General description of the activity

HERA has an advanced in-house finite element analysis (FEA) capability, which is integral part of the experimental design and verification in HERA’s Structural Steel and New Zealand Welding Centre applied research related activities.

In addition, this capability supports some seminars organized by HERA (e.g. fatigue), it has been employed in preparations of new structural design procedures and in a variety of consulting applications ranging from small to large.

Our aim is to use the finite element technology to the benefit of the New Zealand industry, but we are open-minded to all other employment areas where FEA can make an important contribution. Therefore, we look forward to solving other types of engineering problems from the wider engineering community. Further clarification of what is involved in this type of simulations is given in our FEA brochure, while to read the selected/illustrated list of practical problems solved in our experience, please click here.

The components of this service are as follows:

Software:	ABAQUS Standard & ABAQUS Explicit general-purpose non-linear high-end range finite element program with ABAQUS CAE/Viewer pre and post-processor MSC/Nastran for Windows with non-linear options (medium range product) Pro/Engineer with Mechanica
Hardware:	HP xw8400 Computer Workstation with two quad-core CPUS, 8GB RAM and SAS 3GB/s 15k rpm hard disks
Affiliation:	HERA is a Corporate Member of NAFEMS (The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community – Provider of Best FEA Practice & Guidance Documents)
Personnel:	Nandor Mago ME (Applied Mechanics & Theory of Structures), BE (Civil-structural), MIPENZ, CPENG, NAFEMS Registered Analyst Dr Stephen Hicks BEng (Hons), PhD

For further information, contact Nandor Mago at fea@hera.org.nz or direct dial +64 9 262 4752.

Some Structural FEA projects...

Case Studies

FEA Poster