Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
RFA/Minnesota Engineering analysts are proficient with a variety of software's to provide analytical
solutions to engineering problems.
Pro/Mechanica™
Altair® HyperMesh
Femap®
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
provides the means to evaluate
a component or product's
performance with respect to simulated loads and operating conditions. Software solution have become robust, less expensive and accurate to a point where analysis can be incorporated into every design.
ANSYS®: an analysis tool that simulates large and intricate structures using a full complement of nonlinear elements, nonlinear/linear
material laws, and inelastic material models. The software also allows for the analysis of complicated assemblies using nonlinear
contact.
NE/Nastran ®: is a powerful, general purpose finite element analysis tool with an integrated graphical user interface and model editor Femap
(see below) which is used to analyze linear and nonlinear stress, dynamics, and heat transfer characteristics of structures and mechanical
components. RFA has recently added NE/Nastran for additional FEA solution capability.
Pro/MECHANICA™: a design tool used to evaluate structures and reduce the design-analysis iterative process.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
CFdesign®: a general purpose, finite element based, fluid flow and heat transfer program that is
integrated within Pro/ENGINEER™.
Altair® HyperMesh (Translation & Mesh Analysis): a high performance finite element pre- and post-processor used to refine the models
and results of FEA.
Femap®: general-purpose FEM (finite element modeling) and analysis results post-processing tool. Femap is the interface for FEA (finite
element analysis) solvers NE/Nastran. Femap can also be used to pre- and post-process analysis results from Abaqus (Abaqus, Inc.),
ANSYS (Ansys, Inc.), COSMOS (SolidWorks, Inc.), and CFDesign (Blue Ridge Numerics) making it a powerful tool.