{"id":2504,"date":"2009-05-28T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T21:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/FEA-Evolution-and-Current-Challenges-Dr-Louis-Komzsik\/ba-p\/333933"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:20:49","slug":"fea-evolution-and-current-challenges-dr-louis-komzsik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/fea-evolution-and-current-challenges-dr-louis-komzsik\/","title":{"rendered":"FEA: Evolution and Current Challenges\u2014Dr. Louis Komzsik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Industrial <A title=\"finite element analysis \" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finite_element_method\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Finite Element Analysis <\/A>underwent a significant evolution in the past four decades. We have witnessed tremendous progress in the underlying theory and its practical implementation in commercial software tools, such as <A title=\"NX\" href=\"http:\/\/siemens.com\/nx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A>. The application focus has also significantly widened and the supporting computer technology has evolved during these decades.<BR \/><BR \/>In the mid-1970\u2019s a typical model of an automobile chassis had:<BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI>5752 node points<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>2108 finite elements<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>28924 degrees of freedom<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>Today, a typical model of an automobile chassis has:<BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI>12 million node points<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>7.2 million elements<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>35 million degrees of freedom<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>You can see the scale and complexity of FEA has increased dramatically. So I sat down with Dr. Louis Komzsik our Chief Numerical Analyst at Siemens PLM Software, to ask him where we are, and where we are headed in Industrial Finite Element Analysis.<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D-qgbySAuQg\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>If you want to learn more; Dr Komzsik will be presenting the keynote at the <A title=\"NAFEMS World Congress June 16th in Crete Greece\" href=\"http:\/\/nafems.org\/congress\/keynotes\/komzsik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NAFEMS World Congress June 16th in Crete Greece<\/A>.&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/>If you\u2019re not lucky enough to attend this year, you might want to pick up a copy of his book, <A title=\"What Every Engineer Should Know about Computational Techniques of Finite Element Analysis, Second Edition  by Louis Komzsik\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/product\/isbn\/9781439802946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">What Every Engineer Should Know about Computational Techniques of Finite Element Analysis, Second Edition by Louis Komzsik<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A title=\"FEA-Book-Cover-LC by Siemens PLM Software, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/product\/isbn\/9781439802946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2009\/05\/3566490363_1490cf18a5_m.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2133\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2009\/05\/3566490363_1490cf18a5_m.jpg\" alt=\"3566490363_1490cf18a5_m\" width=\"163\" height=\"240\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>Jerry<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial Finite Element Analysis underwent a significant evolution in the past four decades. 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