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> I'm a mechanical engineer. My point is that stress analysis is the oldest, simplest, and most well understood application of finite element analysis. I am no
by kanaba 7y ago
> I'm a mechanical engineer. My point is that stress analysis is the oldest, simplest, and most well understood application of finite element analysis.
I am not a mechanical engineer.
My understanding is that some composite materials used in modern aircraft manufacturing can fail in ways unlike classic aircraft aluminum (i.e. suddenly, without prior visible signs of stress/wear).
Is that relevant here?
- goatinaboat 7y agoI am a mechanical engineer, and yes it is. The composites are simply too new to have all their properties adequately modelled yet. And they are a moving target.