Understand The Value Of Stress Analysis - Autodesk 466B1-05A761-1304 - AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2010 Getting Started Manual

With the stress analysis tools, you can:
Perform a structural static or modal analysis of a part or assembly.
Apply a force, pressure, bearing load, moment, or body load to vertices,
faces, or edges of the model, or import a motion load from dynamic
simulation.
Apply fixed or non-zero displacement constraints to the model.
Model various mechanical contact conditions between adjacent parts.
Evaluate the impact of multiple parametric design changes.
View the analysis results in terms of equivalent stress, minimum and
maximum principal stresses, deformation, safety factor, or modal frequency.
Add or suppress features such as gussets, fillets or ribs, re-evaluate the
design, and update the solution.
Animate the model through various stages of deformation, stress, safety
factor, and frequencies.
Generate a complete and automatic engineering design report in HTML
format.

Understand the Value of Stress Analysis

Performing an analysis of a mechanical part or assembly in the design phase
can help you bring a better product to market in less time. Autodesk Inventor
Simulation Stress Analysis helps you:
Determine if the part or assembly is strong enough to withstand expected
loads or vibrations without breaking or deforming inappropriately.
Gain valuable insight at an early stage when the cost of redesign is small.
Determine if the part can be redesigned in a more cost-effective manner
and still perform satisfactorily under expected use.
Stress analysis, for this discussion, is a tool to understand how a design
performs under certain conditions. It might take a highly trained specialist a
great deal of time performing what is often called a detailed analysis to obtain
an exact answer with regard to reality. What is often as useful to help predict
and improve a design is the trending and behavioral information obtained
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