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RUN A LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS USING THE Basic FEA USER PROFILE
The BasicFEA user profile will allow users from the novice to expert level to run a broad range of simple
analyses [with RADIOSS (Bulk Format) as the solver in the background].
Note, the BasicFEA UserProfile is available with HyperWorks 11.0.120 for the standalone version of
HyperMesh (currently not embedded in the Student Edition)

Click Preferences > User Profiles and select Engineering Solutions and Basic FEA.

this will then open up the BasicFEA3D Browser.


LOAD MODEL
Right click in the model browser, select: Open, and the
model (HyperMesh binary file): model.hm
On import BasicFEA reads the unit system associated
with the geometry and changes the environment
settings.




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Set display to shaded to have a better view on the geometry using the Shaded Geometry Icon in the
toolbar
To view the mesh (tetrahedral elements) which is
automatically created in the background, right click on
Mode and select mesh


To change mesh settings for one part, right click on the part in
the BasicFEA browser, and select: Edit mesh settings.




Uncheck the Use Model Settings box and enter an element size of 0.004.




Click on Ok, the part will be immediately remeshed
based on the new mesh.

MODEL SET UP
Change the Mode back to Geometry
Change the default unit system to mm tonne N MPa





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There are simple visual tools that help examine the dimensions of your geometry, so users can scale the
model and ultimately choose a proper working unit system
Check the dimensions of the model using the dimension mode button:

The dimensions of the model are shown in the
graphics area.
After checking or editing the dimensions you can
switch off this button again.







Material Definition
Out of the box, BasicFEA offers 14 common materials to choose
from. User materials can also be created and stored for future
use, even in a new session. All the materials are converted
between unit systems.
By default a standard material is applied to all components.
This can be changed by right-clicking on the material and
choose a different material or even open the database to
modify or create a material.






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Right click on the material for PartB, Open Database,

select My Materials, and create a new material by clicking the + button
Fill the form as follows:

Close the database window.



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The new material is now in the list but not yet assigned to the part.
Simply select the new material for PartB from the list.

Contact Definition
Next a contact between the parts needs to be created.
A simple searching algorithm will find parts that contact one
another and assign them all a tied contact. The option to switch
each contact definition to sliding exists in the right click menu.

Right click on the Contacts entry and select: Auto-contact
A new Tied contact between Part A and B is automatically created.

Loadstep Definition
Available loadstep types: Linear static, normal modes, buckling and sliding contact will be the available
solutions sequences [all solved in RADIOSS (Bulk Format)] for the first release of BasicFEA.

Create a new Linear Static loadstep by right-clicking on the
loadsteps entry.


Create a new constraint by right-clicking on the linear static load
step; select the inner surfaces in the mounting holes as shown below and click proceed to finish de
creation process.







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Switch the display to wireframe to have a better view on the constraints.
Right click on the created constraint in the Model tab to change the constraint the translational degrees
o freedom (dofs).


Notice that the constrained degrees of freedom
change from 123456 to 123


Now create a distributed load on both end surfaces of PartB as shown below










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Change the load magnitude to -1000 N (left mouse button click
on the displayed number)

And the direction to Global X:




The load direction is in negative X direction because of the negative magnitude value.
Now the model is ready to run the analysis.

Running the linear elastic analysis
First the model must be saved.
Save the model by right-clicking in the model browser and select Save as




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Save the model as Bracket_linear_static.hm




Run the analysis by clicking the Run button on the toolbar:

The Solver view window opens allowing the job to be tracked as it runs:











Close this window after the Job is completed.




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Postprocessing
Automatically the stress results are shown.

To show other results click data type or click next until you have the desired result type and click
contour to show this on the screen.
You may view this tutorial also as a video (for your login into the Client Center please use your official E-
Mail address of your university)
More videos are available about the other load cases available in Basic FEA
Normal Mode, Buckling, and Sliding Contact analysis