After spending several years developing the initial Transition Roadable Aircraft prototype, Terrafugia identified multiple ways to adjust the original design including experimenting with alternative matgerials and sizing for the wings. To analyze the way the different materials would bend or move under various conditions, the company required software with advanced 3D composite ply-modeling, part-modeling, and…
Autodesk Adds to its Simulation Products
A Fatigue Wizard was added to Autodesk’s Algor-based simulation software. It helps you to predict fatigue-based failure and subject products to cyclic stresses. The software provides step by step guidance through the process of setting up a fatigue analysis. You can choose between stress-and-strain based analysis types, specify material information using an extensive, editable database,…
New Software Dispels the Simulation Myth
For a few years now, software companies that specialize in simulation products have launched marketing campaigns aimed at attracting designers. Understandably, these companies are seeking to increase their customer base and sell more software to a broader range of users. In some cases, these tactics have worked, but from my perspective only marginally. Here’s why.…
New Software Solves Engineering Modeling, Simulation Issues
MapleSim, the most advanced solution for physical modeling, together with a collection of new toolboxes, enables fast model development, advanced analysis, and the creation of complex multi-domain models. The new Maplesoft solution suite includes the following new products: MapleSim 3, Maplesoft’s core physical modeling product, has been enhanced in this release. Modeling capabilities have been…
High-performance Computing Revs up Simulations like FEA, CFD
By Dave Graff, U.S. Automotive & Industrial Equipment Industry Solutions Director at Microsoft Gaining a foothold today in automotive and aerospace simulations, high-performance computing (HPC) offers low-cost high-speed engineering analysis in many industries. HPC, the engineering application of cluster-based computing in complex, non-linear events, is poised to assist the auto industry by accelerating speed to…
COMSOL to Offer Free Cluster Support with Windows HPC Server
PORTLAND, OR — COMSOL Inc. announces that with the upcoming release of COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.0 for Windows® HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) current users of a COMSOL Multiphysics® floating network license will have free and unlimited access to cluster compute power. The new COMSOL support for cluster computing means that any simulation job can now…
Multiphysics Conferences in Boston and Milan Draw More Than 700
BURLINGTON, MA — More than 700 of the world’s top practitioners of multiphysics simulation recently gathered for the fifth annual COMSOL Conference in October. Complementary events were held in Boston and then Milan, Italy. The next stop for the annual world tour of this conference focused on multiphysics modeling and simulation for engineering and scientific…
NEi Software Announces NEi Explicit for Nastran
Westminster, CA — NEi Software announced the addition of an explicit dynamics program to their simulation software suite — NEi Explicit 2010. This code has been used commercially since 2006, but has been enhanced by the lead developer, Dr. Lee Taylor, specifically to meet the needs of NEi’s customers in the aerospace, automotive and maritime…
COMSOL Releases Beta Edition of Multiphysics Version 4.0
MILAN, ITALY & BURLINGTON, MA — At the Fifth Annual COMSOL Conference held in Milan, COMSOL released to all attendees and media the beta edition of COMSOL Multiphysics 4.0, its market-leading multiphysics modeling and simulation environment. Version 4.0 delivers the COMSOL Desktop™, an all-new user interface that makes it easy for users to build and…
FEA Imaging Sounds Warning about Freeway Bridge
Safety concerns have restricted traffic over the main freeway bridge through downtown Cleveland, near the area where Design World magazine is published. Now we are finding out that the crisis was revealed by an FEA analysis of a four-sided steel beam on the Inner Belt Bridge over Interstate 90 in downtown Cleveland. The story was…
Incorporate Mathematical Services and Content on Web Sites
Latest version of MapleNet, now available from MapleSoft, enables the deployment of live technical knowledge and applications on the web. MapleNet 13 is an easy and convenient tool for sharing live calculations, interactive technical documents, and mathematical services over the Internet. MapleNet 13 makes it easy for programmers and non-programmers alike to provide rich mathematical…
FEA, Digital Prototyping Prepare Sno-Cats for Rough Terrain
Tucker Sno-Cat Corp. is the oldest successful manufacturer of motorized snow vehicles in the world. Because Sno-Cats are operated in areas as harsh as the Antarctic, they must be extremely durable and reliable. Using Autodesk Algor Mechanical Simulation software for FEA and MES, Tucker simulates the motion of parts and validates the quality of their…
Webinar Demonstrates Femap Tips for Increasing Productivity
Westminster, CA – NEi Software is hosting a webinar titled “Femap Tips for Increasing Productivity” on September 23 at 11:00 AM PDT. The webinar is intended to provide engineers and designers who are currently using Femap tips and tricks to help increase productivity with the software. For people who are not currently using Femap, this…
COMSOL Multiphysics 4 Desktop Unleashes Simulation Power to Design Engineers
Unique graphical programming tool guides you from model creation to simulation results. And expanded CAD connections for Pro/E and Parasolid allow import and export of geometries. COMSOL Multiphysics 4 delivers Desktop, an all-new user interface that makes it easy to build and run simulations. COMSOL Desktop’s sleek design and graphical programming utility combine unprecedented power,…
NEi Fusion 2.0 Reaches out to “in-CAD” FEA Users
Features advanced capabilities for contact, impact, optimization, composites The developer of Nastran Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software is introducing NEi Fusion 2.0, a combination of Nastran FEA solvers and 3D modeler powered by SolidWorks. The upgrade adds several types of advanced modal and heat transfer analyses, new element types, new load capabilities, and support for…
Indian Institute of Science Selects COMSOL Multiphysics Software
Burlington, MA – COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd. announced last week that the Indian Institute of Science, under a national program on MEMS, in collaboration with the Institute of Smart Structures and Systems has selected the COMSOL Multiphysics engineering software to promote learning and education among Indian universities. The Indian Institute of Science will distribute the…
NEi Software Celebrates 15 Years of Femap Support
Westminster, CA – NEi Software is celebrating 15 years of excellence in support of Femap® Finite Element Modeling Pre- and Post-Processing software. Femap by Siemens is a Windows-based Finite Element pre- and post-processor used by engineering organizations worldwide to model various products, processes, and systems. In combination with NEi Nastran, Femap delivers an intuitive environment…
Infolytica to Release MagNet v7 Multi-threaded for Faster Solutions
Montreal, Canada – Infolytica Corporation announced that MagNet, the company’s electromagnetic field simulation software based on finite element analysis, will include significant changes in the next release which is due out this fall. Version 7 will be a multi-threaded application and will leverage the computation power available with multicore platforms. Preview of the new MagNet…
Waterloo U Racing Team Wins CFdesign Award
For “best use of CFD as a design tool,” Blue Ridge Numerics has honored the University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports team. Waterloo U earned the 2009 Formula SAE CFdesign Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Award, presented during the FSAE 2009 competition at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Blue Ridge Numerics presented the award and…
Growing Capabilities of Multiphysics Simulation
The fusion of faster hardware and smarter algorithms opens up entirely new opportunities. Multiphysics modeling has grown beyond FEA and CFD to simulate the real world. Soon after computers conquered the technology landscape, finite element analysis (FEA) emerged as an efficient method to solve real-world engineering problems. Through the work of engineers, mathematicians and physicists,…
Two Webinar Series Show How Simulation Cuts Design Costs and Improves Function
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…
Materialise Launches Mimics Educational Program
Lake Tahoe, CA — Materialise announces the launch of the Mimics Educational Program – MimicsSE (Student Edition). The program was unveiled at the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Lake Tahoe, CA. Mimics SE was born out of a need expressed by professors to get cutting edge technology in the hands of students in order to…
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…
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…