CSAR/SIZING2

CSAR/SIZING2 has been developed to provide NASTRAN users with the capability to perform automated strength sizing of one- and two-dimensional finite elements of the structural model by the Fully Stressed Design (FSD) procedure. The premise used in the FSD algorithm is that the stress in each element is either at its prescribed maximum limit for at least one loading condition or is at the minimim gage (area of thickness as the case may be). Engineers have long felt that designs based on such a premise are close to the minimum weight of the structure. This procedure has been used extensively in both the preliminary and final design phases.

Michele Yin

Contract Administrator