Simplifying FEA Models Using Planar Symmetry

摘要

Advances in finite element analysis (FEA) software solution efficiency, computing hardware power and available storage have meant a dramatic increase in the size or scope of the FEA models we can run. The size is reflected in the number of elements, or mesh density, we can use in a model. The scope is reflected in the type of analysis we are running. There is a trend to run more advanced analyses that include greater realism in the simulation of the physics involved.