The invention discloses an 
inertial platform residual stress release simulating method based on a finite element, which comprises the steps of: 1, modeling an initial platform entity, integrally obtaining an initial platform 
entity model by applying entity drawing 
software, then guiding the initial platform 
entity model into finite element simulating 
software; 2, modeling an air column, establishing initial platform 
peripheral air into an air 
column model; 3, assigning initial platform and air column material attributes, inputting the initial platform and air column material attributes according to the requirement on the finite element simulating 
software; 4, modeling an initial platform and an air column 
finite element grid, wherein two procedures of selecting a 
unit type and dividing the grid are included; and 5, 
coupling and analyzing an initial platform heat-structure, wherein two procedures of transient 
heat analysis and 
structure analysis are included: the transient 
heat analysis is as follows: a temperature cycle stress is loaded on the outer surface of the air column so as to provide heat conditions for the 
inertial platform residual stress release simulating analysis, andthe 
structure analysis is as follows: an initial platform transient 
heat analysis result is loaded to the heat-structure 
coupling analysis to obtain a rule of releasing the 
inertial platform residualstress with the temperature cycle stress.