Today we are going to ask 5 recent graduates what they have learned in their first two years as Aerospace Stress Engineers. This article will give you insight into their typical days, skills they learned in school, and what they like (and don’t like) about their jobs.What does an aerospace … Read More
Midsurfacing: Using Shell Elements
If you work with thin-walled solids, using a midsurface shell model can reduce the degrees of freedom in your model by factors of ten and save hours of time in your analysis and postprocessing. But you’re probably thinking: “Isn’t creating a midsurface model just going to add more time to … Read More
5 Tools to Reduce Time Between Your CAD Model and FE Model
Creating a finite element model is one of the most time consuming processes in finite element analysis. Using CAD geometry as the basis of your model is a huge time saver, but cleaning the geometry can take forever.
How Solar Impulse used Femap to Fly 40,000km Around the World Without a Single Drop of Fuel
Solar Impulse is a solar-powered aircraft project led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut, Bertrand Piccard, and Swiss engineer and entrepreneur, André Borschberg. The project’s goal is to circumnavigate the earth in a fixed-wing aircraft that uses only solar power.
5 Things You Should Know About Flutter
If you like this article, be sure to check out my webinars: This recording includes a demonstration of Aerodynamic Flutter, a static aeroelastic analysis, and the benefits of Aeroelastic tailoring. This webinar demonstrates Static Aeroelastic Trim Analysis and Flutter Analysis. Flutter, and aeroelasticity in general, is a topic that is … Read More