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FEA Examples PDF
FEA Examples PDF
Warnings
Boundary Conditions: the loads and constraints that represent the effect of the
surrounding environment on the model. (Everything else, that you have not modeled).
Point load: local stress is infinite, but is meaningless (Fig. 8.6, p.272)
If you are concerned with locations "far" removed from locations which have
singularity, then you can use the point loads.
COMPARISON OF BOUNDARY CONDITION SCHEMES (p. 295-300)
Considers various approaches for modeling a pin-in-a-hole
loading
SUMMARY (p.300-302)
"... boundary conditions are arguably the toughest aspect of FEA"
Basic Concepts in Finite Element Analysis