Saturday 20 September 2014

3 Important Things Should You Know Before Outsource FEA Modeling Services

"Engineers and architects across diverse industries are integrating Finite Element Analysis in the design process to ensure that the final product is cost-effective, safe, high quality, and is made available to the market in a prompt manner. Unfortunately, it is not that simple as you might think."

Hence, professional FEA Modeling Services are indispensable for any manufacturing or engineering company. This will not only help you focus on your core competencies, but also facilitate fantastic cost and time savings. However, before you hire, there are three things that you should definitely know. Here is a glimpse of how to make the best choice.



Typically, FEA Services Encompass:

  • Stress finite element analysis
  • Structural analysis
  • Buckling analysis
  • Thermal finite element analysis
  • Vibration/Modal/Acoustic FEA
  • Fatigue failure investigation 

Multi-Physics:

Effective FEA modeling services and advanced software applications help the engineers and designers to predict performance of the product in real-world stress such as temperature changes, flow of fluids around and through the object, voltage disturbances, or the volume of the object.

These elements often work simultaneously, and hence, the FEA program should be capable of considering the effects on one another. Typically, professional experts isolate each of the variables and calculate their effect, and then feed the analysis results in the system one at a time. Make sure that the FEA modeling company offered individual or coupled analysis or have powerful tools to relate the results.


Design Criteria:

For analysis purpose, you have to determine the environmental conditions and physical phenomenon to which the product or a part will be exposed. At the same time, it is important to have the desired design objective. So, before you hire FEA modeling services, determine whether the design process will be subject to static or dynamic conditions.

Will the part be fixed in space, does it move relative to other parts, or it is subject to variation? What are the results when you run the product through motion cycle? Instead of costly computing resources, make sure that the FEA modeling program is capable of calculating the stresses in a jiffy.


Modeling:

The company should be capable of building a finite element model based on appropriate parameters such as constraints, loads, and suitable mesh.

Determine what is the FEA interoperability method that the company uses in ensuring accuracy, ease of use, and functionality? Also consider the FEA modeling services offered by the company and compare the same with others to have the best value for money.

FEA Modeling Expertise:

Considering the expertise of FEA modeling service provider will also pay you off well. It should have vast experience in FEA and unmatched technology expertise in the latest software such as NASTRAN, ANSYS, SolidWorks, HyperMesh, Pro-Mechanica, CATIA, LS-DYNA, Cosmos Works, and ANSA. It is always a smart choice to go with a company that has a good reputation and knowledge in the domain of finite element analysis.

Hiring professional FEA modeling services, based on above-mentioned criteria, facilitates fantastic cost and time savings, while kick-starting your manufacturing design process.

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Bhaumik Dave is working as a FEA Consultant with FEA Consulting Services since last five years and successfully executed numerous FEA projects of high complexities. He is specialized in handling FEA projects for Automotive, Aerospace, Commercial, Military and other Industries.

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