Advanced Online DIANA Course: Nonlinear Analysis Techniques & Iterative Procedures

26 & 28 May 2021 - For practicing engineers with a good level of experience of DIANA FEA, this course will provide and in-depth understanding of the different solution procedures and the pros/cons of the different approaches. For more information & registration: dianafea.com/2021-Adv-Nonlinear

Contents:

Types of nonlinearities
-Geometric nonlinearity
-Material nonlinearity
-Transient
Solution procedures for nonlinear FEA
-Regular Newton-Raphson method
-Modified Newton-Raphson method
-Linear Stiffness iterative method
-Quasi Newton-Raphson method
Convergence criteria
Line-search method
Arc-length method
Guidelines for NLFEA
Setting up NLFEA in DIANA
Case studies
Post-processing results
Q&A