Finite Element Analysis: Designing the Future
A plethora of tools and technologies are employed in this endeavour but one of them shines brighter than the rest for its versatility and capability to optimise designs even before the first prototype is constructed: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), otherwise known as Finite Element Method (FEM).
This method of engineering is one of the most important tools used by Rolls-Royce in order to study several of the key aspects of any design process: stress, structural, life, vibration, dynamics, thermal aspects, thermo-mechanics, aeromechanics, optimisation and robustness analysis.
A plethora of tools and technologies are employed in this endeavour but one of them shines brighter than the rest for its versatility and capability to optimise designs even before the first prototype is constructed: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), otherwise known as Finite Element Method (FEM).
This method of engineering is one of the most important tools used by Rolls-Royce in order to study several of the key aspects of any design process: stress, structural, life, vibration, dynamics, thermal aspects, thermo-mechanics, aeromechanics, optimisation and robustness analysis.