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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · In engineering, stress is the loading force being used on a portion of an object’s area that eventually leads to deformation. In mathematical terms, stress is the force per unit area of material.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · In engineering, the devices used to measure and collect data and/or control test and manufacturing environments, such as sensors, recorders, transmitters, displays and control systems. Generally, any device used to measure, record and/or indicate a physical phenomenon, such as a speedometer, smoke alarm or motion detector.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · Named after 17th-century physicist, philosopher and architect Robert Hooke, it states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · A means to approximate partial differential equation (PDE) discretizations (discrete counterparts transferred – with some amount of error – from continuous functions, models, variables and equations) with numerical model equations in order to break down large problems into simpler finite elements that can be solved via numerical methods.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · Named after Richard Edler von Mises (April 19, 1883-July 14, 1953), is an empirical process used to predict yielding of ductile metals under complex loading.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · A method, often automated by simulation or design software, to find the optimal distribution of material given user-specified goals and constraints. One of those goals in often to remove weight from the part. The results are often organic, branch-like structures that may be difficult to manufacture via traditional…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · In engineering, a multibody system consists of interconnected rigid or flexible bodies. How the bodies link to and affect one another can be analyzed via various software applications that simulate those movement and force dynamics
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · The concurrent use of methods from different fields of engineering to solve design problems
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · Named after physicist and mathematician James Maxwell (June 13, 1831-Nov. 5, 1879), the set of equations describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated by charges, currents, and changes of the fields.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · In general, machine learning refers to machines that mirror and assume human behavioral traits.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · The Navier-Stokes equations apply to Newton’s second law of motion for fluids (liquids and gases; f = ma), because this type of equation essentially describe fluid motion.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · NASA STRucture ANalysis (NASTRAN) is a finite element analysis (FEA) program that was developed for NASA by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in the late 1960s. NASTRAN was released to the public in 1971 by NASA’s Office of Technology Utilization.
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · Refers to both a method of surface modeling in which a row of control points terminate in a T shape and a company founded to develop the concept as plug-ins for SOLIDWORKS and Rhino design software. T-Splines Inc. was acquired by Autodesk in 2004. Autodesk discontinued the plug-in…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2018 · An open 3D model format developed by Siemens PLM software that makes it possible to view and share product information throughout the product lifecycle. It is intended to enhance collaboration by enabling manufacturers to move 3D product data among the computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle management (PLM)…
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DE Editors · August 31, 2018 · 3D Off The Page, as a render farm service for KeyShot users, has been instrumental in producing final visuals when results are needed fast.
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DE Editors · August 31, 2018 · Figure 4 Standalone enables functional prototyping and low-volume production with print speeds up to 100 mm/hr at six sigma repeatability.
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DE Editors · August 31, 2018 · This new release from Pointwise includes the ability to customize the near-wall mesh for accurate and efficient boundary layer resolution.
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DE Editors · August 30, 2018 · PTC
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