The Complete Guide to FEA/CAE with HyperMesh & OptiStruct

Course Overview:
Embark on an exciting journey from beginner to expert in CAE/FEA concepts, with a specific focus on HyperMesh 2024 and OptiStruct. This course will guide you through the theoretical foundations of CAE/FEA and dive deep into practical skills for creating and modifying CAD/geometry, meshing, defining connections, and performing analysis.

We will begin with the basics of FEA theory, where you will learn the essential problem-solving techniques and the underlying logic behind most CAE software. From there, we will delve into the core of HyperMesh 2024, covering meshing (1D, 2D, and 3D), connection creation, deck preparation and perform various analysis using optistruct.

Course Structure:

• Theory of FEA/CAE:
  Understand the principles of FEA and CAE, including problem-solving strategies and how FEA works. This foundational knowledge is crucial for mastering the application of HyperMesh and OptiStruct.

• Introduction to HyperMesh 2024:
  Get familiar with HyperMesh's new Graphical User Interface (GUI) and learn how to import/export models, navigate the model browser, entity selector and view controls.

• Creating and Modifying Geometry:
  Learn the essential steps for building and editing geometry, including creating points, nodes, lines and surfaces. In this section we will be performing geometry cleanup and defeaturing to aid us in better model build for FEA applications.

• Meshing Techniques:
  Gain hands-on experience with 1D, 2D, and 3D meshing. You will follow best practices and guidelines for meshing components, including mesh quality checks, and explore quality checks such as aspect ratio, skewness, warpage, volumetric skew and many more.

• Advanced Meshing Topics:
  Learn about mid-meshing techniques like midsurface extraction, offset, midmesh and more. We will also delve into the world of plastic meshing.

• Connections and Assembly Building:
  Understand how to define connectors like spot welds, seam welds, bolted connections, area based connections including adhesives and XML-based connections for assembling components.

• Analysis Types:
  Learn how to perform modal analysis, linear and non-linear static analysis, buckling analysis, and understanding governing equations for each type.

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Start your journey with HyperMesh 2024 and unlock your potential in structural analysis using optistruct. This course will provide you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to excel in CAE/FEA simulations.