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Roller bearing with Mises stress animated in PrePoMax

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve had less time to post interesting things on this blog. This is because fatigue.pro has become a side job, as I now work full-time as a research associate…

Merry Christmas

Axial force result on a beam structure

A few days ago I had a result that look like a kind of Christmas star. Because I tried a few more things in Mecway. And I think it is one of the best free…

Bicycle steel frame in Mecway

Modal analysis of a bicycle in Mecway

I was looking for a way to calculate beams for one of my own projects. As PrePoMax does not yet support beams, so I have started in FreeCAD. Beams worked reasonably well in FreeCAD, even…