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The year is coming to a close, and it is the perfect time to ask "What are your top 3 favorite engineering websites of the year?" Let me know in the comments below, and I will summarize the results in January.

My son looks forward to summertime for many reasons, but he especially looks forward to making extra money by mowing lawns in the neighborhood. This summer he was excited about the new lawnmower I bought last summer, as it was going to make his job easier. One morning, our neighbor asked my son if he …

Question: How do I register for the Student Edition program? Answer: You can do this in 3 easy steps. Just remember you must be a current student in order to be eligible. Go to http://www.mscsoftware.com/student-editions. On this page, click "Download Now" and fill out the form. After you have been approved, go back to http://www.mscsoftware.com/student-editions and click …

Question: Given an assembly, such as the rotor mechanism shown below, how can one determine the stresses and potential failure modes? Answer: Nonlinear FEA available in MSC Nastran can be used for structural analysis to assess the behavior of contacting rotor mechanisms. This presentation Contact Model of Rotor Components provides additional details on how to model …

What are the most common mistakes companies make when attempting to simulate their manufacturing process? First, what do we mean by manufacturing?  Manufacturing is a very generic term and could mean many things to different people, but at its heart, manufacturing is simply the transformation of raw material into finished goods that is useful and …

e-Xstream engineering, an MSC Software Company, and software developer of Digimat, the leading nonlinear multi-scale material and modeling platform for the micromechanical modeling of composite modeling and structures, is excited for the Digimat Users Meeting in Belgium (Liège) just 1 week away! Here are some tips to plan your successful conference experience: 1) Review the …