MAR101 Course Content

Course Overview

  • What is MSC.Marc?

What is Nonlinearity?
  • Geometric
  • Material
  • Boundary Conditions


Numerical Concepts in Nonlinear Analyses

  • Load Incrementation
  • Newton-Raphson Methods
  • Convergence Testing
  • Arc-Length Methods
  • Workshop 1 –Linear vs. Nonlinear Beam
  • Workshop 2 –Snap Through Can Bottom


Element Topologies

  • 0D to 3D (including MPCs and Springs)

Element Formulations
  • Full Integration vs. Reduced Integration
  • Workshop 3 –Break Forming

Material Properties
  • Linear
  • Plasticity
  • Work-hardening Rules
  • Others (Elastomers, Creep, Composites)
  • Workshop 4 –Necking
  • Workshop 5 –Rubber Seal

Contact BodiesDeformable
  • Bodies
  • Rigid Bodies
  • Contact Algorithm Basics
  • Workshop 6 –Hertzian Contact
  • Workshop 7 –Telescoping Tubes

Contact Interactions
  • Contact Settings
  • Friction
  • Interference Fits
  • Workshop 8 –Interference Fit Example

Multiple Load Cases
  • Load Cases vs. Load Steps
  • Perturbation vs. General Procedures


Analysis Set-Up

  • Job Parameters
  • Restarts


Monitoring and Job Files

  • Live Monitor
  • MSC.Marc Files
  • Error Messages
  • Workshop 9 –Pin Insertion
  • Workshop 10 –Ball Joint
  • Workshop 11 –Steady State Heat Transfer

Nonlinear-Specific Results Post-Processing
  • Animations
  • Body Force Plotting
  • Nodal Averaging

Resolving Non-Convergence Problems