|
|
Posted by Clint Dixon [216.248.73.1] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 12:46:47 :
In Reply to: Mechanical Engineers Question posted by Paul(in NY) [12.64.158.56] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 08:51:15 :
Finite Element A-n-a-lysis.
Computers, as well as the programs installed on them, are just a tools - like a hammer - and are no better or worse than the people who use them.
The more I use computers, the more I like hammers. And, I find that in the Engineering world at least, we really are not inventing anything new. It has all been done before. We are just applying tried and true ideas in new ways.
So if that new bridge fails, it probably will not be because someone used one FEA program over another, or because they used it on a HP instead of a Dell. It will probably fail because of impossible deadlines, red tape, government involvement, or undersized budgets.
Junior
Follow Ups: