Thermal-Structural Coupled Analysis in Concrete Structures with FEA: Fundamentals and main applications

Program overview

Duration: 3 weeks (30 hours).

Format: 100% Online.                 

Start Date: Coming Soon 2025.

Teaching Material Language: English.

Tutorship Language: English or Spanish.

 

Introduction

This course provides a deep understanding of the fundamentals and key applications of this advanced approach in structural engineering. Specifically, it focuses on analyzing the interactions between thermal response and structural behavior in concrete structures using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

In the first module, the thermal behavior of concrete and reinforcing steel, as well as the properties of orthotropic materials, will be explored. Fundamental concepts related to heat transfer in concrete structures will be examined, along with key factors influencing the thermal response of these materials.

The second module focuses on convective, conductive, and radiation boundary conditions. Different heat transfer mechanisms will be studied, and the application of these boundary conditions in the thermal-structural coupled analysis of concrete structures will be analyzed.

The third module explores practical applications of thermal-structural coupled analysis in concrete structures. Three main applications will be addressed: early-age concrete and maturing temperature, fire resistance, and solar radiation. For early-age concrete, the impact of curing temperature on concrete properties during the setting and hardening process will be analyzed. Regarding fire resistance, strategies for assessing the ability of concrete structures to withstand high temperatures will be examined, and the role of thermal-structural coupled analysis in predicting their behavior under fire conditions will be discussed. Lastly, the use of thermal-structural coupled analysis to evaluate the effect of solar radiation on concrete structures and methods for mitigating its impacts will be studied.

In summary, this course will provide participants with a solid foundation in the theoretical and practical fundamentals of thermal-structural coupled analysis in concrete structures. By understanding how thermal and structural behavior interact, engineers and construction professionals will be able to design and assess concrete structures more accurately and efficiently, taking into account different environmental conditions and loading situations.

Goals

1. Understand the thermal behavior of concrete and its interaction with reinforcing steel and orthotropic materials in coupled thermal-structural analyses.
2. Apply convective, conductive, and radiation boundary conditions in thermal-structural analyses of concrete structures.
3. Explore practical applications of thermal-structural coupled analysis, such as early-age concrete, fire resistance, and solar radiation.
4. Assess the impact of temperature on concrete properties during the setting and hardening process.
5. Use thermal-structural coupled analysis to evaluate the performance of concrete structures under fire conditions and mitigate the effects of solar radiation.

Contents

1. Thermal behavior of concrete and reinforcing steel and orthotropic material properties.
2. Convective, conductive, and radiation boundary conditions.
3. Applications

• Early-age concrete: maturing temperature.
• Fire resistance.
• Solar radiation.

Examples

• Thermal-structural coupled analysis of a foundation slab. Heat transfer due to early age concrete maturing and ambient temperature. Thermal cracking analysis.
• Fire analysis of a concrete beam. Nonlinear thermal-structural coupled analysis. Temperature dependent material properties.
• Thermal analysis or a dam. Ambient and solar radiation boundary conditions.

Methodology

The distance learning methodology of this course includes pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources, and practical application exercises. Additionally, there will be live interactive sessions to discuss and clarify the assignments, as well as address any questions or doubts that may arise.

Teaching materials

The course materials will be provided in English, ensuring that participants have access to the necessary resources for learning. Additionally, dedicated tutors will be available to offer technical support in various languages, including English or Spanish. This multilingual support ensures that participants can receive assistance in their preferred language throughout the duration of the course.

In addition, a CivilFEM powered by Marc license will be provided to participants for completing practical exercises and training during the course.

The course utilizes a virtual classroom as the training platform, providing study tools and serving as the primary communication channel with attendees.

Various tools, including audiovisual resources and supplementary documentation, will also be employed.

Evaluation and grading criteria

The evaluation of attendees will be conducted based on their performance in the practical application exercises.

Certification

The certification will include a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber, which indicates the successful completion of the course by the attendee. Additionally, the diploma will state the grade obtained in the practical application exercises. 

Teaching staff

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Fees

The tuition fees for the course amount to €300.

Early bird discount of 20% available (240 euros) for payments made before September 30, 2023, at 1:00 pm, CEST (Paris, GMT+01:00).

  

Cutting-Edge Concrete Structural Design with FEA: Prestressed Concrete and Advanced Nonlinear Simulations

  

Program overview

Duration: 4 weeks (40 hours).

Format: 100% Online.

Start Date: Coming Soon 2025.

Teaching Material Language: English.

Tutorship Language: English or Spanish.

 

Introduction

In this course, we will explore the latest advancements in concrete design, focusing on the integration of prestressed concrete and advanced nonlinear simulations using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

The course covers key topics essential for cutting-edge concrete design. We will begin with an in-depth examination of the construction stage process, highlighting the time-dependent properties of concrete that play a crucial role in structural behavior.

Creep and shrinkage phenomena in concrete will also be extensively studied. Understanding their impact on structural design is vital for ensuring the long-term durability and performance of concrete structures.

Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) is an innovative material that enhances structural performance. We will delve into its properties, applications, and design considerations, equipping you with the knowledge to incorporate FRC effectively in your designs.

Prestressed concrete is a key focus of this course. You will be introduced to its principles, advantages, and behavior. We will cover material behavior, long-term and short-term losses, equivalent load calculations using FEA, modeling of prestressing tendons, and prestressed concrete code design, including ultimate limit states (ULS) for bending, axial forces, shear, and torsion, as well as serviceability limit states (SLS) addressing cracking concerns.

By the end of this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to design safe, efficient, and resilient concrete structures, utilizing prestressed concrete and advanced nonlinear simulations.

Goals

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of cutting-edge concrete structural design principles, focusing on prestressed concrete and advanced nonlinear simulations with FEA.
2. Gain knowledge of the construction stage process and the time-dependent properties of concrete, and their impact on structural behavior.
3. Understand the phenomena of creep and shrinkage in concrete and their implications for long-term durability and performance in structural design.
4. Acquire expertise in the design and application of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) to enhance the structural performance of concrete elements.
5. Master the principles of prestressed concrete design, including material behavior, equivalent load calculations, modeling of prestressing tendons, and compliance with prestressed concrete code requirements.

Contents

1. Construction Stage Process: Time dependent concrete material properties.
   
   
2. Creep and Shrinkage: Study of creep and shrinkage phenomena in concrete and their impact on structural design.
   
   
3. Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC).
   
   
4. Prestressed Concrete:

• Introduction to prestressed concrete.
• Material behavior and long-term/short-term losses.
• Calculation of equivalent loads using FEM.
• Modeling of prestressing tendons.
• Prestressed Concrete Code Design:
  • ULS bending & axial.
  • ULS shear & torsion.
  • Cracking.

