Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) FEA Case Study: How We Do It
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) case study of an alloy wheel 
This is a pragmatic FEA - a linear static approximation of non linear dynamic analysis problem. We thought it would be very useful for potential customers (so you may compare with your own products) to see the various steps and ultimately benefits that performing a FEA on a component part yields. This alloy wheel was modelled to look cool, hence we thought it would be a great idea to perform a structural FEA to evaluate the design from a structural mechanics point of view, without knowing the results beforehand. This will demonstrate the steps that have to be performed for a FEA, the results obtained, the analysis of the results and the conclusions drawn from the analysis. Rather than just show meaningless 'pretty pictures', we'll discuss real world engineering applications and boundary conditions, giving real world results and how they impact the design. This has all been done without knowing the results beforehand i.e just as it would be if evaluating a design for the first time.