MSC Software is hosting two series of webinars dealing with design of energy facilities. Intent is to demonstrate how engineering simulation and virtual prototyping is being used to lower design costs and improve functional performance. One of the two series focuses on oil and gas equipment; the other targets design of nuclear plants. If either…
Realistic Simulation Probes Biomechanics of Knees
Scripps Health researchers use Abaqus FEA to optimize new designs and explore surgical alternatives Even before Tiger Woods withdrew from the 2008 golf season after hobbling to a win at the U.S. Open, certain researchers into biomechanics were concerned about the health of his left knee. Woods’ injury occurred around the same time that the…
Anark Core Creates Easy Bridge Between 3D CAD and OpenFlight™
Boulder, CO – Anark Corporation announced support for OpenFlight™, the most widely adopted 3D visualization format for real-time 3D visualization. Anark Core 2.2 exports OpenFlight™ data using native OpenFlight Read/Write API's from Presagis™. OpenFlight™ is a 3D visual database format that has become a defacto standard for the visual simulation industry. Anark added OpenFlight support…
Software Performance and Accuracy Improvements
Simulink Design Optimization from MathWorks is a modeling and control product that helps address model parameters such as mass or resistance. A suite of the company‚’s tools helps you create plant models, calibrate models with test data, and use them to design, simulate, and optimize control systems. The streamlined process is said to help improve…
Space Simulation — The High-Pressure World of High-Vacuum Engineering
Because of the proposed administration budget, NASA is scheduling more than 125 commercial satellite launches through 2010. Test facilities with large vacuum chambers that simulate the high-vacuum, high-solar radiation, and low-temperature conditions of space are in demand for ensuring the reliability of the antennas, satellites, communications gear and other equipment destined for operation in low…
CFdesign Motion Module Reduces Process Time from 200 Hours to Just 2
Cornell Pump Co. experienced a 100x speed-up of a full transient system-level simulation and performance curve generation using the new CFdesign Motion and high performance computing (HPC) Modules from Blue Ridge Numerics. Cornell engineers performed transient simulations to evaluate a centrifugal pump design in only 2 hr, down from 200 hr, significantly slashing product development…
NEi to Demonstrate Simulation Options at PTC/USER World Event 2009
WESTMINSTER, CA ‚– NEi Software (NEi) will demonstrate various advanced simulation options available to Pro/ENGINEER users at the PTC/USER World Event 2009. Highly accurate NEi Nastran solvers can work directly with PTC‚’s Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica; or, pre and post processors Femap‚®, and NEi Fusion‚â„¢ powered by NEi Nastran can import Pro/ENGINEER files to perform linear and…
MSC.Software’s Webinar Series on Reducing Wind Turbine Design Time
With the increasing demand for alternate energy, more advanced operational and performance requirements are placed on manufacturers of both, large commercial and smaller residential wind turbines. In this webinar Series, attendees will learn from industry experts how simulation-driven development is used by wind turbine manufacturers to design better performing systems at less cost. Webinar dates:…
FEA Simulation in Engineering “Green Power”
Finite Element Analysis has long helped design traditional power plants. Now, it’s proving a boon for designing “green” facilities, like wind turbines and wave power. Power generating equipment must be designed for both immediate cost-efficiency and a long lifespan. Realistic simulation with (FEA) is a critical tool that solves a range of engineering challenges. What’s…
SpaceClaim Adds New Functions to its Portfolio
Updates to SpaceClaim’s products focus on engineering productivity. SpaceClaim Engineer is a 3D modeler for top-down design, 3D layout, conceptual engineering, and model preparation for simulation and analysis. SpaceClaim Engineer can import and edit Pro/Engineer, Autodesk, CATIA v4, VDA, Parasolid, SolidWorks, JT, and NX native files. The software interoperates with CAD systems and analysis products…
CFDesign HPC Module Speeds Flow and Thermal Design Studies
Computer too slow for CFD analysis? A mini-cluster of two or more multicore machines can slash analysis times and provide better optimization. You can dramatically speed simulations for complex flow and thermal projects by using the latest CFdesign high performance computing (HPC) Module. The module allows you to harness the power and investment of existing…
