Design Smart (and subcontractors) has extensive experience in static Finite Element Analysis. The current tool used is the SolidWorks Premium simulation package. A pragmatic approach is taken to analyse problems and typically qualified with manual calculations wherever possible. more...

Design Smart (and subcontractors) has extensive experience in static Finite Element Analysis. The current tool used is the SolidWorks Premium simulation package. A pragmatic approach is taken to analyse problems and typically qualified with manual calculations wherever possible. This is to ensure that the analysis setup, constraints, loads, and the solver etc. are behaving correctly, representing reality as closely as possible. Those experienced in the art will know that deflection typically limits the usefulness of a design. It is important to understand when large scale deflection analysis needs to be employed, amongst the other important considerations.