Examples

• Concrete arc brigde design. Construction process, load combination and design by code.
• Creep analysis of a concrete column.
• Shrinkage analysis of a pavement slab.
• Prestressed concrete girder. Tendon modelling. Creep analysis. Assessment of capacity and ductility with nonlinear analyses.
• Prestressing equivalent load on beam and shell models. Short and long term loads. Load combinations and Code Design.
  

 Methodology

The distance learning methodology of this course includes pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources, and practical application exercises. Additionally, there will be live interactive sessions to discuss and clarify the assignments, as well as address any questions or doubts that may arise.

Teaching materials

The course materials will be provided in English, ensuring that participants have access to the necessary resources for learning. Additionally, dedicated tutors will be available to offer technical support in various languages, including English and Spanish. This multilingual support ensures that participants can receive assistance in their preferred language throughout the duration of the course.

In addition, a CivilFEM powered by Marc license will be provided to participants for completing practical exercises and training during the course.

The course utilizes a virtual classroom as the training platform, providing study tools and serving as the primary communication channel with attendees.

Various tools, including audiovisual resources and supplementary documentation, will also be employed.

Evaluation and grading criteria

The evaluation of attendees will be conducted based on their performance in the practical application exercises.

Certification

The certification will include a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber, which indicates the successful completion of the course by the attendee. Additionally, the diploma will state the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

Teaching staff

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Fees

The tuition fees for the course amount to €450.

Early bird discount of 20% available (360 euros) for payments made before September 30, 2023, at 1:00 pm, CEST (Paris, GMT+01:00).

  

Analysis and Design Of Reinforced Concrete Structures Course

Program overview

Duration: 6 weeks (60 hours).

Format: 100% Online.                 

Start Date: November 2025.

Teaching Material Language: English. 

Tutorship Language: English or Spanish.          

 

 

 

This Course Includes:

• 3 live online tutorships.
• 10 self-paced video tutorials.
• 20 downloadable resources.
• Certificate.

Introduction

Reinforced Concrete Structural Design with FEA is a comprehensive course that focuses on the principles and techniques of designing reinforced concrete structures using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

This course provides a solid foundation in the basic concepts of concrete structural design with FEA. It covers the behavior of concrete, including cracking, crushing, creep, and shrinkage, as well as the properties and behavior of reinforcing steel within concrete structures.

Codes and standards used in reinforced concrete structure design are explored, with a focus on the Limit State Design approach. This approach considers potential failure conditions, such as Ultimate Limit States (ULS) and Serviceability Limit States (SLS), ensuring the safety and reliability of the structures. The course also addresses safety factors, load combinations, and the design of concrete sections for beams, columns, slabs, and walls.

Additionally, the course delves into nonlinear concrete simulations, which play a vital role in accurately predicting the behavior of concrete structures. Students will learn about stress-strain diagrams, post-cracking behavior, softening modulus, shear retention factor, and the design of D-regions using the Strut and Tie method.

By the end of this course, participants will have gained a comprehensive understanding of reinforced concrete structural design with FEA, including the use of advanced nonlinear simulations. They will be equipped with the necessary skills to confidently design and analyze reinforced concrete structures, ensuring their safety and optimal performance.

Goals

1. Understand the principles and techniques of designing reinforced concrete structures with FEA.
2. Gain knowledge of concrete behavior and reinforcing steel properties.
3. Learn to apply codes and standards for reinforced concrete design.
4. Develop skills in conducting nonlinear concrete simulations and interpreting stress-strain behavior.
5. Enhance critical thinking and problem-solving abilities for complex design challenges in reinforced concrete structures.

Contents

1. Introduction: General introduction to the course and basic concepts of concrete structural design with FEA.
2. Material Behavior:
• Concrete: Study of concrete behavior, including cracking and crushing, creep and shrinkage.
• Reinforcing Steel: Analysis of the properties and behavior of reinforcing steel in concrete structures.
  
  
3. Codes and Standards for Reinforced Concrete Structure Design:
• Introduction to the codes and standards used in concrete structure design.
• Limit State Design: structural design method based on limit states or conditions of potential failure.
  • Ultimate Limit States (ULS)
  • Serviceability Limit States (SLS).
• Safety factors and load combinations.
• Concrete section design for beams and columns:
  • Beam element modeling.
  • ULS bending & axial.
  • ULS shear & torsion.
  • Cracking.
• Design of slabs and walls:
  • Shell modeling and results.
  • ULS Design.
  • SLS Design.
    
    
4. Nonlinear Concrete Simulations:
• Introduction to nonlinear concrete simulations.
• Stress-strain diagrams.
• Post-cracking behavior, including softening modulus and shear retention factor.
• Design of D-regions.
• Strut and Tie method.

Examples

• Code design of concrete beam and shell models.
• Nonlinear concrete beam analysis. Tension steel, compression concrete and shear failures. Comparsion between code standards and nonlinear results.
• Nonlinear design of a concrete corbel.
• Beam-column connection analysis. Cycling loading. Assessment of connection ductility and capacity.
• Strut-and-Tie Model (STM) using nonlinear concrete material. Frame structure FE model. Determining STM through stress trajectories.
  

Methodology

The distance learning methodology of this course includes pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources, and practical application exercises. Additionally, there will be live interactive sessions to discuss and clarify the assignments, as well as address any questions or doubts that may arise.

Teaching materials

The course materials will be provided in English, ensuring that participants have access to the necessary resources for learning. Additionally, dedicated tutors will be available to offer technical support in various languages, including English or Spanish. This multilingual support ensures that participants can receive assistance in their preferred language throughout the duration of the course.

In addition, a CivilFEM powered by Marc license will be provided to participants for completing practical exercises and training during the course.

The course utilizes a virtual classroom as the training platform, providing study tools and serving as the primary communication channel with attendees.

Various tools, including audiovisual resources and supplementary documentation, will also be employed.

Evaluation and grading criteria

The evaluation of attendees will be conducted based on their performance in the practical application exercises.

Certification

The certification will include a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber, which indicates the successful completion of the course by the attendee. Additionally, the diploma will state the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

Teaching staff

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Fees

The tuition fees for the course amount to €450.

 

ANSYS Workbench Thermal Advanced Course

 

1. Program overview

Title: ANSYS Workbench Thermal Advanced – hybrid course.

Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: ANSYS Mechanical Workbench and MAPDL (student license).

Language: English/Spanish

 

2. Eligibility and requirements

There are no specific academic requirements. It is recommended to have mechanical, civil (or similar) engineering background. The prerequisite Ansys Mechanical Introduction training courses (or equivalent experience) is assumed. 

This course is intended to expand on the thermal analysis capabilities outlined in the introduction to Mechanical training course material.

 

3. Goals

Is thermal management critical to your design? Are you concerned with the effects of heat on structures? This is the place to start. This course will help you develop the skills necessary to predict the thermal response of structures to various heat loads. You’ll learn complete solution procedures for conduction, natural convection, and radiation heat transfer under both steady-state and time-varying conditions. Lastly, you’ll explore several methods of performing thermal stress analysis.

