Thursday, December 24, 2009

Fem using 3dmax as a pre-processor and post-processor?

if fem uses autocad as a pre-processor and post-processor, can we use 3dmax as a pre-processor and post-processor and use a fly through view to proof that forces are fictious and stresses are invariant--that is, stresses are same no matter which frame of reference the obsever uses?Fem using 3dmax as a pre-processor and post-processor?
The coordinate system in which the stress calculations are done, and the point of view of the virtual 'camera' used to display those results to the screen are completely unrelated.





Simply changing the camera's point of view does not prove that stresses are invariant with respect to the choice of coordinate system. All it does is prove that your post-processing program has a functional virtual camera system.





If you want to prove that stress is invariant with respect to the choice of coordinate system, you have to rotate the entire mesh, as well as the loads and constraints, and re-solve it. Then compare the results to the original solution. That will give you the proof you're looking for.

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