place! Welcome to the Adams Getting Started page. With Adams you can study all things dynamic, vibration, function, interaction, rigid and flexible. About Adams On this page: Download and install the free Adams Student version Easy getting started tutorials Use Adams before you […]

2016-06-06
Practical, Hand Calculation and FEA Assignment
2015-08-17
Stellenbosch Undergraduate FEA Assignment Assistance.

On this page, example assignments from 2014 of the Stellenbosch University's Mechanical Engineering department will be set up using Patran and solved using MSC Nastran. For complicated geometry cleanup and preparation, MSC Apex may be used. The assignments were prepared by Dr Martin Venter from the Stellenbosch University's Mechanical Engineering department. The videos on this […]

2013-09-12
Multibody Dynamics Simulation

Whether you are testing a new concept or evaluating the functioning of a complex system like a car, a truck or a train or even the DVD tray of your home theater system, it can only be done successfully using MultiBody Dynamics simulations (MBD). Adams from MSC Software is the de facto standard when it […]

2013-06-12
No Results, EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS

Question After I ran the model, and attach the results, nothing is available. I found the following message in the .F06 file: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) ^^^ RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. ^^^ USER ACTION: CONSTRAIN MECHANISMS WITH SPCI OR SUPORTI ENTRIES OR SPECIFY PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 TO CONTINUE THE RUN WITH […]

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