<p>This Master’s thesis is summery of a comparative study of 2 commercial CAD-integrated</p><p>FE-programs. These FE-programs were CATIA v5 and ABAQUS 6.3-7. The primary</p><p>objective of this study is to investigate the basic FEA capabilities of CATIA and</p><p>ABAQUS 6.7-3 in performing the linear static analysis and to identify whether there are</p><p>any differences and similarities between results the both Finite Element FE codes give.</p><p>The overall research question in the present thesis is: Do different FE programs, here</p><p>CATIA and ABAQUS, give the same results for FE analysis giving the same models if</p><p>subjected to the same boundary conditions? This research seeks to achieve its aims</p><p>through making a comparative qualitative study. Certain pre-selections were performed in</p><p>advance of conducting Finite element analysis and the comparison process to ensure that</p><p>results would reflect only the most relevant and meaningful differences and similarities</p><p>between the both FE-codes. Five different 3D solid models have been selected to perform</p><p>linear static Finite element analysis on. All these models (case studies) are created in</p><p>CATIA V5 and the linear static analysis conducted on using FE-codes CATIA v5 and</p><p>ABAQUS 6.7-3. Three static responses (results) of the linear static analysis have been</p><p>adopted as criteria for comparisons purposes. These criteria were: (1) displacements, (2)</p><p>Von Mises stress, and (3) principal stress. The results of comparisons showed that there is</p><p>a very good agreement in most cases and small gap between in a few cases. Results of</p><p>this study demonstrate that the both FE-programs CATIA v5 and ABAQUS 6.7-3 have</p><p>good capabilities to perform FE-analysis and they give very near results. Reason behind</p><p>differences is that each of them uses a different algorithm for solving problems. The final</p><p>answer for the research question is given with valuable recommendations for future work</p><p>in the scope of this research.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-2355 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Amin, Handren |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för Ekonomi och Teknik (SET) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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