University of Texas at El Paso uses MSC software to recruit students into their engineering programUnder the guidance of Professor Louis Everett, senior engineering students Keith Griffin, Jonathon Bice, and Timothy Min at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) simulated a radial engine with Adams. They created their virtual radial engine as a way to recruit students to the UTEP engineering program. They were convinced that the dynamic simulations performed and visualized using Adams would allow students to more fully experience the process by which engineers bring ideas to life through design, simulation, and production.
These talented young engineers originally constructed and assembled the numerous parts of the radial engine system using the NX3 CAD package. They then imported the geometries, positions, and inertia properties of those parts into Adams to see how the system would actually move. The simulation took approximately two weeks to first model in CAD and then simulate in Adams. The Adams software allowed the UTEP students to simulate a complex dynamic operating environment and eliminate time-consuming analyses. After viewing the simulation and analyzing the output data, they were able to modify the radial engine as needed to optimize the design.
When they completed their successful Adams simulation of their radial engine, the students documented their work in a straightforward tutorial. The tutorial instructions (.doc) file, the Adams binary (.bin) file, and a zip file containing the NX3 part (.prt) files are available for download using the links below. Last but not least, they submitted their work as an entry into the MSC University Simulation Contest and are waiting to hear if they win 1st prize!
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