nonlinear – Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty

Manufacturing Simulation Reduces Development Costs and Time in Cold Forming Tool Design

Product Marketing — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:38:40 +0000

Omni-Lite Industries is an advanced material company. They recently designed a new part that was exhibiting a unique material flow. The part was cold formed out of 1100 aluminum material.

The initial tool design was completed and reviewed using the Simufact.forming simulation. Upon initial review, everything seemed to be acceptable, with the exception of the volume of material in the flange of the part. The second station trap extrusion die radius was then reduced in order to accommodate the material volume requirements.

Accurately Predicting the Behavior of Pneumatic Tires

Product Marketing — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:00:31 +0000

When developing the sub-systems of a vehicle, compromises have to be made among several contrasting objectives. On one hand, one wants to set all sub-systems - such as suspensions - so that they allow efficient and safe handling of the vehicle. On the other hand, comfort cannot be sacrificed too much. Being the support of the vehicle and providing forces necessary to control it, pneumatic tires are one of the most important components. However, it is very challenging to model them due to both their complicated composition and the materials used in their manufacturing process. On top of that, the modeling is done by suppliers and an in depth understanding of the interaction with the vehicle must be attained.

Simulating the Manufacturing Process

Product Marketing — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:09:04 +0000

Improve your FEA of composites Question: How do you accurately simulate manufacturing processes? Answer: You use Marc, the advanced nonlinear simulation solution. When Setforge Engineering set upon simulating the electro-upsetting process used to make very long sectional parts, Nicolas Behr, Chief Project Engineer, had this to say about Marc: We now know that we can ...

Nonlinear Analysis – Simulation of Under Water Explosion

Product Marketing — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:08:36 +0000

Question: How do you analyze a structure subjected to under water loading? Answer:You use explicit nonlinear analysis and simulate the event as detailed in this paper Simulation of Under Water Explosion using Dytran. The paper was orginally authored by Peiran Ding and Arjaan Bujik. I’ve included the abstract below. Abstract This paper describes the numerical ...

Aerospace Supplier DEMA Drives Costs Down with MSC Nastran Nonlinear

Product Marketing — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:42:22 +0000

Design Manufacturing SpA (DEMA) is a tier-one aerospace supplier based in Naples, Italy, and produces a wide range of aerostructures including aircraft fuselage sections, floor panels, cockpits, tailcones, fan cowls, ramps, cargo doors, slide boxes, horizaontal stabilizers, helicopters fuselage and helicopter tails booms. DEMA recently used the nonlinear capabilities in MSC Nastran to gain ...

2 Free Composites Technology Days with MSC Nastran

Product Marketing — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:13:04 +0000

Can MSC Nastran beter allow you to design your advanced composite material designs? To help you answer this question, MSC Software be hosting 2 Free Composites Technology days with MSC Nastran, and you are invited to attend. Topics that will be covered include: First Ply Failure Delmaniation Residual strength Crack assessment Optimize composite materials for ...

Optimizing Unmanned Aircraft Performance

Product Marketing — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:17:19 +0000

The Global Observer is an unmanned aircraft with the wingspan of a Boeing 767 but less than 10% of the weight designed to provide communications and sensing for flights lasting up to one week at up to 65,000 feet. With a maximum wing loading of only 3.5 pounds per square feet, the wingtip deflects greater ...