ITW Delfast group
ITW Delfast Improves Fastener Performance 30% by Using Simulation to Evaluate Design Alternatives
Sigmadyne - Temperature Effects on Optical Systems
Seeing is Believing When optical systems become exposed to a non-ideal environment, their optical performance degrades. For example, a lens system which was designed to produce high quality images may produce poor quality images when subjected to the thermal effects of a laser beam. Some of the energy in the beam is absorbed by each lens, causing temperature gradients throughout each lens that deform the lens surfaces. A second effect of the temperature gradients is a change in the indices of refraction, optical material properties that are dependent on temperature. A third and less important effect is that the temperature gradients induce stresses that also change the indices of refraction. These combined effects cause image quality to decline.
TI Automotive - Focus on design simulation
Design simulation, analysis shortens product development schedules When leadership at TI Automotive -- a global supplier of fuel storage and delivery systems for cars and trucks -- evaluated the company's product development process, t discovered repeated design and test cycles. ... A company can improve its ability to get innovative products to market faster many ways. One of the most effective methods has proven to be the use of design simulation technology.
John Deere - Durability Analysis
With the help of MSC Software Professional Services and products such as ADAMS/Durability and FE-Fatigue, John Deere Welland Works completed the design and testing of their new rotary cutter system within two weeks instead of several months. Thanks to the implementation of durability analysis, John Deere could reduce the number of the required physical prototypes and was able to try out several design concepts. As a result, the total development time on one cutter was reduced from four years to two, and John Deere is on track to produce another cutter in one year.
NASA Glenn Research Center - Rotor Dynamics Simulation
NASA Glenn Research Center is using the new Rotor Dynamics capability in MSC Nastran for engine performance analysis. MSC Nastran Rotor Dynamics provides a standard rotor dynamics code, enabling much faster transfer of data and models, and a more streamlined capability for rotor dynamic analysis. With MSC Nastran Rotor Dynamics, NASA Glenn engineers can calculate maneuver loads for microgravity experiments and perform blade-out analysis, ensuring that the physical test is passed the first time, saving millions of dollars.
Better LEGO's with MSC Nastran and Marc
The LEGO group used MSC Software products in the development of plastic parts to identify problem areas. Different safety tests could be simulated with MSC Nastran and Marc, such as a compression test with Marc nonlinear analysis, or drop tests including linear stress analysis with MSC Nastran. LEGO Group has reduced overall cycle time from concept to finished part, and achieved significant savings in materials.
Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation has benefitted from the implementation of the MSC.Software product portfolio on a centralized server using the MSC.MasterKey licensing system. Integrating the software across all Bombardier sites enables collaboration both within and between divisions, thus increasing the ability to share technology and methods. Using MSC.Software tools to perform analysis early in the process to make sure that designs fulfill the requirements, Bombardier can eliminate a significant amount of physical testing and the number of physical prototypes, thus saving time and reducing costs.
Fimtextile - Complex Kinematic Simulation in the Textile Industry
Fimtextile used MSC ADAMS and MSC Nastran to analyze new machines and to optimize the dynamics of existing ones. They could simulate the performance and function of the shedding motions before building a prototype and therefore reduce the number of physical prototypes required to verify the design. By using MSC Software Virtual Product Development tools for analysis and simulation very early in the conceptual design process, Fimtextile could optimize its products and design methodology to reduce design and development time and consequently reduce time-to-market.
Pilatus Aircraft
Pilatus Aircraft used MSC.Software Virtual Product Development (VPD) tools to improve their development process in order to satisfy increasing customer requirements and stringent statutory regulations. For the development of the new turboprop training aircraft PC-21, Pilatus employed MSC.Nastran for analyzing components with respect to structural mechanics and dynamics, while MSC.ADAMS was used for design control kinematics. Thanks to the use of MSC.Software VPD tools and techniques, Pilatus realized time and cost savings, resulting in shorter time-to-market and the minimization of technical risk.
HBW/Netherlands- Nonlinear simulation of inflatable dam structure
The design/build engineering company Hollandsche Beton-en Waterbouw bv (HBW) investigated and validated the concept of a new, very large, inflatable dam with the help of MSC Software Professional Services and products such as MSC Marc. Using MSC Marc nonlinear simulation software, HBW could understand the dam's performance and the inflation/deflation procedure, as well as ensure that stresses were within the specified margin of safety. Thanks to the implementation of VPD tools, HBW realized design improvements in the inflatable dam's flexible structure and completed the design. When a heavy storm hit the Netherlands in 2002, HBW's dam automatically deployed within one hour as predicted by MSC Software tools.
Newman Haas Racing
Newman/Haas Racing uses the ADAMS/Motorsport toolkit and ADAMS/Insight for vehicle system modeling and design of experiments (DOE) to optimize the setup trade-offs required to deliver a more competitive car. The methods provided by MSC Software have produced a more intuitive understanding of the model and significant gains in runtime, and helped Newman/Haas Racing discover opportunities to further improve efficiency and output. Using test chassis set-up options in a virtual environment, Newman/Haas Racing can take best advantage of limited on-track practice and testing time.
Germanischer Lloyd - Pattern-based semi-automatic modeling of ship structures
The German classification society Germanischer Lloyd is using MSC Patran as the foundation for their industry-specific solution GL/ShipModel. Through customization based on the MSC Patran pre-processor, GL/ShipModel enables pattern-based semi-automatic modeling of ship structures while taking into account specific shipbuilding modeling needs. Tailored to the shipbuilding engineering process flow, the program's functionality is saving time-up to 30%-and cost, and increasing quality. VPD tools from MSC Software are helping Germanischer Lloyd meet safety requirements, and tight schedules while maintaining acceptable profit margins.
Matrix Applied Computing - Designing Racing Yachts using MSC Laminate Modeler
The New Zealand company Matrix Applied Computing has successfully used Patran Laminate Modeler to generate flat patterns for strips of material quickly and effectively from a CAD model of a racing yacht. For racing yachts where stiffness and mass are of paramount importance, the draping simulation provides accurate material directions and hence more reliable stiffness optimization. The use of MSC Laminate Modeler is now an integral part of the company's design offerings.
Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky, a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced helicopters, reduces design bottlenecks by using MSC Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (Solution 600) for contact analysis. Integrating the solvers of MSC Nastran and Marc, MSC Nastran Implicit Nonlinear is speeding up the nonlinear analysis process by enabling engineers to skip the creation of a separate model in Marc Mentat. The MSC Nastran Implicit Nonlinear capabilities allow users such as Sikorsky to do contact analysis and get an accurate estimate of the true buckling strength of a structure -without any training in Marc.
Guardian Automotive - Simulation of Automotive Glass Components
Guardian Automotive uses Marc and MSC Software Professional Services in the development of glass products such as windows for the automotive industry. Simulation with MSC Software products enabled Guardian to try different temperature situations without interrupting the actual production process and to predict the behavior of the various materials both in different production stages and in their final use mounted in cars. The validated Marc simulations showed Guardian what the layout of the window should look like, and enabled them to demonstrate to their customers whether a certain heating system was suitable. As a result, Guardian benefited from increased efficiency and significant time savings.
