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NHA 2430 Design Analysis Reporting FEA
NHA 2430 Design Analysis Reporting FEA
NHA 2430 Design Analysis Reporting FEA
Reporting FEA
Justify the domain
Interaction between
components is accurately State how contact has been modelled.
modelled, use has been • How realistic is the contact model?
20% • Why does it need to be this realistic?
made of advanced
• If it has been simplified, justify this.
modelling features and Mesh optimization:
the mesh is optimised. • Use of local mesh refinement.
The report clearly • Larger elements away from the area of interest.
• Explain what you have done and why.
communicates all these
features.
Reporting the results
• Abstract: Your report should start with an abstract of no more than 100 words summarising the topic being reported and the
main findings.
• Nomenclature: Any symbols used in your report should listed with their definition given. The symbols should be listed in
alphabetical order within the subsets: Roman upper-case, Roman lower-case, Greek upper-case, Greek lower-case.
• Sections: Sections should be numbered. The section header should be in bold, upper case.
• Sub-sections: Sub-sections should be numbered indicating which main section they are part of (e.g. 1.2 for the second sub-
section in section 1). The sub-section header should be bold, sentence case.
• Figures: Figures should appear in a box with a figure title beneath the box. Figures should be central in the column of text with
a line break above and below the figure (i.e. do not wrap text around the figure). Figures should be numbered (Figure 1, Figure
2 etc). Figures must be referred to from the main body of the text.
• Tables: Tables should appear in a box with a table title beneath the box. Tables should be central in the column of text with a
line break above and below the table (i.e. do not wrap text around the table). Tables should be numbered (Table 1, Table 2
etc). Tables must be referred to from the main body of the text.
• References: References should be given using the APA 6th system.
• Font: Arial font should be used. Font size 10 should be used for all text other than labels within figures where a minimum font
size of 8 may be used.