The objective of this tutorial book is to expose the reader to the basic FEA capabilities in CATIA V5 Release 20. The chapters are designed to be independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics without the need to go through the previous chapters. However, the best strategy to learn is to sequentially cover the chapters. In this workbook, the parts created in CATIA are simple enough they can be modeled with minimal knowledge of this powerful software. The reason behind the simplicity is not to burden the reader with the CAD aspects of the package. However, it is assumed that the user is familiar with CATIA V5 Release 20 interface and basic utilities such as pan, zoom, and rotation. The tutorials are based on release 20; however, other releases can also be used with minor changes. Typically, the differences are not even noticed by a beginner. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Analysis of a Bent Rod with Solid Elements 3. Axially Loaded Block with Stress Concentration 4. Stress Analysis of a Rotating Disk 5. Deformation of an I-beam under Self-weight 6. C-clamp Deformed with Enforced Displacement 7. FEA Modeling of the Bent Rod with Beam Elements 8. Beam Elements under Enforced Displacement 9. Bending of a Notched Specimen with Smooth Virtual Part 10. Analyzing a Loaded Bracket with Triangular Shell Elements 11. Modeling Mismatch in Shell Thickness and Surface Mesh 12. Analysis of Thin Walled Pressure Vessel using Shell Elements 13. Using the "Surface Mesher" to Simplify Geometry 14. FE Model of a Bearing-Shaft Assembly using Analysis Connection 15. Shrink Fit Analysis 16. Analysis of a Tensile Specimen as an Assembly 17. Analysis of a Fastened Assembly 18. Thermal Stresses in a Bi-metallic Strip 19. Hybrid Mesh Analysis 20. Spring Elements 21. Adaptive Refinement 22. Free Vibration of a Simply Supported Beam 23. Buckling Analysis 24. A Simple Spot Weld Analysis 25. Defining Restraints or Loads on Patches 26. Limited Hexahedral element Capabilities 27. Frequency Response of a Simply Supported Beam Appendix: Miscellaneous Comments Read more