Hello
I`m a newbie to this kind of subject and would like to learn FEA/FEM.
I made a simple test, a pump foundation used in shipyard industry, the pump is about 800kg and sits on the base plate and is bolted with 4 screws, the foundation plates are welded with a throat thickness of 3.5mm. It also transmits vibrations.
I applied for test a force of 10kN and the deformation is quite strange for me, i think in reality the foundation either fails or not but the base plate doesn`t deform as in the results.
If someone can point me to some documentation, books, tutorials that can help me learn i would be thankful.
I attach the foundation, but the results are bigger than 500kb and can`t be uploaded, but if anyone requests them i can provide. There is also a section called Volumetric Properties and units are imperial, can anyone tell me where can i change to metric?
Thank you in advance,
Florin
I`m a newbie to this kind of subject and would like to learn FEA/FEM.
I made a simple test, a pump foundation used in shipyard industry, the pump is about 800kg and sits on the base plate and is bolted with 4 screws, the foundation plates are welded with a throat thickness of 3.5mm. It also transmits vibrations.
I applied for test a force of 10kN and the deformation is quite strange for me, i think in reality the foundation either fails or not but the base plate doesn`t deform as in the results.
If someone can point me to some documentation, books, tutorials that can help me learn i would be thankful.
I attach the foundation, but the results are bigger than 500kb and can`t be uploaded, but if anyone requests them i can provide. There is also a section called Volumetric Properties and units are imperial, can anyone tell me where can i change to metric?
Thank you in advance,
Florin