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Update August 2022. In order to continue to serve customers, orders are now being filled by the book printing company. Unfortunately, this can mean longer ship times, as books are printed on demand for Learning Femap customers. Please reach out if you need faster shipping, but some shipping time may increase by a few days.
Details
- Master the basics if classroom training is unavailable, or supplement separate training to “fill in the blanks”
- Easy to read instructions regarding Femap menus, dialogs, options, and processes
- Become competent in Femap with little to no prior experience
- Tips provided to smooth out the relation between the analysis and the Femap interface, common trip-ups
- Also for users of other pre/post software switching to Femap
- New engineers can increase their speed of pre and post-processing
Publication Date: September 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-4951-2963-6
Size: 8.5×11×0.75 in (shipping weight 2 lb 8 oz)
Binding: Perfect Bound Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 330
Outline: Click here
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Ben Names –
When I was first learning FEMAP, I used this book and it was an excellent tool. Typically when learning a new piece of software, I find myself google-ing a lot for examples and troubleshooting help, however with this tool, I rarely had to refer to anything else, saving me a TON of time. In addition, it also had some great insight into some of the subtleties involved with stress analysis, in particular with NASTRAN.
One of the best things about the book though are the tutorials. The author is very careful with the pacing of these tutorials, starting off slowly for the first tutorials, and then taking the training wheels on in the later examples. I still find myself referring to it when I need to do a quick reference on the difference between different elements, or if I have forgotten how to implement a tool for cleaning up geometry.
Gregory Kress –
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! I have been teaching myself FEMAP for the past 5 years. If I had this book 5 years ago, I would be where I am now within a month!!
This is a GREAT book for the beginner and intermediate FEMAP user. It is SO MUCH easier and quicker than working through the FEMAP Help files or FEMAP User and Commands manual. I purchased this book for myself about a year ago, and I just purchased 11 more for the students in a composites FEA course that I just taught.
The tutorials included in the book are a great learning tool The 3rd tutorial is on a composite wing, which went well with the course I was presenting. My course only covered Laminate Plate elements, and did not get into the 3D solid elements, but this “easy to read and understand” book will allow the students to easily pick up on other elements on their own.
All 300 pages of the book could be easily read through in a week or two, and you will learn insights into using FEMAP that it would take a life time of trial & error or reading through the FEMAP Users Manual & Help files.
Drew Miller (verified owner) –
Learning Femap by Eric Gustafson is very useful and practical for both new and experienced Femap users alike. The book starts with the basics and user interface, and then gets into practical Pre and Post processing and analysis. The text is peppered with clear images, good examples, tips/tricks, as well as common errors that users will run into. The tutorials are also very helpful, complete with menu selections, reasons behind the operations, and again, helpful tips.
I would recommend this book to individual users and/or to teams of engineers or analyst whom already have FEA experience but are new to the world of FEMAP. It is practical and to the point, for direct hands-on work. After using the book personally, I have ordered and distributed copies of this book for my mechanical engineering teams at both my current aerospace company and my most recent former aerospace company, and they form a great baseline knowledge to ground the entire team on the analysis flow and good practices.