Tired of using the usually helpless help menu to run a code or develop
an FEA model or write a DAQ software? We feel your pain…
The links below have been tried and
tested by SEM members at the University of Maryland. Each reference is
rated on the GPA scale from 0.0 to 4.0
Members:
under
contruction
FEA Tutorials:
-
ANSYS
- http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/Tutorials/ansys/
submitted by Joe Varghese
- GPA: 4.0
- The tutorial at the University of Alberta is probably the
best introduction to Ansys that is available online. The tutorials are
conveniently divided into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. The website
is constantly updated. The tutorials provide instructions in GUI and
command line mode.
- http://ansys.net/ansys/
submitted by Seungmin Cho
- GPA: pending
- So far this looks to be a very comprehensive and extremely useful
collection of input files, material properties, tips & tricks, and
resources.
Diversions:
-
PhD Comics
- http://www.phdcomics.com
- GPA: 4.0
- Nothing on the web or off it brings out the funny side of
grad life better than Jorge Cham (Ph.D from Stanford, currently
lecturer at Caltech). Look up the archives…
- A taste of Dr. Cham's insight:
We appreciate
any feedback
you can give about the links. To recommend a website, send an email to
semumd@yahoo.com.
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