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Learn how to reduce the operating temperature by 1°, 5° or 10° Celsius of electronics in electric vehicles

mscsoftwareblog — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:00:43 +0000

More is demanded from electronics used in electric vehicles. The electronics not only need to be smaller but must also be able to maintain optimal temperatures without malfunctioning. To achieve reliable electronics, the next generation of heat management strategies is necessary. You are invited to our webinar series where we discuss the latest CFD technology ...

Improve FSAE Vehicle Performance with MSC Adams Car Sponsorship

Product Marketing — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:39:05 +0000

Formula Student is a contest in which university students construct a single-seat formula racing car. It’s not the fastest car that wins, however, but rather the team that racks up the highest overall score across a range of categories: design, financial planning, and sales strategy. MSC Software has provided support to various teams with its ...

Coupled Powertrain and Vehicle Analysis

Jonathan Zeman — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:00:39 +0000

Today's vehicle and powertrain engineers face increasing challenges to meet fuel economy and drive quality targets, while at the same time keep vehicle cost reasonable. Many of the new engine technologies designed to improve fuel economy create difficulties for the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) engineer, whose job it is to assure a certain level of comfort for the occupants.

Impact on a Stiffener for Lower B-Pillar

Product Marketing — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:00:54 +0000

L&L Products is a provider of individual and innovative engineering solutions to the automotive industry and is known for superior engineering through the use of state-of-the-art simulation methods in the product development chain. However, they faced the challenges in moving towards greener technology by replacing classical metal design with composite structures. The purpose of transitioning was to utilize the outstanding performance of composite materials. However, this presented difficulties, mainly with predicting the injection molding process and achieving a high-quality prediction of the impact on a short fiber reinforced stiffener beam.

Simulation Accurately Predicts Noise Generated by Automotive Side Mirrors

Product Marketing — Fri, 20 May 2016 21:00:13 +0000

An acoustic engineer is someone whose job is never done. Acoustic engineers in the automotive industry have achieved tremendous progress in recent years in making vehicle interiors quieter and more comfortable by reducing powertrain and road/tire noise. But as these major noise sources are reduced, other noises that were previously muffled have become much more ...

Ultimate Strength Prediction of a Plenum Under Pressure Produced by Selective Laser Sintering

Product Marketing — Tue, 17 May 2016 20:45:25 +0000

Ultimate Strength Prediction of a Plenum Under Pressure Produced by Selective Laser Sintering Solvay Engineering Plastics, a global leader in advanced polyamide solutions, is the principal material sponsor for the Polimotor project, who aims at opening the way for a technological breakthrough in the automotive sector by replacing up to 10 metal parts by ...

Adams Car Integration with Simulation Process and Data Management (SPDM)

Product Marketing — Tue, 17 May 2016 17:01:04 +0000

To avoid iterative tests and multiple design changes to physical prototypes, engineers today use simulation software. Adams Car is a system dynamics solution that allows car manufacturers to build and test functional virtual prototypes of the complete vehicle under various road conditions and design changes. Adams Car’s architecture is based on databases of CDBs, which ...

Multidisciplinary Solutions For Brake Squeal

Product Marketing — Tue, 03 May 2016 17:48:51 +0000

Although engineers have started to use simulation software to test brake squeal, its complex nature usually requires more than one different software and discipline. This makes it difficult to transfer data from one software to another and to work in different environments. To address complex brake squeal in one environment, multidisciplinary solutions (MD) can be used. ...

Composites in the Automotive Industry: Forum and Workshop October

Product Marketing — Mon, 02 May 2016 16:05:56 +0000

Some of the most significant challenges facing the automotive industry include raw material cost, light-weighting and achieving mass production. These are direct consequences of environmental requirements becoming more rigorous as concern about carbon emissions grows. Moreover, the use of carbon fiber is an important part of the answer to these problems but brings on its own set of issues that need to ...

Use of Multidiscipline Solutions to Improve Automotive Noise, Vibration and Harshness

Product Marketing — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:19:44 +0000

Simulation software is being used extensively around the world due to their accuracy and cost-effectiveness. Instead of using different simulation tools for every different type of testing process, engineers can use multidiscipline tools to better improve NVH (noise, vibration, harshness). MD solution tools can be used for many different areas of testing, including: Analysis of ...