Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Using SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016

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The primary goal of Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Using SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016 is to introduce the aspects of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) that are important to engineers and designers. Theoretical aspects of FEA are also introduced as they are needed to help better understand the operation. The primary emphasis of the text is placed on the practical concepts and procedures needed to use SOLIDWORKS Simulation in performing Linear Static Stress Analysis and basic Modal Analysis. This text covers SOLIDWORKS Simulation and the lessons proceed in a pedagogical fashion to guide you from constructing basic truss elements to generating three-dimensional solid elements from solid models. This text takes a hands-on, exercise-intensive approach to all the important FEA techniques and concepts. This textbook contains a series of fourteen tutorial style lessons designed to introduce beginning FEA users to SOLIDWORKS Simulation. The basic premise of this book is that the more designs you create using SOLIDWORKS Simulation, the better you learn the software. With this in mind, each lesson introduces a new set of commands and concepts, building on previous lessons. Review: OK, just be aware of what is filling the pages. - As someone only having access to static analysis, I selected this book because only 1 chapter was devoted to non-static. Where I was a bit disappointed was the number of pages devoted to being a primer in Solidworks CAD. However if you are a beginner in both CAD and Simulation then this is ideal. I was also disappointed in the numbers of pages wasted in repetition. I mean by the time you get to the 13th chapter of exercises you really shouldnt need to once again devote 2 full pages on how to open the Simulation module. The author was also, IMO, overly concerned with, as he says, the design engineer being responsible for doing approximate calculations, as a sanity check against Simulation results, and once again therefore, IMO, dedicated too many pages to the manual calculation of the exercises as a check. Who in reality these days has the time and can put in the effort to do that? In an ideal world such as in academia - sure. So had all these pages been removed I might have shied away from the price of the book versus a perceived lack of content. Perhaps that was the point. Still, if you are both a CAD beginner, a Simulation beginner, are interested in the mathematical theory and calculations behind FEA, and mainly interested in Static analysis, then this is not a bad reference. Review: Great intro book for price - Good intro book , covers basic concepts.