Part 4 - Dynamic Simulation & Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Autodesk Inventor 2011

Full Demo Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1E99F2E1549EBEC7

This is a demonstration of the dynamic simulation and finite element analysis (FEA) environments in Autodesk Inventor 2011. I modernized a trebuchet to show some of the capabilities built into Autodesk Inventor. The demonstration shows how to do basic FEA, then I set up a dynamic simulation that launches a projectile from the system, and follow that up with another FEA using the motion loads generated by the simulation.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• John Helfen
• Autodesk Inventor
• Simulation
• Dynamic Simulation
• Finite Element Analysis
• FEA
• Trebuchet

[savata71]

Thanks for these videos!

But why the arm doesn’t contact the ground at time=5:28?

[JohnHelfen]

@savata71 It is a combination of the number of calculations (set in the simulation player) and the velocity in which the arm is moving. I have dialed the accuracy down a bit to speed things up. To get the arm to contact at the bottom of the swing you could dial up the accuracy, but in this case that part is not important to me, so I didn't bother to change it.

[JohnHelfen]

I agree. Thanks for checking out the video.

[savata71]

@JohnHelfen Aha, we can dial up and down the accuracy.

Thank you for the answer!

[yomith]

Hey John.

Thanks for putting the time into explaining and making these videos. You're a great teacher (:

[GreenTeaGringo]

very impressive software