Marc2001 From Beginner to Expert

Author: Zheng Yan et al.
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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 sole verification software for aircraft airworthiness certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 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 re-integrated MSC Software product line extended 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: MARC2001 software basics, Mentat2001 graphical interface fundamentals, geometric modeling, Mentat2001 mesh generation functions, 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 MARC2001 software application examples. The book is rich in content, detailed, and features typical examples, with concise and clear explanations of the underlying knowledge and theories.