Structural analysis, finite element analysis of machine elements

Solving problems:

• Static analysis
• Buckling analysis
• Modal analysis
• Time history analysis
• Response spectrum analysis
• Modal analysis of prestressed structures and parts
• Stationary heat transfer analysis
• Fatigue strength analysis
• Geometry nonlinear analysis
• Contact problem solution
• Steel structures design (Russian code)
• Steel connection design
• Quantity survey generation*

Structure types:

• Bars
• Plates and shells (including combination with bars, solids and cables).
  Cables
• Solids (including combination with bars, plates, shells and cables).
• Assembles*.

Load types:

• Nodal forces and moments
• Length, area, volume distributed forces
• Nodal displacement
• Load combination
• Acceleration
• Dead weight
• Temperature
• Prestress
• Snow load (Russian code)
• Wind load (Russian code)
• Seismic (Russian code)

Extra features:

• Bars eccentricity
• Hinges
• Elastic links
• Releases
• Elastic supports
• Joint displacements
• Concentrated masses
• Import from NASTRAN, DXF, SFM (APM Studio)
• Nodal local coordinate system

Extra results:

• Structure mass
• Quantity survey generation
• Stress distribution in arbitrary rod cross-section
• Static strength safety factor
• Fatigue safety factor
• Cable sag
• Result report in RTF file

Important features:

• Adaptive mesh generator (APM Studio)
• Graphical tools for custom section libraries creation

Required modules:

• APM Structure3D – Structural analysis, finite element analysis of machine ele-ments, buckling, modal analysis etc.
• APM Base – database management module (recommended)
• APM Mechanical Data – mechanical engineering database of standard machine elements and reference data
• APM Graph – 2D graph editor (recommended).
• APM Studio - preprocessor for finite element analysis of shell and solid models with automatic mesh generation; with STEP files import functionality

* – version 9.0 and

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