Heat transfer, or the study of the temperature distribution in structures, plays an important role in almost any engineering system. Therefore, it’s extremely important for an engineer to understand the mechanism of heat transfer to appropriately utilize heat and control its effects on structural systems.

After completing this module, the student will be able to:

• Understand the three modes of heat transfer.
• Recognize the potential problems of a thermal solution.
• Recognize a well posed thermal problem.
• Understand the thermal boundary conditions in Mechanical

Ingeciber and UNED, the partners to this course, are determined to invest in the internationalization of students and collaborators and want to offer participants the maximum number of options, such as this course, with the goal of sharing experiences in the world of CAE at a global level.

 

4. Contents                                                                   

The hybrid course has elements of in-person and self-paced online instruction.

There are three basic modes of heat transfer:

• Conduction - internal energy exchange between one body in perfect contact with another or from one part of a body to another part due to a temperature gradient.
• Convection - energy exchange between a body and a surrounding fluid.
• Radiation - energy transfer from a body or between two bodies by electromagnetic waves.

 The contents of the self-paced online course are detailed below:

• Introduction to ANSYS Workbench                                                   

1. Intro To Heat Transfer Analysis.
2. Conduction Convection and Radiation.
3. Simulating Heat Transfer.
4. Thermal Capacitance in Heat Transfer.
5. Thermal Conductivity in Heat Transfer.
6. Thermal Convection in Heat Transfer.
7. Module 01: Heat Transfer Fundamentals.
8. Module 02: Preprocessing and Results.
9. Module 03: Boundary Conditions.
10. Module 04: Steady State Heat Transfer.
11. Module 05: Nonlinear Thermal Analysis.
12. Module 06: Transient Thermal Analysis.
13. Module 07: APDL and Command Objects.
14. Module 08: Coupled Analysis.              
                                                                                                            

• Exercises:

1. Conduction (Fourrier’s Law).
2. Convection (Newton’s Law).
3. Thermal Conduction Bar.
4. Heating Coil.
5. Thermal Contact.
6. Solenoid.
7. Radiating System.
8. Finned Tube.
9. Soldering Iron.
10. Phase Change.
11. Cup of Coffee.
12. Surface to Surface Radiation.
13. Heat Absorption By Solar Panels.
14. Thermal Conduction In Gasket Head Assembly.
15. Thermal Contact In Pump Assembly.
16. Thermal Contact In Clamped Pipe.
17. Heat Conduction Through Composite Wall.
18. Thermal Analysis Of Teapot.
19. House Insulation Thermal Analysis.
20. Laptop Steady State Thermal Analysis.
            

The online course includes full documentation of software training, video lectures, online discussions and deliverable assignments.

The course includes 2 days of in-person training (3h/day).  The contents of the in-person course will be the detailed analysis of specific examples which will be discussed with the students.
 

5. Schedule

The course schedule is variable due to its flexibility on the duration of the online training. The in-person training days will be agreed between both parties.

  

6. Teaching Materials

Attendees will receive the documentation and the corresponding materials for each subject and exercises.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used, including audiovisual resources as well as other supplementary documentation.

The teaching materials for this subject consist of:

• ANSYS training materials including pdf documentation, video lectures, forum discussions, email and full access to ICAEEC moodle platform for each student.
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC.
• Software: ANSYS Student (128,000 nodes limit). 

7. Tutorships

The teaching staff will be available using the online platform of the course. The available tools are the phone, online meetings, forum and email. Videos and webinars are available as well to clarify the questions of the students.

 

8. Evaluation and grading criteria

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises (assignments).

 

9. Certification

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises and final quiz.

 

10.  Fees

Tuition fees are 610€ which includes all training material, tuition, tutorships and certificates. VAT is not included in the price.

 

 

Free FEM Course for Civil Engineering

1. Program overview

Title: Free FEM Course for Civil Engineering – online course. 

Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: CivilFEM powered by Marc (free licenses are included).

Tutorship Language: English/Spanish.

                       

2. Eligibility and requirements                                                                                                       

There are no specific academic requirements.                                                                                                                                                                            

3. Goals

This program provides students with professional training in the Finite Element Method, with a focus on Civil Engineering.
The goal of this free course is to give students a complete understanding of the Finite Element Method and to provide the necessary knowledge to use it, which can then be applied directly at engineering and manufacturing companies, scientific research institutes and other advanced studies.

With this objective in mind, the free course is completely structured into several application and practical subjects that include professional software currently used in the market, such as CivilFEM powered by Marc.

Ingeciber and UNED, the partners to this course, are determined to invest in the internationalization of students and collaborators and want to offer participants the maximum number of options, such as this course, with the goal of sharing experiences in the world of CAE at a global level.

 

4.  Contents                                                                                                                                                                                                

The course is divided into two subjects:

1. CivilFEM Software Workflow.
2. Examples.

 

The contents of each subject are detailed below:

 

• CivilFEM Software

1. Getting Started.
2. GUI.
3. Geometry. Tools.
4. Materials & Cross Sections.
5. Mesh: Beam, Shells, Solids.
6. Loads and Boundary Conditions.
7. Solution and Results.
8. History Plots.
9. Code Checking and Design.

 

• Examples:                                                                                                                                                                  

1. Beam on Elastic Springs.
2. Concrete Slab Rebar Design under ULS and SLS (Eurocode 2).
3. Steel Walkway Code Checking.                                                                                                                 
4. Concrete Foundation.
5. Frame Rebar Check ULS-SLS.
6. Rebar Design of a Concrete Arc.
7. Prestressed Concrete Beam.
8. Crack Analysis in Under-Reinforced Beam.
9. Crack Analysis in Over-Reinforced Beam.
10. Crack Analysis (Shear Failure) in Concrete Beam.
11. Shell Linear Buckling.
12. Non-Linear Buckling.
13. Cable Stayed Bridge Using Python Script.                                                                                                                                          
     

5. Schedule

The online course is currently available, free unlimited license will be available for 1 month since enrolment date of each student. After one month, then the free student license will be provided.

 

6. Methodology

Distance learning methodology, including pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching Materials

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consist of the subject texts.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.
Other tools will also be used, including audiovisual resources as well as other supplementary documentation.

The teaching materials for this subject consist of:

• The introduction to CivilFEM powered by Marc training material and related workbook exercise
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC.
• Software: CivilFEM powered by Marc

All the software included is 3D based and has all the elements needed to complete the various types of analysis throughout the course.

 

8. Tutorships

The teaching staff will be available using the online platform of the course. The available tools are the forum and email. Tutorships can be performed in both English/Spanish language.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises.

