Chrono FEA tutorials

Tutorials that teach how to use the FEA module.

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_basic

  Learn the very basics: create mesh container, add nodes and elements, and perform linear static analysis (on single elements).

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_visualize

  Learn how to visualize FEA in the realtime view, also learn to use tetrahedrons and hexahedrons for nonlinear dynamics.

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_cables

  Learn how to create cables using ChElementCableANCF, and connect some bodies

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_beams

  Learn how to create beams using ChElementBeamEuler

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_loads

  Here you can learn how to apply loads to elements, or how to create your custom loads.

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_ancfShell

  Learn to use ANCF shell elements

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_shells

  Learn to use Reissner 6-field shell elements

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_brick

  Learn to use ANCF brick elements

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_contacts

  How to perform contact between FEA meshes in three dimensional space, with automatic collision detection

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_abaqus_wheel

  Import an .INP Abaqus mesh with a 3D tetrahedral mesh

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_cosimulate_load

  Import an .INP Abaqus mesh with a 3D tetrahedral mesh and apply loads to the surface coming from an external process.

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_thermal

  Compute a simple solution for the temperature field in a solid, given boundary conditions (Poisson problem).

• @subpage tutorial_demo_FEA_electrostatics

  Compute the electrostatic solution for a volume given boundary conditions (high voltage electrodes in air).