Steps

By Dattaraj J. Rao : jagrao@goa1.dot.net.in

 

 

STEPS :

  1. At Start You Are Provided With A View Of A Box.
    You Can Click And Drag To Change The View.
    You Can Also Use Features Like Zoom And Move To Change The View.
    After Zooming And Moving You Can Return To Normal Mode.

  2. Specify The Dimensions ( Width, Breadth and Height ) Of The Boundary Of The Object To Be Analysed.

  3. Enter The Material Properties And The Number Of Rows Of Nodes Along Each Coordinate Axis.
    You Can Change The Element Shape By Manually Dragging The Nodes With The Mouse Or Setting Their Coordinates Manually.

  4. Change The Properties Of Nodes And Elements By Selecting Them With The Mouse And Changing Data In The Properties Column.

  5. You can click on the REMOVE button in the Element Properties to create holes in the 2-D Plane.

  6. Set Constraints Like CX = 0 ; CY = 0 ; CZ = 0   And Specify Forces In X , Y And Z Directions At Appropriate Nodes.

  7. Specify Pressures Acting On Nodes Of Various Faces.
    Specify Proper Signs For Pressures depending On Direction.

  8. If A Specified Constraint Or Pressure Has To Be Removed , Enter "null" Or Just "n" Against It.

  9. The Program Will Obtain The Stresses And Node Displacements And Also Provide Plot Of Stress Distribution Using FEM.