 

10. Certification

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises and a quiz. This certificate will accredit the student to be able to register in the specialized modules of our Finite Element Method Master's in collaboration with UNED. The cost of this instructor-signed certification is 50 €.

 

11. Fees

The course and CivilFEM licenses provided are totally free. Just log in or create an account.

Download the course guide in a pdf file. 

Descarga la guía del curso en español.

 

With Patran & MSC Nastran

1. Program overview

Title: Non-linear analysis with Patran & MSC Nastran – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: MSC Patran/Nastran (free licenses are included).

 

2. Eligibility & requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status.

Basic knowledge of linear static structural analysis with PATRAN / MSC NASTRAN is required, which may have been acquired through:

• Completion of the Introductory course to FEM with PATRAN / MSC NASTRAN, also available in ICAEEC
• Completion of the Expert module of the Mechanical branch of the InternationalMaster’s in Theoretical & Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation of UNED – Ingeciber.

 

3. Presentation and objectives

The objective of this course is to introduce attendees to non-linear analysis using Finite Elements, allowing them to acquire the basic skills to enable them to use this method in their profession.

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Content

The course consists of two subjects:

1. Non-linear analysis with Patran & MSC Nastran
2. Practical Application Exercises with Patran & MSC Nastran

 

The documentation for both subjects is in English. The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-     1st Subject: Nonlinear analysis with Patran & MSC Nastran

 

which is structured into the following chapters:

 

1. Introduction to MSC Nastran

2. Nonlinear versus Linear Analysis

• FEM Quantities in Linear Analysis
• Nonlinear Analysis
• Contact and Constraint Changes
• Geometric Nonlinearity
• Material Nonlinearity
• SOL400 Input File
• Documentation

3. Nonlinear Solution Strategies

• Iterative Solution Methods
• Analysis Convergence
• Advancing Schemes
• Load Incrementation Control
• Iteration Parameters
• Nonlinear Output Control
• Restarts
• General Guidelines &Limitations

4. Contact in MSC Nastran SOL400

• Special Features
• Contact Detection
  • Node to Segment
  • Segment to Segment Contact Advantages
• Contact Pairs/Tables
• Contact Bodies
• What is Contact Analysis?
  • Contact Interference
  • Stress Free Initial Contact
  • Glued Contact
  • Contact with Shells
  • Friction
  • Convergence and Controls with contact

 

5. Nonlinear Materials

• Large Strain Elastic-Plastic Material
• Nonlinear Elastic Material
• Advanced Hyperelastic Material
• Composite Failure
• Gasket Material
• Crack Materials
• Creep Material
• Table Input for nonlinear materials
• Guidelines and Limitations

 

6. Advanced Nonlinear Elements

 

• SOL400 – Advanced Elements
• Advanced Composite Elements
• Advanced Incompressible Elements
• Nonlinear Connector Elements
• Nonlinear Kinematic Elements
• Additional Results Output

  

7. Advanced Topics

 

• Analysis Chaining
• SPC and MPC Changes
• Restart
• Automated Bolt Preload Modeling

 

8. Contact Post Processing

 

• Contact Results Output
• Plot the Contact Status

 

1. A. Contact Pairs (Appendix)

 

1. Nonlinear Transient Dynamics (Appendix)

 

• Review of Transient Analysis
• User Interface
• General Features
• Integration Schemes
• Mass Specification
• Damping
• Load Specification
• Initial Conditions
• Case Study
• Hints and Recommendations
• Glued Contact - Status

 

Various exercises are also proposed:

 

1. Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of a Cantilever Beam
2. Rubber Door Seal
3. Deformable to Rigid Contact
4. Interference Fit
5. Contact Pairs
6. Plastic Deformation
7. Solid Shell Composites Modeling
8. Delamination of a Composite Solid Shell Beam
9. Restart
10. Bolt Modeling
11. Normal Modes Analysis of a Pre-stiffened Blade
12. Dynamic Collapse of a Cylinder

 

-      2nd Subject: Practical Application Exercises with Patran & MSC Nastran.

 

The objective of this subject is to complete the concepts explained previously in the first subject through a number of exercises that must be completed using PATRAN / MSC NASTRAN. 

The exercises represent a review of the concepts introduced in the subjects taken till now, as well as the orderly use of PATRAN / MSC NASTRAN.

These exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations. The exercises will be similar to the following ones:

These exercises are as follows:

• Non-linear analysis of a flat square membrane structure.
• Linear and non-linear buckling analysis of a thin walled cylindrical structure.
• Material non linearity: A simply supported circular plate subjected to a cyclic load
• Elastic-plastic nonlinear analysis of a sphere
• Contact analysis

 

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

6. Methodology

 

Distance  learning  methodology,  including  pre-prepared  study  materials  and  bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching materials

 

• Attendees will  receive  the  teaching  guide  and  the  corresponding  materials  for  the course.
• Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of MSC Patran & MSC Nastran will be provided by the course.
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC.

 

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone tutorship’s will be available within the following hours: 

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

 

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Rubén Mariño Díaz (Tutor). Empresarios Agrupados.

 

12. Fees

Tuition fees are €450.

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation are eligible for a 33% discount.

  

13. Validation

 

Attendees who pass this course can request validation of the application and practical subjects of the mechanical branch of the Non-linear Analysis with Patran & MSC Nastran specialized module from the academic board of UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

Non-linear analysis with ANSYS Mechanical

1. Program overview

 

Title: Non-linear analysis with ANSYS Mechanical – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: ANSYS MAPDL (free license is included).

 

2. Eligibility & requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status.

 Basic knowledge of linear static structural analysis with ANSYS Mechanical is required, which may have been acquired through:

 

• Completion of  the  Introductory  course  to  FEM  with  ANSYS  Mechanical,  also available in ICAEEC
• Completion of the Expert module of the Mechanical branch of the International Master’s in Theoretical & Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation of UNED-Ingeciber.

 

3. Presentation and objectives

 

The objective of this course is to introduce attendees to non-linear analysis using Finite Elements, allowing them to obtain the necessary skills to be able to use this method professionally.

 This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Content

 

The course consists of two subjects:

1. Non-linear analysis with ANSYS Mechanical.
2. Practical Application Exercises with ANSYS Mechanical.

 

The documentation for both subjects is in English. The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-      1st Subject: Non-linear analysis with ANSYS Mechanical

 

The ANSYS Mechanical training notes are structured into the following chapters:

 

• Lecture 0: Local Introduction

• Lecture 1: Overview and Procedure

• Lecture 2: Restarts and Nonlinear Controls

• Lecture 3: Introduction to Contact

• Lecture 4: Rate Independent Plasticity

• Lecture 5: Buckling Analysis and Linear Perturbation

• Lecture 6: Non-linear Diagnostics

• Lecture 7: Mesh Nonlinear Adaptivity

 

Various exercises are also proposed:

 

• Workshop 1.1: Shell-Disk

• Workshop 1.2: Large-Deflection

• Workshop 2.1: Restart-Controls

• Workshop 2.2: Line-Search

• Workshop 3.1: Contact-Stiffness-Study

• Workshop 3.2: Symmetric-vs-Asymmetric

• Workshop 4.1: Metal-Plasticity

• Workshop 5.1: Linear-Eigenvalue-Buckling

• Workshop 5.2: Post-Nonlinear-Buckling

• Workshop 5.3: Linear-Perturbation

• Workshop 6.1: Contact-Diagnostics

 

-      2nd Subject: Practical Application Exercises with ANSYS Mechanical

 

This subject completes the previous one with practical application exercises of professional scope in order to study the software in depth.

