Thermal Expansion

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Micro-robots and airplanes with FEAMechanical Engineering:
Micro-robots and airplanes with FEA

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
A self-propelled, remote-controlled micro-robot revolutionizes heart surgery via more effective 'peep hole operations' - and the same technology also leads...

Instrumentation Modeling for NASA’s Next Mars Rover MissionAerospace Industry:
Instrumentation Modeling for NASA’s Next Mars Rover Mission

Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
Scheduled to launch in the fall of 2009 with the goal of reaching Mars in October 2010, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic rover that will...

Model Examples

Structural Analysis Presentation, General Introduction, V 4.2a: This presentation gives an overview of the Structural... Stress-Optical Effects - with Generalized Plane Strain and in a Photonic Waveguide: Planar photonic waveguides in silica...
Microresistor Beam: This example illustrates the ability to couple thermal, electrical, and structural analysis in one... Viscoplastic Creep in Solder Joints: This example studies viscoplastic creep in solder joints under thermal loading...
Thermal Stresses in a Layered Plate: The thermal stress in a layered plate is studied in this example. A plate... Thermally Induced Creep: Creep is an inelastic time-dependent deformation which occurs when a material is subjected to...
Surface Resistor: Thermo-Mechanical Analysis: The drive for miniaturizing electronic devices has resulted in today’s... Deformation of a Thermomechanical Microvalve: Active microvalves are common components in microfluidic systems. In a...
Thermoelastic Damping in a MEMS Resonator: Thermoelastic damping, which arises when you subject a material to cyclic... Thermal Drift in a Microwave Filter Cavity: Microwave filters are used to eliminate unwanted frequency components in the...
Thermal Stress Analysis of a Turbine Stator Blade: The conditions within gas turbines are extreme. The pressure can be... Heat Generation in a Vibrating Structure: When a structure is subjected to high frequency vibrations, a significant...
Diesel Engine Piston: The combustion process at steady-state produces cyclic pressure loads and high constant... Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate: A fuel cell stack operates at temperatures just below 100 °C, which means that it has to be...