Theoretical Background of SimSolid by Victor Apanovitch

Girish Mudigonda_21018

The SimSolid computational engine is based on extension to the theory of external approximations. External approximations are a generalization of Finite Element Method (FEM) in terms that:

• Absolutely arbitrary geometrical shapes can be used as “finite elements”.
• Basis functions which approximate the field of interest in the “element” can be of arbitrary class and are independent of the “element” shape.
• The degrees of freedom are integrals over corresponding geometrical entities.
• Multi-pass adaptive analysis to control the solution accuracy.

Watch the video below to learn more.

 

Girish Mudigonda_21018

Feel free to post your questions in the comments section.

Ram_20323

Thanks Victor. Still too complicated for most people probably. I like the slides on the boundary condition implementation here and how it is approximate in SimSolid.