SOLIDWORKS Simulation
SOFIA Project at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
Yannick Lammen, a mechanical engineer, and Jan Drennel, an undergraduate student, at the University of Stuttgart in Germany talk to SOLIDWORKS about their work for the SOFIA project. Also find link to video here. SOFIA. the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, is a
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur: The Firebiner by Outdoor Element
Michael Mojica and Joe Brown are outdoor enthusiasts, dedicated to their families, and SOLIDWORKS customers. So when they created a new company, Outdoor Element, Mike applied for the SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur program. The result is their innovative product, The Firebiner. The Firebiner
... ContinuedWest Virginia University wins NASA Robot Competition
NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge encourages innovation in autonomous robotics as teams locate and collect samples across a wide variety of terrain and obstacles without human intervention. The Cataglyphis Mountaineers robotics team from West Virginia University (WVU) college of engineering, under
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Sponsorship for FIRST Robotics Teams
After talking with FRC teams at the FRC World Championship, District and Regional events, the SOLIDWORKS EDU team opens our FIRST Robotics 2015-2016 sponsorship today. Why? Many FIRST Robotics teams have summer camps, summer activities and summer learning sessions.
... ContinuedWPI SAE Students Drive Towards Competition
The WPI FSAE Team sent us their new video. Engineering students Zachary Sears and Joseph Samela created the video with a GoPro. The video takes you through the WPI campus as the driver of a vehicle. You can visit inside the shop to view Sanding
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Simulation and SOLIDWORKS Sustainability Lead to College Acceptance
When Vigneshkumar Kannan entered the SOLIDWORKS Green Design Contest using SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Simulation and SOLIDWORKS Sustainability to design a chair, he learned on his own about designing with plastics. His chair design lead to a letter of reference from my
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Simulation Summer Camp Stress-Free for Japanese Educators
Educators have been very busy in Japan this week learning how to apply SOLIDWORKS Simulation to enhance the classroom experience for their students. SolidWorks Japan Tomoko Shimamura, Simulation TTM conducted the Hands-On training to University and High School Educators. Trying to get students
... ContinuedEducators Lead with Multi-body Dynamics and SolidWorks Simulation
University of Roma Tor Vergata is well known for their Formula Student Team. The championship cup from Formula Student Italy is proudly displayed in a glass case. Supporting these students are innovative engineering professors that have created instruction for Multi-Body Dynamics combined
... ContinuedWhat’s New in SOLIDWORKS EDU? SOLIDWORKS Simulation with Fantastic Interactive Results for FEA
Professors ask me why I like SolidWorks Simulation so much. Answer: SolidWorks Simulation is fully integrated and bidirectional, with an easy user interface, just like SolidWorks. Students learn to perform analysis quicker because there are fewer mouse-clicks and tips to
... ContinuedUse Solidworks in Stress Analysis – Measure Stresses, Strains and Displacements
If you are taking a course in Stress Analysis, you will encounter problems that require you to calculate deflections that occur when certain forces/moments/loads are applied. You can use Solidworks Simulation to verify your answers. You have the options to
... ContinuedSolidWorks Japan Develops Students’ Engineering Potential
Competitions. They drive students to learn practical skills and to understand engineering and design theory, SolidWorks Japan continues to develop students’ engineering potential through training and competitions. At the university level, FSAE Japan students attend workshops in SolidWorks and SolidWorks
... ContinuedSnow on the Roof – Again
Winter in New England. We brace again for another snow storm. How much pounding can a roof take? My colleague, Stephen shows how SolidWorks Simulation can be used to determine snow loads on roofs. The article is featured on Boston.com's
... ContinuedSAE Car Suspension With SolidWorks Motion: Part 3 Post Processing
This is the third and final part in a series of three showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to analyze a suspension system in a Formula SAE Car. This last part covers the post processing of results that was
... ContinuedHan University Drives Education Success with SolidWorks
This week, members of the global SolidWorks Education team visited Han University of Applied Science in Arnhem, Netherlands. We truly were impressed with their curriculum that uses SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation. The director and engineering instructors shared information about the
... ContinuedFEM Comparison Between Hand Calculations and SolidWorks Simulation
One class I am taking this year is a class on the finite element method (FEM). I decided for this post to solve out a relatively simple FEM problem by hand and then compare my answer by using SolidWorks Simulation.
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