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Using PATRAN: From eyeballs to submarines and more

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OSTI ID:5840761
To maintain a position at the cutting edge of state of the art engineering mechanics, an engineer must develop a reliable set of powerful working tools. In the Advanced Engineering Technology group at Los Alamos National Laboratory, we have established such a basis. Our projects have run the gamut from eyeballs to submarines and more. We use a variety of finite element codes in our analyses with PATRAN playing a central role, both as a preprocessor and as a postprocessor. This paper will emphasize a few projects that have used PATRAN, will highlight useful and disappointing aspects of PATRAN, and finally, will demonstrate the use of PATRAN as an effective communications tool. 13 figs., 1 tab.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5840761
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-89-2660; CONF-8909187-2; ON: DE89016989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English