SimXpert Structures Training Course (SMX120)

SMX120 is an introductory course for new SimXpert users concentrating on the Structures workspace. SMX120 emphasizes practical skills development through comprehensive, hands-on laboratory sessions and students will master the basic skills required to use SimXpert to solve practical engineering problems.

Course Objectives:

• Understand the basic capabilities of SimXpert
  • Determine potential applications of SimXpert in your work environment
  • Increase your ability to explore on your own when you get back to work
• Navigate in and use the general features of SimXpert including:
  • CAD interoperability
  • Workspace applications and functions
  • Build finite element models (pre-processing)
  • Evaluate analysis results (post-processing)

Who Should Attend:

• New SimXpert users
• Patran users who wish to migrate to SimXpert
• Designers
• Engineering Analysts
• University lecturers and students

Course Content:

• Overview
  • Course Objectives
  • What is SimXpert
  • Case Study: Landing Gear Strut
  • Workshop 1: Cantilevered Plate
• SimXpert GUI Introduction
  • Overview
  • Menus
  • Model Browser
  • Picking
  • Workshop 2: A Brief Sightseeing Tour
• Geometry Modelling Introduction
  • Case Study: CAD Interoperability
  • Workshop 3: CATIA Associativity
  • Case Study: Parasolid Import
  • Case Study: Plate With Hole
  • Case Study: Sphere
• Meshing
  • Body Meshing and Feature Suppression
  • Workshop 4: CAD Cleanup and Automesh
  • Mesh Modification – Holes and Cutouts
  • Workshop 5: Linear Static Analysis of a Plate With a Hole
  • Meshing Solids
  • Mesh Size
  • Case Study: Mesh Control Points
  • Extrude Meshing
  • Verification
  • Quality Checking
  • Mesh Improvement Tools
  • Workshop 6: Quality Checking and Enhancement
  • Morphing
  • Case Study: Domain Morphing
  • Workshop 7: Domain and Shape Morphing
• Introduction to the Finite Element Method Engineering Methods
  • What is the Finite Element Method
  • Key Concepts in FEM
  • FEM References
• MD Nastran Basics
  • The MD Nastran Input File
  • Workshop 8: Editing a Nastran Input File
• Stadium Arched Roof Truss
  • Case Study: Stadium Arched-Roof Truss
  • The MD Nastran Element Library
  • The CROD Element
  • Post Processing CROD Results
  • Workshop 9: Stadium Truss
• Coordinate Systems and CBAR Elements
  • Coordinate Systems
  • GRID Points (Nodes)
  • Workshop 10: Coordinate Systems
  • The CBAR Element
  • Workshop 11: Bridge Truss
• Traffic Signal Pole
  • Material Properties
  • The CBEAM Element
  • Fields
  • Post Processing CBEAM Results
  • Workshop 12: Beam Modeling
• Intercooler Structure
  • The CHEXA Element
  • Solid Elements
  • Workshop 13: 2 ½ D Clamp – Sweep Mesher
• Examples
  • High Level GUI
  • Connections
  • Penetration
  • Generic Elements
  • Workshop 14: Basic Connections
  • Bolt Modelling
  • Workshop 15: Contact Analysis Using 3D Bolts

Prerequisites:

• A basic knowledge of statics and strength of materials is recommended
• An understanding of the finite element method is useful

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