FEA software cuts development times
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Abaqus product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
May 21, 2008
Abaqus 6.8 provides improved capabilities in modelling and results visualisation, structural analysis, composites failure, general contact, computing performance and multiphysics.
Dassault Systemes has released the Abaqus 6.8 finite element analysis (FEA) software suite from Simulia.
Engineers, designers, researchers and scientists use Abaqus to lower costs and reduce cycle times through the realistic simulation of stress, impact, crush, fluid-structure interaction, thermal dynamics and other complex behaviours of products, materials and processes.
With a focus on solving specific engineering challenges in automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, packaged goods and other industry segments, Abaqus 6.8 provides new and improved capabilities in core areas, including modelling and results visualisation, structural analysis, composites failure, general contact, computing performance and multiphysics.
"Abaqus FEA software provides the robust contact capabilities that we need to study complex loading and structural interactions while designing our large, two-stroke diesel engines", said Per Ronnedal, Senior Manager, R and D New Design, MAN Diesel.
"With the new capabilities in Abaqus 6.8, we have seen memory usage significantly reduced when running linear static analyses with multiple load cases".
"These improvements will allow us to test a number of design alternatives to optimise our diesel engine performance during early product development".
"This latest release of Abaqus Unified FEA software is another milestone in our long history of developing simulation technology that accelerates our customers' evaluation of real-world behaviour of their products and processes", said Steve Crowley, Director of Product Management, Simulia, Dassault Systemes.
"With literally hundreds of new features and customer-requested enhancements, Abaqus 6.8 demonstrates Simulia's commitment to technical excellence, industry-focused solutions and customer satisfaction".
Designers and engineers in all industries are able to leverage Abaqus 6.8 to deepen their knowledge of real-world structural behaviour and accelerate the development of innovative products.
The new version offers improved composites analysis capabilities that enable aerospace engineers to efficiently simulate the behaviour of composite crack propagation, delamination and possible failure.
The software allows automotive engineers to capture full-vehicle noise and vibration response due to tyre rolling effects and viscoelastic material effects from tyres, bushings, isolators and laminated steel.
A low-cycle fatigue method assists electronics engineers in assessing the lifecycle of solder joints.
This method is also useful for evaluating powertrain durability and bone degradation in biomechanical applications.
A new anisotropic hyperelastic material model enables medical device developers to simulate soft tissue interaction with stents and orthopedic implants.
This model can also be used to analyse materials such as reinforced rubber and wood.
A Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) multiphysics capability allows industrial equipment manufacturers to predict loads on earth-moving equipment during soil excavation.
The capability can also be used to predict the behaviour of fluid-filled containers, hydroplaning tyres and bird-strikes on aircraft.
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