In the FEM, the most critical question is “how many meshes do we need to get the correct (or reasonable) results?”
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Continuing on to the third part of this multi-part blog, another option is a quadrilateral element. As always, let’s start with an example.
For the previous example, we can use high-order triangular elements. This element has six nodes per element and assumes the displacement is ...
The scary part of FEM is sometimes FEM gives wrong results without any error message. The analysis may be meaningless if an engineer cannot ...
The midas model is for a multi-channel prestressed girders bridge 30 ft span and 24.75 ft width. The bridge is composed of 9-channel prestre...
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