Motives for better Engineering
Explore horizontal earth pressure,
Coulomb's theory, and its applications.
Compare geotechnical results and
understand the trial wedge method's nuances.
Explore the technical content on vessel collision
to calculate the annual frequency of bridge component collapse.
Introducing the concept of seismic isolation design.
See moreFinite Element Analysis cantilever beam 3D FEM America Structure Type_Building Structure Type_Dam Field_Bridge Category_Knowledge Structure Type_Bridge
The scary part of FEM is sometimes FEM gives wrong results without any error message. The analysis may be meaningless if an engineer cannot check or interpret the results. Let’s consider a simple example similar to the case from Dr. Gallagher (Finite Element Analysis: Fundamentals, 1975).
MIDAS CIVIL Buckling analysis cantilever beam America Field_Bridge Category_Knowledge Category_How-to Structure Type_Bridge
So you have learned about column buckling under a point load applied at the end of the column, do you know if columns can buckle under their self-weight? Let’s explore it and run some analyses using midas Civil.