picdiGtitgengiceing “mot somes FEA Quiz ssa ‘One who knows the correct answers to this FEA quiz is not necessary a competent FE analyst However, knowing these answers would be reall nce and lead to greater confidence In one's analysis work Question 1 It you had one steel and one aluminum cyindor of equal cross-sectional areas (1 qn) and both cylinders are loaded witha force of 100 Ib, wich cylinder vill have the higher stress? By how much would you expect the sess values to difer? ‘Answer ‘The stress willbe the same regardless of mater used - since stro is FIA. Question 2 ‘You have just meshed a sold CAD piece of geometry using 10-nade Tetrahedral elements and have applied @ ful fied constraint all translations (7X. TY, and TZ) and all rotations (RX, RY, and RZ) ar fixed to one node of tho structure. What action is enforced by the RX, RY, and RZ constraints? Would you expect the structure to be suticienly constrained for a static stress analysis? Ifnot, how many nodes would have to be constrained to "ix" the madel for a stross analysis? Answer No action. 10-node Tetrahedral elements da not have RX, RY, and RZ degree-of-reedoms. The structure would not be sucenty Constrained, A minimum of three noces. Question 3 ‘what material property data fs required for near, elastic static analysts? ora linear, state analysis you only need E,n or Gn. you were aso incorporating body loads, og. gravy, then you would need the onsty ofthe materia Question 4 ‘You have apalid a uniform infernal pressure toa cylinder and would lke to check your work, You then use your FEA pre-processor to perform sum-of-forces calculation. What value would you expect fo be returned by the sum-olforces calculation? Answer oo Question 5