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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 …

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 …

The complexity of composites vs. traditional metallic materials has forced aerospace manufacturers to complete 7-20x more tests than before across all levels of the validation pyramid. With smaller tests costing around $1k-$5K, and the larger tests costing up to $1M-$3M, a significant barrier has been presented in terms of cost and time to validate their …

MSC offers a free student version of MSC Nastran | Patran. The MSC Nastran | Patran Student Edition complements the FEA Academic Bundle by enabling students to improve software proficiency and use for personal and school projects.  Who is eligible for the Student Edition program?  Only students currently enrolled in engineering programs are eligible to …

To read the entire article featured in Voicecoil by David Burd, PhD, visit: www.mscsoftware.com/voicecoil  Most speaker designers use some kind of simulation software to validate their designs before committing to prototypes and production runs. Today’s most popular simulation tools are fairly low-level finite element analysis (FEA) applications that provide basic one- and two-dimensional modeling and simulation. …