SMX120 Course Content

1 Overview
  • Course Objectives
  • What is SimXpert
  • Case Study: Landing Gear Strut
  • Workshop 1 “Cantilevered Plate”

2 SimXpert GUI Introduction
  • Overview
  • Menus
  • Model Browser
  • Picking
  • File Management
  • Workshop 2 “A Brief Sightseeing Tour”

3 Coordinate Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Grid Points (Nodes)
  • Workshop 3 “Coordinate Systems”

4 1-D and 2-D Elements
  • The CBAR Element
  • Case Study: Bar Elements
  • The CBEAM Element
  • Two-Dimensional Elements
  • Workshop 4 “Stiffened Plate”

5 Material and Composite Properties
  • Material Properties
  • Composite Surface
  • Orthotropic Material Property, Composite Material
  • Material Coordinate System
  • Laminate Verification
  • Workshop 5 “Making a Composite Model”

6 Surface Cleanup and Meshing
  • Stitching
  • Geometry Visualization
  • Case Study: Feature Suppression
  • Meshing Surfaces
  • Workshop 6 “Geometry Cleanup and Meshing”

7 Quality Checking
  • Check / Verify Finite Element Mesh Quality
  • Element Quality Improvement – Manual Fix
  • Element Quality Improvement – Automatic Fix
  • Workshop 7 “Quality Checking and Enhancement”

8 3-D Elements
  • Case Study: Intercooler Structure
  • Solid Elements by Sweeping 2D Elements
  • Nastran Solid Elements
  • Meshing Solids
  • Workshop 8 “2 ½ D Clamp – Sweep Mesher ”

9 Load and Boundary Conditions
  • Types of Load/Boundary Conditions
  • LBCs Tool Ribbon
  • Creating LBCs
  • Application Region
  • Fields / Tables
  • Continuous FEM Fields
  • LBCs Visualization
  • Workshop 9 “Continuous FEM Fields”
  • Load Sets 9-36

10 Analysis and Post-Processing
  • Analysis File Creation
  • Results Application
  • Deformation Post-Processing
  • Fringe Post-Processing
  • Workshop 10 “Support Bracket”
  • Marker Plots
  • Vector Plots
  • Tensor Plots
  • Workshop 11 “Bracket (Mid-Surfaces)”
  • IsoSurface Plots
  • 0D Probe Plots
  • Freebody Plots
  • Workshop 12 “Freebody Analysis of a Truss”
  • Shear Moment Diagrams
  • Workshop 13 “Shear Moment Diagram”
  • Spectrum Management
  • Chart Plots
  • Workshop 14 “Postprocessing with Isosurfaces”

11 Contact Simulation
  • Linear vs Nonlinear Analysis
  • Linear Contact Analysis
  • Contact Bodies
  • Contact Tables
  • Contact Situations
  • Workshop 15 “Linear Contact”
  • Workshop 16 “Nonlinear Contact”
  • Workshop 17 “Nonlinear Material”

12.0 Connections
  • Connections
  • Case Study: Connections
  • Penetration
  • Generic Elements
  • Workshop 18 “Basic Connections”

13.0 Morphing
  • Introduction to Morphing
  • Case Study: Morphing
  • Workshop 19 “Domain and Shape Morphing”

14.0 Specialty Elements
  • Spring Elements
  • Bushing Element
  • Mass Elements
  • Rigid/Interpolation Elements
  • Workshop 20 “RBE2 vs. RBE3”

15.0 Normal Modes
  • Normal Mode Analysis
  • Case Study: Communications Tower
  • Workshop 21 “Normal Modes of a Rectangular Plate”

16.0 Buckling
  • Linear Buckling Analysis
  • Case Study: Submarine Pressure Hull Buckling
  • Workshop 22 “Buckling of a Submarine Pressure Hull”

17.0 Macro Record/Replay
  • Recording / Editing a Macro
  • Case Study – Record a Macro
  • Workshop 23 “Macro Recording and Editing”