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Femto Engineering determines nature of crane failure using Femap

September 26, 2017

In the wake of Hurricane Irma the number of construction crane accidents in Florida has refueled the safety debate. Several construction cranes were damaged with the high winds snapping off crane arm…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Femap Tips & Tricks: Using Interpolation Elements

September 14, 2017

One of the inherent characteristics of finite element modeling is that often loads and constraints are applied to the model at node points. This technique can bring about stress concentrations, as th…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

The Perlan 2 Glider Flying to New Heights

August 17, 2017

Arguably a spacecraft as well as an aircraft, the Perlan 2 glider is part of a mission to fly higher than any plane ever before, and reach an altitude of 90,000 feet. To reach that altitude, the Perl…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Fokker Biplane Aerodynamic Analysis

August 1, 2017

In an investigation into the use of alternate materials in the construction of structural wing components for a Fokker D-VII biplane design, Structural Design and Analysis (SDA) undertook a compariso…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Femap Tips & Tricks: Enveloping Results

July 18, 2017

With ever increasing model sizes, the amount of results data calculated and produced by the solver also increases in proportion. So with more and more results data to sift through, it becomes increas…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Femap 11.4: Charting Updates

June 28, 2017

Take a look at some of the charting enhancements in the recently announced Femap version 11.4 in the following video.
Femap 11.4 includes numerous enhancements to charting: including user interfa…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Act now: Final day of 2017 Quadfecta: Engineer Better Products with Simulation & Test event

June 26, 2017

Final Day, Friday, August 18th
Have  you heard? This event ends today, so have fun while it lasts.
Registration is as easy as clicking here
Something is happening hear… …

By Advocate
< 1 MIN READ

One if by land..Day 2 of 2017 Quadfecta: Engineer Better Products with Simulation & Test event

June 26, 2017

2017 Quadfecta: Engineer Better Products with Simulation & Test event
Day two, Wednesday, August 16th
Registration is as easy as clicking here
By land, or by sea, nothing stops a…

By Advocate
< 1 MIN READ

Femap 11.4: Preprocessing and Meshing Updates

June 26, 2017

Take a look at some of the preprocessing and meshing enhancements in the recently announced Femap version 11.4 in the following video.
Femap now has an autoscale visualization feature to help vie…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