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FE Update - Heat transfer 101

 

 
Heat transfer gets a bad rap for being more esoteric than structural analysis. "Why else would it be so infrequently addressed in the engineering trade press?" asks David Dearth, consulting engineer and president of , Huntington Beach, Calif. "It seems most engineers are comfortable working with mechanical units and terminology," he says. "For example, units for static or dynamic analysis include force, moment, and torque and have a tangible meaning." But setting up heat-transfer problems involves less intuitive terms, such as Btu, specific
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In a previous column, David Dearth, a consulting analyst and president of Applied Analysis & Technology, Huntington Beach, Calif. discussed four ways to handle fasteners and preloads with FEA in... (Read More)
Finite-element models occasionally involve bolts and their preload. They can complicate analysis because even small assemblies can have bolts, screws, rivets, and weld joints, some with preloads. (Read More)
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