Dr. Mark E. Barkey

Altair Engineering (Makers of Hypermesh and Hyperworks)

Dessault Systems, Simulia ABAQUS software maker (formerly HKS ABAQUS)

Crimson Editor (text editor)

A note about "tonne" and "ton":

    A tonne is mass unit of 1000 kg.
    1000 kg weighs 2240 lbs under standard conditions.  In the US, this is often called a "metric ton".
    A ton is a US measure of weight.  A ton is 2000 lbs.
 
 
 

Pipe Schedule Chart

Pipe Chart with Weights

EPRI Grade 22 Low Alloy Steel Handbook

ASTM Tensile Specimen Design

FEA:  Only as Good as the Operator (ASME website)

FEA:  Garbage in, Garbage out (NASP Subrogator)
 
 
 

What does Ave. Crit. 75% in the ABAQUS legend mean?
 

Information about Shape Functions
 

University of Colorado
 
 

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How to set up HyperMesh

PDF Lectures/Notes

Lecture 1:  Introduction and the Spring Element

Lecture 2:  Units in FEA

Lecture 3:  Basics of HyperMesh

Lecture 4:  Importing and Running an Analysis in ABAQUS

               Zipped Folder of HyperMesh files, Input Files to Import into ABAQUS, and ABAQUS-CAE file (bad mesh with duplicated nodes)

                Zipped Folder of HyperMesh files, Input File to Import into ABAQUS, and CAE files from Tegrity Videos
 
 
 

Lecture 5:  Linearity and Symmetry

Lecture 6:  Discussion of Plate with a hole/Covergence Analysis (Refer to Tegrity Video)

             Zipped Folder of HyperMesh/ABAQUS files from Tegrity Video on Plate with a Hole/Convergence Analysis
 

Lecture 7:  Element Solution Space, First and Second Order Elements