Analysis Design Productivity Limited
Introduction to ANSYS for MEMS.
Audience
This introductory course is aimed at practicing engineers and researchers in the Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) industries who wish to gain a working knowledge of how to perform engineering analyses using the ANSYS program. An understanding of the principles behind the finite element technique is desirable, though not essential.
Basic structural and thermal concepts as applicable to MEMS are covered during the course that also acts as a good foundation for the Multiphysics Simulation for MEMS training course.
Recommended background knowledge
- Engineering degree or engineering experience.
- Basic functional familiarity with computers.
Topics Covered
- The ANSYS MEMS Initiative & Applications
- ANSYS Basics
- System of Units
- Importing Geometry
- Solid Modeling
- Select Logic
- Meshing
- Solvers
- Static Structural Analysis - Steps & Attributes
- Static Structural Analysis - Plane Stress & Strain, 3-D
- Static Structural Analysis - Boundary Conditions
- Structural Static - Solution
- Structural Static - Postprocessing
- Modal Analysis Overview
- Reduced Order Modeling
- Introduction to Thermal Analysis
Objectives
- Become familiar with ANSYS, capabilities, terminology and GUI
- Steps required to perform a basic ANSYS analysis for MEMS
- Building or importing solid models and meshing
- Applying loads, solving and reviewing results
- Learning the required skills for the Multiphysics Simulation for MEMS training course.
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