STRUCTURAL ANALYS IS OF NR-115 BAS ESTRUCTURE BASIC STEPS OF FEA ANALYS IS FOR NR-115 BASESTRUCTURE (1) Preprocessing: defining the problem The major steps in preprocessing are define key points/lines/areas/volumes, I. define element type and material/geometric properties, II. Mesh lines/areas/ volumes as required. The amount of detail required will depend on the dimensionality of the analysis, i.e., 1D, 2D, ax symmetric, and 3D. (2) Solution: assigning loads, constraints, and solving Here, it is necessary to specify the loads (point or pressure), constraints (translational and rotational), and finally solve the resulting set of equations. (3) Post processing: further processing and viewing of the results In this stage one may wish to see lists of nodal displacements, I. element forces and moments, II. deflection plots, and III. stress contour diagrams or temperature maps. STRUCTURAL ANALYS IS OF NR-115 BAS ESTRUCTURE BASIC STEPS OF FEA ANALYS IS FOR NR-115 BASESTRUCTURE (1) Preprocessing: defining the problem The major steps in preprocessing are define key points/lines/areas/volumes, I. define element type and material/geometric properties, II. Mesh lines/areas/ volumes as required. The amount of detail required will depend on the dimensionality of the analysis, i.e., 1D, 2D, ax symmetric, and 3D. (2) Solution: assigning loads, constraints, and solving Here, it is necessary to specify the loads (point or pressure), constraints (translational and rotational), and finally solve the resulting set of equations. (3) Post processing: further processing and viewing of the results In this stage one may wish to see lists of nodal displacements, I. element forces and moments, II. deflection plots, and III. stress contour diagrams or temperature maps.