Engineering Analysis with COSMOSWorks 2007

This tutorial concurrently introduces you to COSMOSWorks software and the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis through hands-on exercises. A number of projects are presented using commonly used parts to illustrate the analysis features of COSMOSWorks.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Static analysis of a plate
3. Static analysis of an L-bracket
4. Stress and frequency analysis of a thin plate
5. Static analysis of a link
6. Frequency analysis of a tuning fork
7. Thermal analysis of a pipeline component and heater
8. Thermal analysis of a heat sink
9. Static analysis of a hanger
10. Analysis of contact stress between two plates
11. Thermal stress analysis of a bi-metal beam
12. Buckling analysis of an L-beam
13. Design optimization of a plate in tension
14. Static analysis of a bracket using adaptive solution methods
15. Design sensitivity analysis of hinge supported beam
16. Drop test of a coffee mug
17. Selected large displacements problems
18. Mixed meshing problem
19. Static analysis of a weldment using beam elements
20. Miscellaneous topics
21. Implementation of FEA into the design process
22. Glossary of terms
23. Resources available to FEA Users