Temperature, displacement and stress results can be plotted as numbers or as contours. Some sample contour plots are shown here. These are bitmap screen grabs only, and are therefore pixelated. Direct printer output is much smoother because it is replotted according to the page size.
There is no limitation to the complexity of the mesh, though many engineering parts are still quite simple to model. Symmetry can be simulated by ‘restraints’ and ‘constraints’ which allow the model to be smaller and hence faster to run: The clamp is a 1/4 model and the tubeplate is a 1/8 model. Furthermore, components which are axisymmetric can be modelled as a cross-section. The bellows model is axisymmetric but also has an asymmetric bending moment applied to it. All these models took less than a second to solve on an entry level 400MHz PC with 32Mb of RAM, except the 3D contact analysis which took 12 seconds.
Tresca stress contours on hidden view of gear under multiaxial loading
Axial and hoop stress contours of an axisymmetric, metal annular seal under pinch and pressure loading
Close-up of axial stresses in a bellows under a bending moment
Quarter model of a clamp under tension - Von-Mises stress contours
Tubeplate with holes pressurised. Constraint equations are used for the 45 degree slope
A clevis-pin assembly after contact analysis.