Technology for Synthesized Design using Creo Simulate 6.0: Training Guide

This training guide is for the general purpose simulation software 'Creo Simulate 6.0' by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC). This is a 'Hands-on', 'Step-by-Step' training guide with a series of example problems to cover the main fundamental concepts of simulation. This guide is intended for use by the Mechanical Design Engineer who wants to incorporate Mechanical Simulation into the design process. This guide assumes the reader has a working knowledge of the basic Creo Parametric modeling application and should have access to both Creo Parametric and Simulate to work through the examples.Topics Covered Include;Statics, Stress, Modal, Thermal, Vibration, Assemblies, Contact, Bolted Joints, Welded Joints, Thin-Walled Parts, Slender Parts, including Accuracy and Convergence issues.The author, James Holst, is a registered Mechanical Engineer in the state of California and has been performing computer simulations of mechanical systems since the late 1970's mostly in the areas of stress, vibration, thermal and flow analysis. He has also provided simulation training classes to industry since the mid 1980's. He has used many different computer based simulation codes over the years from 'home grown' programs to commercially available applications integrated into CAD systems. He has extensive experience working in many different industries including. Much of his experience as an engineer, analyst and trainer has been incorporated into this guide.