Optimizing designs with adaptive analysis
This article reports on why, while engineers use finite element analysis to verify finished designs, many see the value of performing analyses early in the design cycle to gain a better understanding of a product`s behavior. Since the mid-1980s, many mechanical engineers have recognized that finite element analysis (FEA) tools could function as digital laboratories by providing insights into a product`s form and function early in the design cycle. However, while some progress has been made toward meeting this goal, much work still must be done before a critical mass of designers have a well-equipped virtual laboratory at their fingertips. Training and industry practices are two of the factors that have kept engineers from realizing this potential.
- OSTI ID:
- 124491
- Journal Information:
- Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 117, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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