CATIA V5 FEA Tutorials Release 21

In this workbook, the parts created in CATIA are simple enough they can be modeled with minimal knowledge of this powerful software. The reason behind the simplicity is not to burden the reader with the CAD aspects of the package. However, it is assumed that the user is familiar with CATIA V5 Release 21 interface and basic utilities such as pan, zoom, and rotation.

The tutorials are based on release 21; however, other releases can also be used with minor changes. Typically, the differences are not even noticed by a beginner.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Analysis of a Bent Rod with Solid Elements
3. Axially Loaded Block with Stress Concentration
4. Stress Analysis of a Rotating Disk
5. Deformation of an I-beam under Self-weight
6. C-clamp Deformed with Enforced Displacement
7. FEA Modeling of the Bent Rod with Beam Elements
8. Beam Elements under Enforced Displacement
9. Bending of a Notched Specimen with Smooth Virtual Part
10. Analyzing a Loaded Bracket with Triangular Shell Elements
11. Modeling Mismatch in Shell Thickness and Surface Mesher
12. Analysis of Thin Walled Pressure Vessel using Shell Elements
13. Using the Surface Mesher to Simplify Geometry
14. FE Model of a Bearing-Shaft Assembly using Analysis
15. Connection
16. Shrink Fit Analysis
17. Analysis of a Tensile Specimen as an Assembly
18. Analysis of a Fastened Assembly
19. Thermal Stresses in a Bi-metallic Strip
20. Hybrid Mesh Analysis
21. Spring Elements
22. Adaptive Refinement
23. Free Vibration of a Simply Supported Beam
24. Buckling Analysis
25. A Simple Spot Weld Analysis
26. Defining Restraints or Loads on Patches
27. Limited Hexahedral Element Capabilities
28. Frequency Response Analysis of a Simply Supported Beam
Appendix I Miscellaneous Comments