The 2010s featured many new technologies that were once labeled ‘futuristic’ technologies, including drones, self-driving vehicles and printing physical parts. Additive manufacturing or 3D printing really took off this decade, but is not a straightforward and simple process. To print reliable parts, an engineer must overcome one of the biggest challenges in additive manufacturing. Warpage …
Autonomous vehicle technology and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are advancing every year, and its reliability is dependent on both sophisticated engineering and testing. Much has been written about real word testing of autonomous vehicles, but little has been written regarding the simulation portion. The goal of this post is to briefly discuss virtual simulation technology …
The release of MSC Nastran 2019.0 positions MSC Nastran to tackle the biggest and most difficult problems of tomorrow. In order to support large models with solid elements, MSC Nastran now supports five or thirteen noded transition Pyramid elements for mesh transition between different shaped solid elements. In this release, the added new FASTFR module …
The latest release of MSC Apex allows you to post process results from MSC Nastran. In this blog post, we discuss some brief examples and towards the end we cover the steps necessary to view MSC Nastran results in MSC Apex. Note that MSC Apex supports import of the HDF5 file (.h5) that is generated …
New Fast Solving Flexible Body Method in Adams 2019 Multibody dynamics (MBD) simulations with Adams are used by engineers to study the dynamic behavior of mechanical systems across all industries. From simple linkages systems to full vehicle system dynamics models, Adams helps minimize the need for expensive physical prototyping and testing by utilizing accurate simulation …
MSC Software is hosting a workshop on Wednesday, April 10, at the University of Connecticut School of Engineering campus and you are invited to attend! We will discuss how MSC simulation tools are utilized in the following areas: Driver-assistance systems and automated driving technology Development of manufacturing methods including welding, forming, and additive manufacturing Stress …