Theses exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations.

 

These exercises are as follows:

 

• Non-linear analysis of a flat square membrane structure.
• Linear and non-linear buckling analysis of a thin walled cylindrical structure.
• Material non linearity: A simply supported circular plate subjected to a cyclic load
• Elastic-plastic nonlinear analysis of a sphere
• Contact analysis

 

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

6. Methodology

 

Distance  learning  methodology,  including  pre-prepared  study  materials  and  bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching materials

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consists of the subject texts.

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of ANSYS Mechanical will be provided by the course.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 The teaching material for this subject consists of:

• Nonlinear analysis  with  ANSYS  Mechanical  training  material  and  related  workbook exercises.
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC

• Software: ANSYS SpaceClaim and ANSYS Mechanical

 

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone tutorship’s will be available within the following hours:

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical evaluation exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

 

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Ambrosio Baños (Tutor).

 

 

12. Fees

 

Tuition fees are €450.

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation are eligible for a 33% discount.

 

13. Validation

Attendees who pass this course can request validation of the application and practical course subjects of the mechanical branch of the Non-linear Analysis specialized module using ANSYS Mechanical  from  the  academic  board  of  UNED  Master’s  in  Theoretical  and  Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

Ansys SpaceClaim and Ansys Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

1. Program overview

Title: Ansys SpaceClaim and Ansys Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities – online course.

Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: ANSYS Mechanical Workbench (licenses are included).

Language: English/Spanish 

 

2. Eligibility and requirements

There are no specific academic requirements. It is recommended to have mechanical, civil (or similar) engineering background.

 

3. Goals 

This program provides students with professional training in the Finite Element Method (FEM), with a focus on civil/mechanical engineering. The goal of this advanced course is to give students a next level of understanding of the FEM, beyond the linear and static analyses of the other ICAEEC FEM courses and to provide the necessary knowledge to use it, which can then be applied directly at engineering and manufacturing companies, scientific research institutes and other advanced studies.

The objective in this course is to summarize modern and effective finite element procedures for the linear and nonlinear analyses of static and dynamic problems.

The material provided includes the basic finite element formulations employed, the effective implementation of these formulations in ANSYS software, and recommendations on the actual use of the methods in engineering practice (see all the advanced examples included). The course is intended for practicing engineers who want to solve real problems using modern and efficient finite element methods.

With this objective in mind, the advanced course is completely structured into several application and practical chapters that include professional software currently used in the market, such as ANSYS Mechanical.

Ingeciber and UNED, the partners to this course, are determined to invest in the internationalization of students and collaborators and want to offer participants the maximum number of options, such as this course, with the goal of sharing experiences in the world of CAE at a global level.

 

4. Contents                                                                   

The contents of the  online self-paced online course are detailed below:

 

• Introduction to Ansys SpaceClaim for FEA (Credit Hours: 10.00 h)                                                 

1. Core Skills
2. Creating Geometry
3. Repairing Geometry
4. FEA Modeling
5. SpaceClaim to Workbench
                                                                                                       

• Ansys Mechanical Getting Started (Credit Hours: 25.00 h)                                                 

1. Introduction
2. Problem Statement
3. Modeling Approach
4. Geometry, Materials and Coordinate Systems
5. Connections
6. Mesh
7. Beam & Shell Modeling
8. Analysis Settings, Loads and Supports
9. Results and Validation
10. Improved Modeling Approach
11. Further Geometry Considerations
12. More Realistic Connections
13. Enhanced Mesh Techniques
14. Additional Analysis Settings, Loads and Supports
15. Expanded Results and Validation
16. Parameters and Associativity 

 

• Ansys Mechanical Basic Structural Nonlinearities (Credit Hours: 16.00 h)                                             

1. Background Concepts
2. Introduction to Contact
3. Material Nonlinearity
4. Rate-Independent Plasticity
5. Advanced Plasticity
6. Advanced Metal Models
7. Eigenvalue Buckling Procedure
8. Nonlinear Buckling Analysis

 

• Ansys Mechanical Advanced Practices (Credit Hours: 20.00 h)                                             

1. Symmetry Model Simulation
2. Introduction to Fatigue (Stress/Strain-Life, Frequency- based methods)
3. Submodeling
4. Mechanical APDL Introduction

 

• Client Custom Practices                                                

Customized examples according to client needs.

 

The online course includes full documentation of software training, video lectures, online discussions and deliverable assignments.
 

5. Schedule

The course schedule has a duration of 8 weeks.

  

6. Teaching Materials

Attendees will receive the documentation and the corresponding materials for each subject and exercises.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used, including audiovisual resources as well as other supplementary documentation.

The teaching materials for this subject consist of:

• ANSYS training materials including pdf documentation, video lectures, forum discussions, email and full access to ICAEEC moodle platform for each student.
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC.
• Software: ANSYS Student (128,000 nodes limit).
• Up to 4 online live meetings. Schedule will be configured by mutual agreement but it is recommended to have one training session every fortnight.

 

7. Tutorships

The teaching staff will be available using the online platform of the course. The available tools are the online meetings, forum and email. Videos and webinars are available as well to clarify the questions of the students.

 

8. Evaluation and grading criteria

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises (assignments).

 

9. Certification

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises and final quiz.

 

10.  Fees

Please contact us to calculate final fees according to final content of course which includes all training material, tuition, tutorships and certificates.

 

 

 

Teaching Staff

• Mrs. M^a Cruz Argüeso Chamorro. MSc Civil Engineer. Ingeciber, S.A.
• Mr. Román Martín Martín. MSc Civil Engineer, Ingeciber, S.A.
• Mr. Ronald Siat Caparrós. MSc Civil Engineer, Ingeciber, S.A.
• Mr. Luis Valdivia Montoro. MSc Civil Engineer. Ingeciber, S.A.
• Mr. Rubén Mariño Díaz. MSc Mine Engineer, Empresarios Agrupados.
• Mr. Rubén Establés.MSc Civil Engineer, CITD Engineering & Technologies.
• Mr. Ambrosio Baños Abascal, MSc Physical Sciences, CAE Engineer.

