Mechanical CAE with Ansys: FEA & CFD Basics
A simulation project track covering meshing literacy, static-structural FEA, contacts and convergence, steady-state thermal, and CFD basics — every result documented as an engineering report.
A real sequence, not a playlist
Six numbered weeks. Every week ends in a deliverable a reviewer actually checks — plan roughly twenty focused hours per week.
Course workspace: 23 lessons · 11 reads · 6 checkpoints · 6 reviewed builds
- 01~20h effort
Week 1 · CAE Literacy & Meshing
- —Units consistency — the silent killer of simulations
- —Element types, mesh sizing, and quality metrics
- —Mesh-convergence habit: refine until the answer stops moving
Deliverable: Mesh-convergence note on a test bracket
- 02~20h effort
Week 2 · Static Structural FEA
- —Boundary conditions that match reality, not convenience
- —Reading stress, strain, and deformation plots
- —Factor-of-safety math and yield comparison
Deliverable: Static report on the bracket with FoS math
- 03~20h effort
Week 3 · Assemblies, Contacts & Convergence
- —Contact types and bolted-joint literacy
- —Mesh refinement with a convergence table
- —Verifying results instead of screenshotting rainbows
Deliverable: Assembly analysis with convergence table
- 04~20h effort
Week 4 · Steady-State Thermal
- —Conduction and convection setup discipline
- —Heat-sink fin reading and hotspot interrogation
- —Coupled thermal-structural intuition
Deliverable: Thermal report on a heat-sink part
- 05~20h effort
Week 5 · CFD Basics: Internal Flow
- —Flow domain, inlets, outlets, and wall conditions
- —Pressure-drop reading and contour literacy
- —Sanity checks: mass balance and expected orders of magnitude
Deliverable: Flow simulation report with pressure-drop math
- 06~20h effort
Week 6 · Final Project Review
- —Project reflection on mesh and assumption decisions
- —Completion review against the published rubric
- —Training-completion record when requirements are met
Deliverable: Final project submission
What you actually build
No copy-paste tutorials or toy repos. Every enrolled student submits a production-grade portfolio project evaluated against an industry rubric.
Bracket-to-Assembly Simulation Dossier
Simulation file: mesh-converged static and assembly analyses, a steady-state thermal report, and a CFD flow report — every result with assumptions stated and FoS math shown.
Portfolio Deliverables Checked by Reviewers
Checked by named reviewers
Reviewers are named at cohort start and published with the batch. They check every submission against the rubric — passing names appear on the certificate.
- Every submission checked against a published academic and technical rubric
- One fair remediation attempt if a deliverable falls short of acceptance threshold
- No certificate without passing code checks — payment never substitutes genuine review
- Cryptographic verification QR permanently linked to your individual submission records
Where Mechanical students take this track
Matched by branch against the BEU college directory — not an affiliation claim. Academic credit is decided by each college's T&P cell, so ask your HoD to review the syllabus before you enrol.