FEA: Design Innovation in Plastics
> Identify a product or component that is typically manufactured from metal
> Reverse engineer the component to create a CAD model, and set up an FE model to conduct a static structural analysis; determine the total displacement and the minimum safety factor, based on the von Mises criterion, that has been used in the design
> Redesign the component to replace the metallic material with a polymeric one. Use FE methods and iterative design cycles to optimise the polymeric component
