[18a-A404-1~9] 1.2 Education

▲ [18a-A404-4] Teaching the ABCs of Structural Simulation in Undergraduate Engineering Courses: from Meshing to Live Design Practices

〇Wen Zhao¹, Madhumita Saravana Kumar¹, Susannah Cooke¹ (1.Ansys Inc.)

Keywords:Undergraduate Engineering Courses, Structural Simulation, Web-based tool

In this talk, we have focused on structural simulation education in undergraduate engineering courses, with an example of introducing knowledge and understanding of the basics of the Finite Element Method, meshing and a new approach for first- and second- year engineering students learning about simulation through hands-on experiences. We used free simulation hours in web-based Ansys OnScale to set up and run a structural simulation. For further exploration, different forces and meshing scenarios of an I-Beam can be analyzed with the free student download of Ansys Discovery. This aims to lower the threshold for students to learn simulation and raise their interests in other advanced topics at the same time.