SimXpert Explicit Training Course (SMX126)

SMX126 is an introductory course for new SimXpert users concentrating on the Explicit workspace. SMX126 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 MD Explicit
  • Determine potential applications of MD Explicit in your work environment
  • Increase your ability to explore on your own when you get back to work

Who Should Attend:

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

Course Content:

• Overview
  • Course Objectives
  • What is MD Explicit
  • What is SimXpert
  • SimXpert Workspaces
  • Case Study
• Explicit Transient Dynamic Analysis
• Dynamic Equation of Motion
• Explicit Solution Technique
• Explicit Time Integration Scheme
• Implicit Time Integration Scheme
• Explicit vs. Implicit Timestep
• Explicit Timestep
• Timestep Example
• SimXpert GUI Introduction
  • SimXpert GUI Overview
  • Launch SimXpert
  • GUI Layout
  • Menus
  • View Management
  • Tools – Options Editor
  • Customising Mouse Controls
  • Menus - Help
  • GUI Layout – Common Toolbars
  • GUI Layout – Model Browser
  • Entity Selection
  • View Management - Scenes
  • MD Explicit Workspace Features
  • Toolbox Tools - Connection
  • Toolbox Tools – Global BC
  • Toolbox Tools - Contact
  • Toolbox Tools - Safety
  • Toolbox Tools – Rigidwall
  • Toolbox Tools – Airbag
  • Toolbox Tools – Auxiliary Toolbox Tools – Table
  • Toolbox Tools – Nastran Set
  • Toolbox Tools – Template
• Case Study - Car Hood Analysis
  • Launch SimXpert
  • Import a Nastran data file
  • Create Material
  • Modify the Properties for Shell Elements
  • Create Constraints
  • Create Initial Velocity
  • Create Gravity Load
  • Create Table
  • Create TLOAD1 for Gravity Load
  • Create Contact
  • Analysis: Direct Text Input
  • Analysis: Create Nastran Job
  • Analysis: Subcases
  • Analysis: Export Analysis Deck
  • Run MD Nastran
  • Access MD Nastran Results
  • Postprocess Results
• Element Library
  • Applicability and Elements
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Element Definitions
  • Solid Elements
  • Shell Elements
  • Composites
  • Beam Elements
  • Springs and Dampers
  • Rigid Body Elements
  • Welding Elements
  • Lumped Masses
  • Hourglassing
  • Meshing Guidelines
  • Timestep Size
• Material Models
  • Material Definition – Explicit Materials
  • Engineering Stress and Strain
  • True Stress and Strain
  • Plastic Stress and Strain Data
• Contact
  • Contact Definition
  • Single Surface Contact
  • Contact Method
  • Contact Options

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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