Prerequisites :

Must have attended the basic SolidWorks Simulation class, or must have an experience with SolidWorks + working basic knowledge of finite elements and of basic mechanical principles who should attend : Designed for users who would like to become productive fast, the nonlinear course offers hands-on experience on the use of SolidWorks Simulation nonlinear module. The two-day course provides an overview on a wide range of nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics.

• Geometric Nonlinearities
• Large displacements problems
• Large strain formulation
• Material Nonlinearities
• Nonlinear elasticity
• Hyper elasticity (Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden)
• Plasticity (von Mises, isotropic/kinematic/mixed hardening rules) Temperature dependent material properties Visco-elasticity and creep Contact (Boundary) Nonlinearities 3D nonlinear gap/contact analysis (with or without material nonlinearities).
• Numerical Procedures
• Solution control techniques (force, displacement, and Arc-Length controls)
• Equilibrium Iterations schemes (Newton-Raphson, modified Newton-Raphson)
• Termination schemes (convergence and divergence criteria)
• Special Topics
• Adaptive automatic stepping algorithm
• Prescribed non-zero displacements associated with time curves
• Deformation dependent loading
• Analysis stabilization techniques Viewing the Results Deflected shape plots Displacement and stress color filled contour plots Animation of deflected shape, displacement, and stress contour plots X-Y plots for response quantities Isoplanes and sectioning