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SolidWorks CSWP FEA (Finite Element Analysis) Certification

 

Icône de la certification FEA

The Certified SolidWorks Professional Simulation Specialist exam is designed to test an individual’s understanding of Simulation tools inside SolidWorks and of simulation in general.  Candidates who successfully pass this certification exam have demonstrated the ability to setup, run, and examine the results of various types of Simulation scenarios.  They also have demonstrated the ability to interpret the various results available to them in SolidWorks Simulation, and an understanding of the basics of simulation and FEA.


Recommended Courses:  COSMOS

Exam Duration:  2 hours

Minimum Passing grade:  70%
All candidates receive electronic certifcates pending the passing grade.

 

The hands-on section of the exam features challenges in many of these areas:

  • Diagrams of external forces - Resolution of reaction forces and moments
  • Calculations of basic constraints and deformations
 
  1. Shear stress, axial stress
  2. Lateral deformation, axial strain
  • Calculate the material properties
 
  1. Modulus
  2. Poisson's ratio


The review includes practical exercises in the following areas:

  • Geometry
 
  1. Remove functions
  2. Idealization
  3. Cleaning (remove features cosmetic)
  • Material
 
  1. Presentation of ductile and brittle materials
  2. Presentation of theories of fracture of materials
  3. Creating and modifying properties of materials
  • Mesh
 
  1. Mesh density of draft quality/high
  2. Application of mesh controls on areas of interest
  • Contacts
 
  1. Simulation of interactions between parts of an assembly
  2. Modeling contacts based on the type of loading (bending, axial, shear)
  • Restraints
 
  1. Fixed - Easy to use.  Ramifications, if any.
  2. Using symmetry to reduce the size of the model
  3. Using symmetry to constrain the movement of rigid bodies
  4. Bolt type connectors - simplify the analysis of assemblies
  • Loads
 
  1. Loading forces compared to the reference plane
  2. Distribution of loads in terms of one or several selected geometries in the same set of selections
  3. Handling loads using symmetry
  • Results
 
  1. Importance of the von Mises stress
  2. Importance of the main constraints
  3. Importance of severity of the constraints
  4. Calculation of safety factor
  5. Obtaining reaction forces
  6. Obtaining results on components of interest to us

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