Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty

11
Dec

Identifying Anisotropic Damping Behavior of multi-phases materials

Structural vibrations due for example to the engine functioning or the ground excitation transmitted by the wheels is one of the biggest challenges for engineering applications. In case this kind of behavior is not well mastered, that can cause fatigue failures or unwanted noise. Such product defects would concretely bring an increase of safety risk …

2
Jun

Development of Loads for Aircraft Structures with CAE

Aircraft structures are subjected to numerous environments that cause external and internal loads to vary. Calculating such loads is an essential part of aircraft development and safety, but requires a complex combination of tools and methods. Watch our webinar series and learn how CAE software can be better used to improve loads methods and processes. …

4
Mar

Determining the dynamic motion and loads of flight control surfaces

The lifecycle cost and reliability of flight control surfaces are critical aspects of fixed wing aircraft development. Physical prototype testing is used to validate and improve the performance of common control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, rudders, spoilers, flaps, slats, and air brakes. Unfortunately such flight control systems have large loads that are difficult and …

22
Jan

​JEC Composites Group Names Digimat Software Design Innovation of the Year

The JEC Group awarded Digimat with its 2014 JEC Americas Innovation Award at its recent event in Boston. JEC awards have showcased excellence in composite manufacturing for 14 years, singling out more than 150 companies and 350 partners for contributions to improving composites technology and enhancing value for end users. Digimat, the nonlinear, multi-scale material and structure …

24
Nov

MSC Nastran Desktop System Requirements

Below are a list of OS and hardware requirements necessary for MSC Nastran Desktop 2014. Microsoft Windows Requirements Hardware Platforms Intel EM64T Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64bit only) Compiler Versions Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 11.0.61030 Update 4 Fortran Composer XE 2013.2.146 for Windows, Intel Fortran Version 13.1.0.146† Other 3 Button Mouse NTFS …

10
Jun

Automated Structural Optimization in MSC Nastran

Question: What are some of the optimization capabilities in MSC Nastran? Answer: Just to name a few: Size Shape Topometry Topology Multi Model Optimization Brief descriptions of each are given below. SIZE Use size optimization to improve the performance of designs by varying basic design parameters such as beam cross sectional dimensions, sheet thicknesses, composite …