How to strike the right balance between accuracy and solve times has been a major consideration for analysts since the inception of FEA.

In an ideal world we would include all parts and mesh each thread and fillet to ensure we have captured every detail of the model accurately. However, experienced analysts know that even with the luxury of modern-day processors, for many applications this is still a pipe dream. In reality, we tend to use our engineering judgement to omit certain parts or features and reduce mesh densities to reach acceptable but compromised solutions.

Luckily for us, Abaqus has a couple of “have your cake and eat it” solutions to this perennial problem in the form of substructures and sub-modelling. 

Simuleon hosts 10 Technical Webinar Training during a year as part of the paid online continual learning program. Costs for this continual learning program are EUR 1.175,00 for a full year. More information about the continual learning program can be found here.

Substructures & Submodelling with Abaqus FEA

October’s webinar will look at analysing large models using techniques such as substructures and submodelling. It will be held on Friday 27th October.