Course Summary
A 3-day training course catering for all engineering
disciplines, for engineers with little or no
prior knowledge of LUSAS.
The course takes you through the steps required
to perform linear static structural analysis. The course revolves
around the LUSAS Modeller Interface for modelling and results
processing and involves a large degree of
‘hands-on’ time where delegates can address their own applications. With
subsequent experience delegates should be able to successfully tackle most types of linear
static structural analyses that are encountered in mainstream engineering.
Who should attend ?
New, or less experienced users of LUSAS.
Course Content:
Modeller Overview
Finite Element Analysis, Menus, Toolbars/icons,
Dialogs, How to use LUSAS Modeller, Tree view, Text output, Status bar,
Display Coordinate Systems, Pan & Zoom, Model Rotation
Basic Model Building
Model Properties, Geometry, Points, Lines, Surface & Volumes,
Copy, Move, Sweep, Attribute assignments,
Default assignments, Line & Surface Mesh, Geometric Properties - Beam section library,
Standard Materials, Supports, Basic Loading
Results Manipulation and Display
Results files, Results selection, Deformed Mesh,
Diagrams, Animation, Contours, Vectors, Values, Graphs,
LUSAS Element library
Element library overview, Meshing Lines, Spacing,
Beam end releases, Meshing Surfaces, Combined lines, Transition meshing, Irregular meshing,
Support surfaces, Meshing Volumes, Joints, Element display
Static Analysis & Loadcase Management
Static Analysis, Global Stiffness Matrix, External Files,
Modeller Files, CAD Import & Export, LUSAS Files, Resolution, Loadcase management,
Combinations & enveloping
Further Geometry and
Attributes
Advanced Define Toolbar, Pick features and mesh entities,
Labelling selected features, Transformations, Local Coordinate systems, Arcs,
Manifolding, Splitting, Intersections, Fillets, Merging, Visualisation, Feature information
Discrete Loading, Patch Projection, Assignment of discrete loads,
Processing loads outside search area, Search areas, Equivalencing, Constraint equations,
Attribute assignment plots
Multiple windows, Groups, Advanced Selection,
Variations, Influence Lines, Local and Global Results, Wood Armer Reinforcement,
Fatigue, Sections, Printed Output, Annotation, Using colour, LUSAS Expose
Advanced Analysis Control
A discussion and overview of some more
advanced analyses that are possible with LUSAS including: Transient Dynamics, Eigenvalue, Linear Buckling,
Spectral Response, Forced Response, Nonlinear Analysis, Material Nonlinearity,
Geometric Nonlinearity, Boundary Nonlinearity, Field Analysis, Thermal Analysis,
Coupled Analysis
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