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Load_Path
This repository contains the developed program scripts, thesis report of my master thesis project titled "Load Path Visualization in Aero-engine Structures using U*".This thesis focuses on developing computational methods to calculate the U∗ index and routines to visualize load paths for structural engineering problems. Different software were used to develop the methodology in this thesis. The necessary finite element method calculations were performed by using ANSYS APDL and the results are post-processed in ParaView to visualize the load paths. The load paths are visualized for 2D and 3D structural problems. The influence of boundary conditions, types of loading, mesh elements and mesh sensitivity analysis were studied. This thesis sets the platform for wider application of the load path visualization concept in structural engineering problems which is of particular importance at GKN Aerospace Sweden AB, Trollhättan where the thesis work was carried out.