Introduction to FEM analysis with CivilFEM for ANSYS

1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 

Title: Introduction to FEM analysis with CivilFEM for ANSYS – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: CivilFEM for ANSYS MAPDL (free licenses are included).

 

2. ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status.

 

3. GOALS

 

The objective of this course is to introduce attendees to the use of Finite Element analysis software, allowing them to acquire the basic skills to enable them to use this type of analysis in their professional practice.

 

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. CONTENTS

 

The course consists of three subjects, including an introduction to ANSYS software, which is used for geometry modeling, meshing and solving:

 

1. Introduction to the use of the application software I.
2. Introduction to the use of the application software II.
3. Practical Application Exercises with CivilFEM for ANSYS.

The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-      INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF PRACTICAL SOFTWARE I

1. Overview.
2. Introduction to the Finite Element Method.
3. CivilFEM & ANSYS Graphical User Interface.
4. Setup
5. Geometry Modeling.
6. Materials
7. Section
8. Meshing.

 

-      INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF PRACTICAL SOFTWARE II

1. Loading.
2. Solution.
3. Post-processing results.
4. Utilities

 

-      PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXERCISES WITH CivilFEM for ANSYS

 

The proposed exercises give a general overview of the field of Civil Engineering.

 

The exercises represent a review of the concepts introduced in the subjects taken until now, as well as the orderly use of the CivilFEM for ANSYS.

 

These exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations. The exercises will be similar to the following ones:

 

1. Geometry & Meshing exercises.
2. Beam Analysis.
3. Cantilever Plate.
4. Bridge Truss.
5. Circular Concrete Slab.
6. Plane Truss.
7. Warehouse.
8. Dam Analysis.
9. Linear Buckling of a Column
10. Analysis of a Frame
11. Linear Spring.
12. Silo.
13. Pile Cap foundation.
14. Tunnel cut & cover.

 

5. SCHEDULE

 

50 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

Distance evaluation tests: Attendees must deliver three of the practical exercises proposed in the practical course subject.

  

6. METHODOY

 

Distance learning methodology, including pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources, distance evaluation tests (mainly practical exercises using the computer) and evaluation exams.

 

7. TEACHING MATERIALS

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consist of the subject texts.

 

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of CivilFEM for ANSYS will be provided by the course.

 

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

 

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

8. ATTENDEE SERVICES

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone

tutorship’s will be available within the following hours:

 

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

  

9. EVALUATION AND GRADING CRITERIA

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the Practical Application Exercises.

 

10. CERTIFICATION

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the corresponding evaluation exams.

 

11. TEACHING STAFF

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator and tutor). UNED Collaborator, Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

 

12. FEES

 

Tuition fees are €450.

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of

the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation are eligible for a 33% discount.

 

13. VALIDATION

 

Attendees who pass this course can request validation of the application and practical course subjects  of  the  construction  branch  of  the  CivilFEM  for  ANSYS  expert  module  from  the academic board of UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

Dynamic analysis with ANSYS Mechanical

1. Program overview

 

Title: Dynamic analysis with ANSYS Mechanical – online course.

Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: ANSYS Mechanical Workbench (free license is included).

 

2. Eligibility & requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status.

 

3. Presentation and objectives

 

The  objective  of  this  course  is  to  introduce  attendees  to  dynamic  analysis  using  Finite Elements, allowing them to obtain the necessary skills to be able to use this method professionally.

 

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Content

 

The course consists of two subjects:

1. ANSYS Mechanical Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics.
2. Practical Application Exercises and Self-Paced Videos with ANSYS Mechanical.

 

The documentation for both subjects is in English. The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

• 1st Subject: ANSYS Mechanical Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics

 

The ANSYS Mechanical training notes are structured into the following chapters:

 

• Lecture 1: Introduction 
• Lecture 2: Damping 
• Lecture 3: Modal Analysis 
• Lecture 4: Cyclic Symmetry 
• Lecture 5: Linear Perturbation Analysis 
• Lecture 6: Harmonic Analysis 
• Lecture 7: Response Spectrum Analysis 
• Lecture 8: Random Vibration 
• Lecture 9: Transient Analysis
• Lecture 10: Component Mode Synthesis

  

Solved exercises, workshops and video classes will be provided for every lecture mentioned in the former list. 

  

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

6. Methodology

 

Distance  learning  methodology,  including  pre-prepared  study  materials  and  bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching materials

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consists of the subject texts.

 

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of ANSYS Mechanical will be provided by the course.

 

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

 

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

The teaching material for this subject consists of:

 

• Dynamic analysis  with  ANSYS  Mechanical  training  material  and  related  workbook exercises
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC

• Software: ANSYS SpaceClaim and ANSYS Mechanical

  

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone

tutorship’s will be available within the following hours:

 

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

  

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

 

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Ambrosio Baños (Tutor).

 

12. Fees

 

Tuition fees are €450.

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation are eligible for a 33% discount.

 

13. Validation

 

Attendees who pass this course can request validation of the application and practical course subjects of the mechanical branch of the Dynamic Analysis specialized module using ANSYS Mechanical  from  the  academic  board  of  UNED  Master’s  in  Theoretical  and  Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

ICAEEC & CAESOLUTIONS ONLINE CAE PDH COURSES

Professional Development Hour (PDH) is defined as one contact hour of instruction, presentation or study. The term PDH is commonly used in the engineering community.

Designed for working Engineers

Real Experience, Real Tools, Real Exercises, for Real Engineers

ICAEEC in conjunction with CAE Solutions is pleased to present its Online Courses program with the purpose of providing education and training in the latest technological and theoretical applications with practical professional application. CAE Solutions is a Continuing Education Provider - Approved # 656 in Florida. Now with this implementation in ICAEEC we will have a didactic teaching system where you can interact directly with the professor, in addition to enjoying all the advantages offered by the ICAEEC platform which has been successful and of international prestige for many years.

Attendees to these courses will get a permanent license of the CAE Software student version used during the course.

Advanced Concrete Structural Design with FEA

Program overview

Duration: 12 weeks (120 hours).
Format: 100% Online.
Start Date: September, 11, 2023.
Teaching Material Language: English.
Tutorship Language: English, Spanish, French or Spanish.

Introduction

This course is designed to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in utilizing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for concrete structure design. The course covers a wide range of topics, including code design methodologies and principles, nonlinear concrete simulations, and thermal-structural coupled analysis.

Participants will begin by reviewing essential design methodologies and principles outlined in construction codes. They will develop a deep understanding of the considerations and best practices necessary for effective concrete structure design.

The course then explores nonlinear concrete simulations, examining various options for accurately modeling the behavior of concrete structures under different loading conditions.
Additionally, participants will learn advanced techniques to simulate thermal-structural coupled phenomena, such as early-age concrete maturing and thermal cracking development, fire resistance analysis, and the impact of solar radiation.

