Dan Hensley
Lead Engineer
ATA Engineering Inc.
Timothy Cunningham
Principal Engineer
Micro Motion, Inc./Emerson Electric Corp
Micro Motion, Inc. has been using the finite element method to design Coriolis mass flowmeters since the late 1980s. During the last 20 years we, along with the rest of the industry, have seen more use of FE analysis by design engineers, who may not be familiar with all of the intricacies of FE analysis. We will show how we developed a tool that is easy to use for novices yet still provides a broad and deep range of functionality for the more skilled analyst. The new user and the experienced analyst alike can now focus on making design decisions from the information presented rather than getting bogged down in the details of the reams of data generated by FEA. We will cover how our tools developed, highlighting the challenges we found along the way. We will also highlight the key features that the new suite needed to accomplish our goal, showing that "powerful" and ?easy-to-use? are not mutually exclusive.
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Speaker bios:
Mr. Hensley is currently Lead Engineer and Manager of Rocky Mountain Operations with ATA Engineering, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1993. In addition to managing the Denver office, his responsibilities include IMAT, ATA's Interface between Matlab, Analysis, and Test. He is also heavily involved in several other software projects. He also performs modal tests, structural finite element analyses, and software training.
As Principal Engineer at Micro Motion Inc., a division of Emerson, Tim Cunningham is technical and project lead of an applied research team bringing new Coriolis flow measurement techniques to market. He also supports Micro Motion’s engineering department in the use of FE analysis tools. His background includes:
• MSME, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; BSME, Washington University in St. Louis
• 20 years experience researching, analyzing, designing, and testing Coriolis flowmeters at Micro Motion
• Started using FEA and solid modeling in the late ‘80s
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