Marc – Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty

MSC Software partners with Ingeciber to improve safety and innovation with simulation

Product Marketing — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:57:28 +0000

We have just extended our long-established technology partnership with Ingeciber S.A., a specialised CAE company with more than 30 years of experience in civil engineering, to offer customers easier access to simulation software that helps civil engineers deliver innovative, sustainable and safe infrastructure projects. CivilFEM powered by Marc – MSC’s nonlinear structural analysis solution – ...

Accurate and Efficient Workflow for Hyperelastic Material Simulations

Product Marketing — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:13:24 +0000

We are pleased to announce the release of Marc 2018 which improves the efficiency and accuracy of rubber and hyperelastic simulations by introducing a new damage model and extending multiphysics capabilities. The added can be used to predict potential in-service problems due to material degradation while the new coupled solution allows engineers to simulate the heat ...

Using Global Adaptive Remeshing in Marc

Pedro Chou — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:25:12 +0000

During my career as a stress analyst, I have used several commercial Finite Element codes but when it comes to nonlinear analysis, Marc is the solution that really stands out. The complete element library, material models, and robust nonlinear algorithms enable Marc to solve problems from large deformations to material nonlinearity to general contact and ...

Multi-scale material modeling for additive manufacturing

Product Marketing — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:19:02 +0000

While additive manufacturing of reinforced polymers is appealing and increasingly considered for production of actual parts, major obstacles must be overcome by engineers. Dimensional accuracy of the part must obey to strict tolerances that may not be met due to thermally induced part distortion or poor surface roughness. On the material side, an anisotropic material behavior is brought in by the specific 3D printed layered architecture and oriented reinforcements. This process-induced material behavior make the part mechanical response challenging to predict.

Therefore, Digimat, the material modeling platform, can offer you a solution to overcome your challenges.

Optimum Design of a Steel Connection of a Glass Façade for a High Rise Building

José Miguel Moreno — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:00:57 +0000

The use of glass in the exterior facades provides more light and good ambience to the inhabitants of a building. In our case, this leads to a high increase of the use of glass in the facades. The curtain wall is formed by an aluminum framework with steel connections. These steel connections are welded to the building while steel beams and bolted to the aluminum frame.

Global Adaptive Meshing In Marc

Product Marketing — Thu, 05 May 2016 03:18:44 +0000

Adaptive meshing is a simulation technique used to automatically remesh parts of a finite element model during the solution phase, based on certain criteria set at the start of the analysis. Adaptive meshing can be broadly classified into two types – global remeshing and local adaptivity. Global adaptive meshing is extremely useful for cases where ...

Piezoelectric Simulations With Marc

Product Marketing — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 04:18:30 +0000

Piezoelectric sensor-actuator technology is often used in high-tech industries like medical, mechanical, automotive engineering and semiconductor markets. Applications of piezo-based ultrasonic sensors range from fuel injectors, flow-rate metering, ultrasonic welding, and high-resolution material testing to medical diagnostics. A piezoelectric finite element analysis involves computation of coupled stress and electric field in certain crystalline materials. In ...

Multi-Scale Simulations With Marc and Digimat

Product Marketing — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:30:19 +0000

Composite materials of various types (unidirectional composites, short fiber reinforced plastics, nano-composites, ceramics, etc.) exhibit highly nonlinear, anisotropic, strain-rate and temperature dependent properties in mechanical, thermal and electrical fields. They often exhibit enhanced performance with respect to density as compared to traditional structural materials. However, simulating composite structures is complicated, and usually requires a micro-mechanical, ...

Marc Simulates Welding of Nuclear Pressure Vessel Reactor Nozzles

Product Marketing — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:38:47 +0000

The reactor pressure vessels make up the heart of a nuclear power plant, containing the core, core shroud and coolant. These nuclear plants were built and started operating 20 to 30 years ago. The company operating this plants needed to know how this welds can be expected to perform after a long period of service. ...

Multi-Phase Simulations with Marc and Simufact

Product Marketing — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:46:32 +0000

Simulation of complex manufacturing processes (like welding) needs to take phase transformations of elastoplastic materials into consideration, in order to account for the microstructural properties in the weld core and HAZ (Heat Affected Zone). Such simulations can predict peak temperatures, residual stresses and weld distortions after cooling. Welding defects like hot cracks can thus be ...