The course emphasizes the significance of practical applications by providing tips and tricks for modeling and interpreting results. Participants will engage in hands-on exercises and practical examples that reinforce their comprehension of FEA and its application to structural concrete design.

Upon completion of the course, participants will possess the essential knowledge and skills to effectively utilize FEA in designing concrete structures. They will be equipped to tackle complex design challenges, ensuring the advanced and safe implementation of concrete structures in their projects.

 

Goals

1. Provide participants with a solid understanding of FEA principles for concrete structural design.
2. Familiarize participants with code design principles specific to concrete structures.
3. Analyze nonlinear concrete simulations and their applications.
4. Enable participants to perform thermal-structural coupled analysis for simulating various phenomena.
5. Offer practical guidance and tips for effective modeling and result interpretation.
6. Reinforce learning through practical examples and exercises.
7. Equip participants with the skills to address complex design challenges and ensure safe implementation of concrete structures.
   
   

Schedule

Duration: 14 weeks
Start Date: September, 11, 2023

Methodology
The distance learning methodology of this course includes pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources, and practical application exercises.

Teaching materials
Attendees will receive the teaching guide and corresponding materials for each module, primarily consisting of subject texts.
In addition, a CivilFEM powered by Marc license will be provided to participants for completing practical exercises and training during the course.

The course utilizes a virtual classroom as the training platform, providing study tools and serving as the primary communication channel with attendees.
Various tools, including audiovisual resources and supplementary documentation, will also be employed.

Evaluation and grading criteria
The evaluation of attendees will be conducted based on their performance in the practical application exercises.

Certification
The certification will include a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber, which indicates the successful completion of the course by the attendee. Additionally, the diploma will state the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

Teaching staff
Mr. Román Martín (Coordinator & Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.
Mr. Ronald Siat (Tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

Fees
The tuition fees for the course amount to €450.

  

Software Requirements

Minimum computer requirements recommended:

  

PATRAN/ MSC NASTRAN: The student version is designed for small, academic simulation only; there is a limit of nodes in the model:

• Windows 64 bit OS (Windows 10 supported).
• RAM: 4 GB or more memory is recommended.
• 2 GB hard drive space

 

ANSYS: The academic version is designed for small, academic simulation only.

• Windows 64 bit OS (Windows 10 supported).
• RAM: 4 GB or more memory is recommended.
• 25 GB hard drive space.

 

CivilFEM powered by MARC: The student version is designed for small, academic simulation only; limit 5000 nodes (1000 beam elements) in the model.

• Window64 bits OS (Windows 10 supported).
• 2.5 GB space is needed in the hard disk (800 MB for CivilFEM and 1.7 GB for Marc).
• A minimum of 4GB of RAM is needed to run this version.

 

CivilFEM for ANSYS: The student version is designed for small, academic simulation only.

• Windows 64 bit OS (Windows 10 supported).
• RAM: 4 GB or more memory is recommended.
• 25 GB hard drive space.

 

 

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Geotechnical Analysis and Foundations with CivilFEM for ANSYS

1. Program overview

 

Title: Geotechnical Analysis and Foundations with CivilFEM for ANSYS – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: CivilFEM for ANSYS MAPDL (free licenses are included).

 

2. Eligibility and requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status. Some prior experience with the software is recommended or else previous enrollment in the CivilFEM for ANSYS Introductory Course available in ICAEEC.

 

3. Goals

 

The Geotechnical and Foundations course provides 2D and 3D soil mechanics solutions using any combination of beam, shell and solid elements. The interface solves complex structural and soil-structure interaction problems; the analysis accounts for non-linear materials, geometry and contact conditions, as well as the design checking of structural elements. Applications  include  tunnels,  dams,  piles  and  micro  piles,  foundation  slabs, geotextiles/geogrids, reinforced soils and retaining structures.

 

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Contents

 

The Geotechnical and Foundations course was created to provide a powerful tool to assist civil engineers with any type of geotechnical problem.

 

Within this utility, CivilFEM incorporates a geotechnical database with a wide range of tools used for analyses and calculations. The database contains the following characteristics:

 

• Includes soil and rock properties.
• Allows the user to make correlations between variables with different origins or different definitions, a very common practice in Geotechnical work (for example, the correlation between the modulus of elasticity E and the standard penetration test SPT).
• Includes libraries of characteristic properties of soils and rocks as well as a vast number of correlations obtained from related literature and experience.
• Permits users to create customized libraries.

 

In addition to the resources listed above, the following tools have been included:

 

• Slope stability analysis, including water table definition, reinforced earth, etc. 

• Hoek and Brown model in order to simulate the behavior of rock foundations, and Mohr-Coulomb and Cam-Clay for soils.

• Determination of the ballast module for any type of foundation.

• Generation and calculations of retaining walls.

• Seepage analy This tool automatically obtains the saturation line and solves the seepage problem through a porous media.

• Tunnel models.

• Initial stresses for soils.

• Calculation and application of earth pressures on structures.

 

The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-      GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND FOUNDATIONS

 

1. Material Library.
2. Layered Terrain
3. Elastic Foundation Stiffness.
4. Retaining Walls and Diaphragms.
5. Seepage Analysis.
6. Slope Stability.
7. Earth Pressures.
8. Initial Stress.
9. Pile Caps.
10. Tunnels.

  

-      PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXERCISES WITH CivilFEM for ANSYS.

 

The exercises represent a review of the concepts introduced in the subjects taken until now, as well as the orderly use of the CivilFEM for ANSYS.

 

These exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations.

 

1. Elastic foundation stiffness calculation.
2. Slope stability analysis.
3. Confined flow example in a dam.
4. Seepage analysis in a gravity dam.
5. Diaphragm walls.
6. Pile cap analysis.
7. Earth pressures on retaining walls.
8. Tunnel excavation process 3D.
9. Tunnel excavation process 2D.
10. Mohr Coulomb plasticity models.

 

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

6. Methodology

 

Distance learning methodology, including pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching Materials

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consist of the subject texts.

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of CivilFEM for ANSYS will be provided by the course.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone tutorship’s will be available within the following hours: 

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the Practical Application Exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator and tutor). UNED Collaborator, Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

  

12. Fees

 

Tuition fees are €360

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of

the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation will be eligible for a 33% discount.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

Prestressed Reinforced Concrete with CivilFEM for ANSYS

1. Program overview

 

Title: Pre-stressed Reinforced Concrete with CivilFEM for ANSYS – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: CivilFEM for ANSYS MAPDL (free licenses are included).

 

2. Eligibility and requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last year of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status. Some prior experience with the software is recommended or else previous enrollment in the CivilFEM for ANSYS Introductory Course.

 

3. Goals

 

The  Pre-stressed  Reinforced  Concrete  course  provides  many  tools  enabling  engineers  to readily and easily take into account the pre-stressing forces over structures when conducting advanced analyses and design processes.

