Tutorials

Discover HyperMesh functionality with interactive tutorials.

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Morph

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Solver Interfaces

OptiStruct

Introduction
Run Altair OptiStruct from Altair HyperMesh
Run Altair OptiStruct at the Command Line
Basic Small Displacement Finite Element Analysis
OS-T: 1000 Linear Static Analysis of a Plate with a Hole
OS-T: 1010 Thermal Stress Analysis of a Coffee Pot Lid
OS-T: 1020 Normal Modes Analysis of a Splash Shield
OS-T: 1030 3D Inertia Relief Analysis
OS-T: 1040 3D Buckling Analysis
OS-T: 1050 Connection of Dissimilar Meshes using CWELD Elements
OS-T: 1060 Analysis of a Composite Aircraft Structure using PCOMPG
OS-T: 1070 Analysis of an Axi-symmetric Structure using Altair OptiStruct
OS-T: 1080 Coupled Linear Heat Transfer/Structure Analysis
OS-T: 1085 Linear Steady-state Heat Convection Analysis
OS-T: 1090: Linear Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of an Extended Surface Heat Transfer Fin
OS-T: 1100 Thermal Stress Analysis of a Printed Circuit Board with Anisotropic Material Properties
OS-T: 1110 Modal Analysis Setup
Advanced Small Displacement Finite Element Analysis
OS-T: 1300 Direct Frequency Response Analysis of a Flat Plate
OS-T: 1305 Modal Frequency Response Analysis of a Flat Plate
OS-T: 1310 Direct Transient Dynamic Analysis of a Bracket
OS-T: 1315 Modal Transient Dynamic Analysis of a Bracket
OS-T: 1320 Nonlinear Gap Analysis of an Airplane Wing Rib
OS-T: 1325 Random Response Analysis of a Flat Plate
OS-T: 1330 Acoustic Analysis of a Half Car Model
OS-T: 1340 Fatigue (Stress - Life) Method
OS-T: 1350 Fatigue (Strain - Life) Method
OS-T: 1360 NLSTAT Analysis of Gasket Materials in Contact
OS-T: 1365 NLSTAT Analysis of Solid Blocks in Contact
OS-T: 1370 Complex Eigenvalue Analysis of a Reduced Brake System
OS-T: 1371 Brake Squeal Analysis of Brake Assembly
OS-T: 1372 Rotor Dynamics of a Hollow Cylindrical Rotor
OS-T: 1375 Response Spectrum Analysis of a Structure
OS-T: 1380 Computation of Equivalent Radiated Power
OS-T: 1385 Heat Transfer Analysis on Piston Rings with GAP Elements
OS-T: 1390 Pretensioned Bolt Analysis of an IC Engine Cylinder Head, Gasket and Engine Block System
OS-T: 1392 Node-to-Surface vs Surface-to-Surface Contact
OS-T: 1393 Basics of Contact Properties and Debugging
Large Displacement Finite Element Analysis
OS-T: 1500 Nonlinear Implicit Analysis of Bending of a Plate
OS-T: 1510 Follower Loads, Nonlinear Adaptive Criteria, and Nonlinear Intermediate Results
OS-T: 1520 Finite Sliding of Rack and Pinion Gear Model
Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis
OS-T: 1600 Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Piezoelectric Harvester Assembly
OS-T: 1610 Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis on a Manifold
Multibody Dynamics Analysis
OS-T: 1900 Dynamic Analysis of a Three-body Model
OS-T: 1910 Dynamic Analysis of a Slider Crank with Flexible Connecting Rod
OS-T: 1920 Large Displacement Analysis of a Cantilever Beam
OS-T: 1930 Generating Flexible Body for use in Altair MotionSolve
OS-T: 1940 MBD Rigid Contact
OS-T: 1950 Curve to Curve Constraint
OS-T: 1960 Defining Point to Deformable Curve Joint
Topology Optimization
OS-T: 2000 Design Concept for a Structural C-Clip
OS-T: 2005 Design Concept for a Structural C-Clip with Minimum Member Size Control
OS-T: 2010 Design Concept for an Automotive Control Arm
OS-T: 2020 Increasing Natural Frequencies of an Automotive Splash Shield with Ribs
OS-T: 2030 Control Arm with Draw Direction Constraints
OS-T: 2040 Spot Weld Reduction using CWELD and 1D
OS-T: 2050 Pattern Repetition
OS-T: 2060 Symmetry and Draw Direction Constraints Applied Simultaneously
OS-T: 2070 Reduced Model using DMIG
OS-T: 2080 Hook with Stress Constraints
OS-T: 2090 Extrusion Constraints
OS-T: 2095 Frequency Response Optimization of a Rectangular Plate
OS-T: 2098 Excavator Arm
Topography Optimization
OS-T: 3000 Topography Optimization of a Plate Under Torsion
OS-T: 3010 Topography Optimization of an L-bracket
OS-T: 3020 Automatic Recognization of Bead Results of an L-Bracket
OS-T: 3030 Random Response Optimization
Combination Optimization
OS-T: 3100 Combined Topology and Topography Optimization of a Slider Suspension
OS-T: 3200 Design of a Composite Aircraft Underbelly Fairing
OS-T: 3300 Lattice Optimization Process
OS-T: 3400 Design an Open Hole Tension (OHT)
Size Optimization
OS-T: 4000 3D Size Optimization of a Rail Joint
OS-T: 4010 Size Optimization of a Welded Bracket
OS-T: 4020 Composite Bike Frame Optimization
OS-T: 4030 Discrete Size Optimization of a Welded Bracket
OS-T: 4040 Size Optimization of a Shredder
OS-T: 4050 Optimization of a Horizontal Tail Plane
OS-T: 4070 Free-sizing Nonlinear Gap Optimization on an Airplane Wing Rib
OS-T: 4080 Minimization of the Maximum Stress of a Rotating Bar
OS-T: 4090 Manufacturing Constraints of a Composite Structure
OS-T: 4095 Size Optimization using External Responses (DRESP3)
Shape Optimization
OS-T: 5000 2D Shape Optimization of a Cantilever Beam
OS-T: 5010 Cantilever L-beam Shape Optimization
OS-T: 5020 3D Bracket Model using the Free-shape Method
OS-T: 5030 Buckling Optimization of a Structural Rail
OS-T: 5040 Rail Joint
OS-T: 5050 4 Bar Linkage
OS-T: 5060 3D Model using the Free-shape Method with Manufacturing Constraints
OS-T: 5070 Fatigue Optimization of a Torque Control Arm
OS-T: 5080 Global Search Optimization
OS-T: 5090 Thermal Optimization on Aluminum Fins

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