Mechanical Solver Overview

Structural mechanics solver is intended to compute the static distributions of displacements, strains and stresses in a solid object, caused by various internal and external forces.

Solver specific sources

The following solver specific sources are regarded while computing the deformation of the solid:

Besides, several field types can be imported, modifying the behavior of the system:

Material properties

Each material comprising the solution domain must exhibit the following characteristics:

Mesh Type

The mechanical solver runs upon tetrahedron meshes.

General work flow

In order to run the mechanical solver, the following steps are to be performed:

Solver results

The linear mechanical solver offers a variety of 2D and 3D result types which are described here for the linear solver and here for the nonlinear solver.

See also

Mechanical Solver Parameters, Mechanical Sources, Define Displacement Boundary, Define Traction Boundary, Nonlinear Mechanical Solver Overview, Mechanical Linear Solver Results Overview, Mechanical Nonlinear Solver Results Overview