The goal of this course is to provide a utility that allows the study of pre-stressing effects on concrete structures. CivilFEM calculates post-tensioned and pre-tensioned adherent inner tendons.

The module also provides the possibility to check by code cracking the axial load plus biaxial bending, shear and torsion.

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Contents

 

This course offers best-in-class features providing an easy-to-use interface to handle any type of pre-stressed concrete structure.

 

Based on this goal, the course comes with the following utilities:

 

• Pre-stressing steel materials library.
• Pre-stressing tendon editing as second order Bezier curves in elevation and plan view.
• Graphic geometric tendon editor.
• Automatic calculation of short-term losses.
• Automatic calculation long-term losses.
• Automatic transfer of pre-stressing loads to the finite element mod
• Load combination
• Construction process (tendon activation and deactivation).
• Axial + Bending check.
• Cracking check.
• Interaction diagram for pre-stressed cross sections.

 

The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-      PRE-STRESSED REINFORCED CONCRETE

1. Introduction.
2. Materials.
3. Model Generation.
4. Support Beam.
5. Tendon Editor.
6. Losses Calculation.
7. Load Transference.
8. Combinations.
9. Code Checking & Design.

 

-      PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXERCISES WITH CivilFEM for ANSYS

 

The exercises represent a review of the concepts introduced in the subjects taken until now, as well as the orderly use of the CivilFEM for ANSYS.

These exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations.

1. Pre-stressed Slab Bridge.
2. Pre-stressed Box Bridge.
3. Pre-stressed Cylinder.
4. Tendons in Solid Models.
5. Code Checking and Design.
6. Cracking.

 

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

 

6. Methodology

 

Distance learning methodology, including pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching Materials

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consist of the subject texts.

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of CivilFEM for ANSYS will be provided by the course.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone tutorship’s will be available within the following hours:

 Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the Practical Application Exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator and tutor). UNED Collaborator, Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

 

12. Fees

 

Tuition fees are €360

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of

the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation are eligible for a 33% discount.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file 

Bridges and Civil Non-linearities with CivilFEM for ANSYS

1. Program overview

 

Title: Bridges and Civil Non-linearities with CivilFEM for ANSYS – online course. Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: CivilFEM for ANSYS MAPDL (free licenses are included).

 

2. Eligibility and requirements

 

A degree is required, although university students in the last part of their course may be admitted with proof of their academic status. Some prior experience with the software is recommended or else previous enrollment in the CivilFEM for ANSYS Introductory Course.

 

3. Goals

 

The bridges and civil non-linearities course provides a complete solution, enabling bridge designers to solve complex problems with tools that represent the latest advances in technology. It enables to intuitively generate, mesh, load and analyze complex bridges by using powerful wizards. Furthermore, its complete integration with CivilFEM for ANSYS ensures that any kind of static, dynamic, linear and non-linear analysis can be easily performed.

This course originated as a collaboration project between UNED and Ingeciber, S.A., a company specializing in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE).

 

4. Contents

 

The Bridges and Civil Non-linearities course includes capabilities that have been developed with the aim to facilitate and improve the analysis and design of bridges with CivilFEM.

 

The basic idea consists in generating, from the cross section and main axis definition in plan and elevation views, the structure that is the target of study.

 

Based on this target, the course features the following utilities:

 

• Utilities to generate common bridge cross sections.
• Utilities to generate de model in plan and elevation v The mileage points, which make up an imaginary line for the road’s central axis, are also defined. The program generates the complete model from the cross sections and layout definition.
• Automatic generation  of  the  finite  element  mod  The  latter  can  be chosen between generating the solid finite element model or a shell element model or a beam element model.
• Moving loads  generato  Once  the  load  path  is  defined,  loads  are calculated automatically by the program, taking into account the vehicle type (rigid or flexible vehicle).
• Overloads generator.
• Utility for  introducing  pre-stressed  force  Pre-stressed  loads  may  be introduced  as  concentrated  loads  on  the  element’s  nodes.  The  pre- stressed tension force is introduced at specific points along the tendon path and the program calculates an equivalent system of forces at each element’s node crossed by the tendon.
• Capabilities to  combine  the  load  steps  generated  during  the  model analysis (traffic loads, overloads, pre-stressed forces, wind loads, etc.).

 

The content of each subject is detailed below.

 

-      BRIDGES

1. Introduction.
2. Bridge Applications.
3. Bridge Element Types.
4. Bridge Process Flow.
5. Bridge Section Definition.
6. Bridge Layout Definition.
7. Bridge Model Definition.
8. Bridge Wizards.
9. Bridge Loads.

 

-      CIVIL NON-LINEARITIES

1. Creep.
2. Shrinkage.
3. Evolutive Analysis.
4. Construction Stage.

 

-      PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXERCISES WITH CivilFEM for ANSYS

 

The exercises represent a review of the concepts introduced in the subjects taken until now, as well as the orderly use of the CivilFEM for ANSYS.

 These exercises will be delivered to the tutor in order to get feed back and recommendations.

 

1. Bridge Sections.
2. Slab Bridge.
3. Box Bridge.
4. Vehicle Actions.
5. 2D/3D Bridge Model.
6. Construction Process.
7. Creep & Shrinkage.
8. Evolutive Structures.

 

5. Schedule

 

35 hours of study.   The course lasts from 1 to 6 weeks with full flexibility since no specific delivery date is indicated.

  

6. Methodology

 

Distance learning methodology, including pre-prepared study materials and bibliography, tutorials, audiovisual resources and practical application exercises.

 

7. Teaching Materials

 

Attendees will receive the teaching guide and the corresponding materials for each module, which will basically consist of the subject texts.

Furthermore, in order to complete the practical exercises and training, the educational version of CivilFEM for ANSYS will be provided by the course.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found, and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used including audiovisual resources as well as other complementary documentation.

 

8. Attendee services

 

The teaching staff will respond to attendee inquiries via telephone, email, or in person. Phone tutorship’s will be available within the following hours:

Monday to Friday during office hours and always subject to tutor’s availability.

 

9. Evaluation and grading criteria

 

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the Practical Application Exercises.

 

10. Certification

 

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises.

 

11. Teaching staff

 

Professor  Juan  José  Benito  Muñoz  (Director).  Construction  &  Manufacturing  Engineering Department (UNED).

Mr. Ronald Siat (Coordinator and tutor). UNED Collaborator, Ingeciber, S.A.

Mr. Román Martín (tutor). Ingeciber, S.A.

 

12. Fees

 

Tuition fees are €360

 

Current and former attendees of the UNED Master’s in Theoretical and Practical Application of the Finite Element Method and CAE Simulation will be eligible for a 33% discount.

 

Download the course guide in a pdf file

 

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