http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/ The Civil Engineering Blog Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-11394 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 06:48:20 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-11394 What is the difference in using Thick Beam and Thick Beam BMS3 element. While modelling a simply supported beam under quarter point load, the central portion deflection deviated from the expected constant profile beyond the loading location. In fact it showed deflection upwards. Thge mesh element used was simple 3D Thick beam not BMS3 or BTS3. Any idea?

]]> http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-308 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:19:56 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-308 No worries- I’m just glad it helped; and to Ben for writing it!

]]> http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-297 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:42:42 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-297 Great post! Thanks for sharing, this has been very useful and helpful in understanding the software. The diagrams are very useful.

]]> http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-185 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:41:13 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-185 […] anything. With great power comes great responsibility, and as such Engineers typically reserve FEA (Finite Element Analysis, for those who aren’t good at guessing acronyms) for complex […]

]]> http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-58 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-58 I’ll pass the message on to Ben!

]]> http://www.beingbrunel.com/building-on-finite-elements/#comment-57 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=604#comment-57 Very useful. We just had an introductory presentation on Lusas and this explains well when to use different structural mesh types.

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