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Simulation, modelling and validation software
News Release from: LMS International
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 September 2002
Redstone Arsenal selects LMS
LMS International has been selected by the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, to provide integrated test systems and simulation software.
LMS International has been selected by the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, to provide integrated test systems and simulation software to accelerate the development of optimal next generation defence equipment Just like civilian manufacturers worldwide, the US military is constantly under pressure to do more with less; to develop more advanced, high-performance weapons systems in less time with fewer resources
The Redstone Arsenal is responsible for developing missile systems to be mounted on both ground vehicles and helicopters for US Army applications.
The in-service dynamics of these systems is complex and often requires extensive testing which ties up expensive vehicles, and their crews, which could be deployed elsewhere.
For years, US Army engineers have relied on the LMS multibody simulation product, LMS DADS, to model defence systems, and have used the test data from vehicles in active service to verify their designs.
Now they are extending both their simulation and test capabilities in order to free up those vehicles.
Redstone has purchased an additional 128 channel LMS CADA-X test system for faster, more accurate measurements as well as LMS Virtual.Lab, a revolutionary new software environment, developed specifically to enable test results to be used to guide simulation and improve the correlation between predicted and tested results.
LMS test-based virtual prototyping enables accurate modelling of the structural, noise, vibration, durability and motion performance of both the defence systems and their vehicles as well as fully supporting the type of integrated testing, design and rapid performance prediction that the US Army requires.
To further accelerate their development process, Redstone will integrate its existing programs and data under LMS Optimus.
Formerly, the various software codes used to the characterise defence systems operated separately to simulate structural response, aerodynamics, fuel consumption etc.
Now Optimus will be used to gather these separate parts together and allow Redstone to run a single, optimised process.
LMS Optimus will save the time and effort associated with data duplication, as well as eliminate the risks involved in model and data transfers.
In addition, it automates the selection of the most advantageous options resulting from analyses.
The Arsenal will use the full versatility of Optimus; the departments responsible for new innovations will use it for design space exploration, and those responsible for detailed design - running rigidly accurate and unchanging routines with no margin for error - will use Optimus to capture, optimise and automate their process.
The US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center expansion with LMS test systems, LMS Virtual.Lab and LMS Optimus takes maximum advantage of earlier investments and will enable further system consolidation as designs improve and the defence system product development process is shortened. Request free introductory details about products from LMS International ...
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