Marc 2001 From Beginner to Expert

Author: Zheng Yan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: MSC Software Corporation (MSC Software) was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. It is a globally renowned leader in engineering verification, finite element analysis, and computer simulation prediction application software (CAE), as well as the developer of the world's most famous, authoritative, and reliable large-scale general-purpose structural finite element analysis software, MSC Nastran. The MSC Nastran software has always been the only verification software used by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for aircraft airworthiness certification. In 1999, it acquired the highly nonlinear CAE software company MARC, and in 2001, it acquired the U.S. company AES. After the mergers and acquisitions, the product line of MSC Software was re-integrated, extending from low-end desktop design tools to mid-range professional simulation software, and further to the top-tier high-end enterprise-level analysis platform. This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the use of MSC Marc software with rich content and detailed examples. The specific content includes: introduction to Marc2001 software, basic graphics interface of Mentat2001, geometric modeling, mesh generation functions of Mentat2001, definition of boundary conditions in MSC Marc software, definition of initial conditions, definition of material properties, definition of geometric properties, definition of contact conditions, definition of connections and load cases, definition of job (JOBS) methods, post-processing, and specific application examples of Marc2001 software. The book is rich in content, detailed, and features typical examples, with concise and clear explanations of the basic knowledge and theories involved.