Gel Loudspeaker Analyzed with Multiphysics Modeling
Take a Gel Audio transducer, place it on a surface, and get sound? Yes, but it required an analysis that goes several steps beyond normal FEA. We think of loudspeakers as separate boxes. But engineers at SFX Technologies Ltd. are using Comsol Multiphysics to design loudspeaker drivers that use nearly any surface — from a…
NEi Software Releases NEi Nastran V9.2
Westminster, CA – NEi Software (NEi) announces the availability of NEi Nastran V9.2, a major upgrade to its FEA solver for high end Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The new NEi Nastran version incorporates over 85 customer driven enhancements. The following is a list of key additions: nonlinear composite Progressive Ply Failure Analysis (PPFA™), concrete material…
Mountain Bike Company Uses FEA to Design Fast Bikes Faster
By Joe Graney, Engineering Director, Santa Cruz Bicycles Santa Cruz Bicycles makes best-in-class, fully suspended mountain bikes. Located in Santa Cruz, CA, the company was started to make suspension bicycles more efficient to ride uphill and faster downhill without sacrificing durability. Now we are using FEA to analyze stresses and design bike frames that won’t…
Bentley Motors Implements Icona Solutions’ aesthetica
Manchester, UK — Bentley Motors has implemented Icona Solutions’ innovative perceived quality simulation software, aesthetica, at its design and manufacturing plant in Crewe, England. It is being used to streamline and improve the process of achieving consistently high perceived quality in the company’s vehicles without negatively impacting development timescales and manufacturing costs. The software has…
MSC Software Medical Device Industry Upcoming Webcast
MSC Software Upcoming Webcast March 10, 2009 Medical Device Industry – Webcast Series: Simulate More… Improve Lives! Register for this Webcast Series to hear from industry experts on how simulation-driven development is used by device manufacturers to bring new competitive product concepts to life faster at less cost. Topics include: * Increase reliability of Cardiovascular…
CFD Simulation Overcomes Thermal Challenges of Ambient Light TV Technology
TV-maker Philips used Flotherm simulation software from Mentor Graphics to develop a mechanical design for its new Aurea 42-in. liquid crystal diode (LCD) television that is 3 to 5° C better than previous proposed concepts. Genevieve Martin, Project Leader for Philips, used thermal simulation from the early stages of the development process to investigate the…
ALGOR FEA Helps North American Shipbuilding Hoist 1,000 Tons
North American Shipbuilding (NAS) designs and builds offshore vessels for its parent company, Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), and others. As part of its ship-building and repairing operations, NAS uses finite element analysis (FEA) software from ALGOR, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. North American Shipbuilding (NAS) of Larose, Louisiana, crane-lifted this 1,000-ton superstructure as part of the…
NX Nastran Solves World’s Largest Structural Analysis Problem
Siemens PLM Software has achieved a computational break-through in implicit finite element analysis (FEA) technology. Using commercially available hardware, the production version of NX Nastran software was able to solve a structural analysis problem with a half-billion equations “virtually overnight.” The analysis was conducted to simulate the behavior of an entire airplane wing structure undergoing a…
COMSOL Expands Presence in India
BANGALORE, INDIA — The COMSOL Group, developer of COMSOL Multiphysics®, today announced the opening of a full-service office in Bangalore, India. The India office will market and sell the industry-leading multiphysics simulation environment from COMSOL and provide technical support services to its customers. The decision to establish an office in India comes as a result…
NEi to Broadcast "Powering Parametric CAD with Nastran FEA" Webinar
WESTMINSTER, CA— NEi Software (NEi) announces it will broadcast a webinar for designers, engineers, and product development professionals on leveraging 3D parametric feature-based CAD as a front-end modeler for higher level engineering analysis, simulation, and virtual testing. The webinar titled “Powering Parametric CAD with Nastran FEA” is scheduled for 12:00PM Eastern Time on Friday, February…