MANAGING THE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

 

DURATION  

1 day

 

FOCUS

The objective of this course is to introduce participants to the concepts of the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and to provide them with skills and techniques necessary to manage the FEA projects and personnel performing the FEA. This course addresses immediate needs of engineering managers, project managers and others who supervise personnel conducting the FEA but who have not been exposed to the FEA themselves. The participants will review basic concepts of the FEA and will gain hands-on experience necessary for effective communication with the FEA people. The emphasis will be given to supervising the FEA projects, estimating required resources and assessing progress of the project and effectiveness FEA. These techniques are not found in textbooks and are based on common, real-life situations.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This one-day course uses an innovative, computer hands-on approach to provide participants with essential knowledge of the FEA necessary to manage and to supervise the FEA projects as well as to evaluate performance of the personnel involved. All topics are illustrated with Pro/MECHANICA software from Parametric Technology Corporation, but the acquired skills are not software specific

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is intended for engineering managers, project engineers, product engineers, sales engineers, etc. as well as any engineer who has to specify requirements for FEA, use its results and assess performance of people performing the FEA.

 

KEY TOPICS

Basic concepts of the FEA State of the art of the FEA software Assessment of requirements for an FEA project and evaluation of results Major steps in the FEA Evaluation of FEA personnel performance Assessment of quality of the FEA project Allocation of resources required to complete the project on time and within budget Monitoring progress of the FEA project Streamlining the design process involving the FEA Common misconceptions in the FEA Minimizing errors in FEA Effective implementation of the FEA as a tool of product development Selection of FEA software and required compute hardware.

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE