Strategies for analyzing axisymmetric bodies
This section describes some modeling/analysis strategies for dealing with axisymmetric bodies. As you would have noticed from the previous chapters, before we can adopt a strategy for the modeling and simulation tasks, some structural details must be in place.
Structural details
The technical details that are needed for analyzing axisymmetric problems are no different from those of the previous chapters. These details have been reiterated here for completeness:
- The dimensions of the axisymmetric component should be provided.
- The material properties (the assumption of there being isotropic material properties has been adopted in this chapter as well) should be known.
- External loads must be applied to the axisymmetric component.
- Supports must be provided to the component to ensure its stability.
With the structural details sorted out, we need to make decisions about the modeling strategy to adopt. We will look...
