Within the Aerospace Engineering community, there is an entire sub-discipline devoted to understanding the dynamics of a system and generating loads (propulsive, inertial, aerodynamic, etc). In smaller companies, engineers often need to wear multiple hats, and the lines between classical stress analysis and loads and dynamics analysis begin to blur. … Read More
A Day in the Life of an Aerospace Stress Analyst: What does an Aerospace Stress Engineer Do?
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.