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| Offshore Lighting Design Investigation by Wilde FEA
11 December 2006
 Victor Lighting is a leading producer of lighting equipment for hazardous, industrial and marine applications. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has been adopted to gain insight to the mechanisms of structural response of a lighting unit under extreme operating conditions.
Wilde FEA used analysis techniques to calculate deflections and stresses of a light casing that are likely to occur under specified operating conditions.
The Finite Element Analysis was conducted within ANSYS Workbench. The DesignModeler and Simulation modules allowed for geometrical de-featuring of the supplied CAD model, finite element generation using powerful auto-meshing tools and efficient post-processing of calculated results. Complex, non-linear boundary conditions and material properties were implemented to ensure that the mathematical model was as accurate as possible.
A comparative study was produced to asses the merits of specific design changes. As well as offering finite element expertise, Wilde FEA provided explanations to the structural behaviour mechanisms that were operating together with recommendations to improve the structural performance of the casing.
\"We would like to thank you for your help with this project. Getting such concise and helpful information back will ultimately help in our quest to buy the ANSYS software\" Technical Manager, Victor Lighting
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