Finite Element Simulation of Machine Elements
An Introduction to Engineering Analysis and Solid Mechanics Using SOLIDWORKS SimulationBy Dmitri Kravchenko
Length13h 35m
About this audiobook
A colourful stress plot is not an answer.
This book teaches you to produce results you can defend, using machine elements you already design. You will set up studies properly, choose between solid and shell elements, run genuine mesh convergence studies, and recognise the restraint mistakes that quietly inflate stresses. Component chapters take you through brackets and frames checked against beam theory, shafts and press fits with stress concentrations, bolted joints with preload and contact, sheet metal shells, springs, buckling factors, thermal stress, fatigue damage and modal frequencies. Every model is validated against a hand calculation before it is believed, and the closing chapter shows how to document assumptions so your analysis survives review.
For mechanical designers, engineering students and new simulation users, this practical guide bridges the gap between theory and software. It focuses on the engineering decisions that determine whether a simulation is trustworthy, not just on how to click through menus. By the end, you will have a repeatable workflow for verifying and validating your models, and the confidence to present your results to colleagues, clients, or reviewers.
What you will learn:
• How finite element analysis actually computes displacements, strains, and stresses
• The solid mechanics you must recall to interpret results correctly
• A complete simulation workflow from CAD to results
• How to create quality meshes and run mesh convergence studies
• How to apply boundary conditions and load cases without over-constraining
• How to analyse beams, brackets, frames, shafts, keys, and press fits
• How to model bolted joints with preload and contact
• How to handle shells, sheet metal, springs, buckling, thermal stress, fatigue, and modal frequencies
• How to verify, validate, and report your analysis so it survives review
Whether you are a practising mechanical designer, an engineering student, or a new simulation user, this book will help you move beyond colourful plots to defensible engineering answers. If you design machine elements and want to use SOLIDWORKS Simulation with confidence, this book is for you.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length13 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Finite Element Simulation of Machine Elements
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Important Safety Notice
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6Chapter 1: What Finite Element Analysis Actually Computes
71.1 From Machine Element to Discrete Model
81.2 Degrees of Freedom and What the Solver Stores
91.3 Interpolation, Shape Functions, and Why Results Are Approximate
101.4 Sources of Error and the Meaning of Convergence
111.5 What the Solver Cannot Tell You
12Chapter 2: Solid Mechanics You Must Recall
132.1 Stress and Strain at a Point
142.2 Hooke’s Law in Three Dimensions
152.3 Principal Stresses and Mohr’s Circle
162.4 The von Mises Yield Criterion
172.5 Stress Concentration, Contact Pressure, and Superposition Limits
18Chapter 3: The Simulation Workflow
193.1 Choosing the Study Type
203.2 Materials, Units, and Property Entry
213.3 Fixtures, Loads, and Their Physical Meaning
223.4 Meshing, Solving, and Reading Results
233.5 A Complete First Study, Start to Finish
24Chapter 4: Meshing and Element Quality
254.1 Solid and Shell Elements and When to Use Each
264.2 Mesh Controls, Sizing, and Local Refinement
274.3 Element Quality Metrics and How to Read Them
284.4 Mesh Convergence Studies Done Properly
294.5 Adaptive Refinement and Practical Mesh Budgets
30Chapter 5: Boundary Conditions and Load Cases
315.1 Restraints as Idealised Supports
325.2 Bearing Loads, Remote Loads, and Load Application
335.3 Symmetry and Anti-Symmetry
345.4 Rigid-Body Motion and Over-Restraint Diagnosis
355.5 Building a Defensible Load Case Set
36Chapter 6: Beams, Brackets, and Frames
376.1 Beam Theory Results to Check Against
386.2 Solid Models of Brackets and Their Comparison
396.3 Fillets, Gussets, and Stress Concentration in Practice
406.4 Torsion in Shafts and Frames
416.5 Frames, Joints, and Load Path Assumptions
42Chapter 7: Shafts, Keys, and Press Fits
437.1 Shaft Stresses from Combined Loading
447.2 Stress Concentration at Shoulders, Grooves, and Keyways
457.3 Press Fits and Interference Contact
467.4 Keys, Splines, and Torque Paths
477.5 Verifying a Shaft Study Against Hand Calculations
48Chapter 8: Bolted Joints and Contact
498.1 Bolt Preload and Joint Stiffness
508.2 Modelling Bolts: Solid, Beam, and Connector Approaches
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