MSC Software Corporation

MSC Software offers a complete Composites Simulation Solution at all levels of the validation pyramid, whether it be the material level, the joint elemental level, or the subcomponent level.

Before using MSC Apex, the process of midsurfacing and model creation could take 2 to 3 weeks starting from a 2D sketch. With Apex, we have the full finite element model in less than a week working straight from the 3D CAD, without having to create 2D sketches first. This was possible through scripting and customization that we could develop together with the MSC support team to match our specific needs.

SimManager's web-based functions ensure that simulation processes are repeatable thanks to the consistent management of all data and models. They also increase productivity through process automation and a reduction in the need for manual operations.

With Adams Car, students were able to simulate a trailer model for different driving cases as well as road conditions such as potholes to better understand and analyze fatigue cracking occurring in heavy-duty trailers.

Using MSC Apex's "Geometry from Mesh" toolset, DOCAN engineers were able to use the existing FE model instead of starting over completely from scratch.

Utilizing generative design computing to drive future computing power by ensuring high quality and high performance manufacturing

Product design can be purely functional or primarily meet aesthetic criteria. Combining both these approaches, can result in highly functional and yet visually appealing designs.

MSC Apex Generative design and Simufact enable Objectify Technologies to validate the efficient additive manufacturability at the early design stage.

Actran enabled students to study and visualize noise patterns for different natural acoustic board materials and different dimensions, to find the optimum design for equipment enclosure

Using Adams Car, the engineering team at Smedley’s Engineers could precisely determine the manoeuvrability of a heavyweight vehicle.

The British Government challenged the Aerospace & Defence Industry to rapidly develop a modern version of the “iron lung” and develop respiratory ventilators that can help save lives around the world. Marshall Aerospace & Defence Group, located in Cambridge, UK, responded to the challenge and led a taskforce to do exactly that.

Due to the rapid nature of development that was needed, time was not on their side. Marshall’s engineers needed to design, analyze, and manufacture all on almostparallel paths, so that a prototype could be delivered as quickly as possible. As such, the design was rapidly changing, sometimes changing daily, and the engineering simulation team needed to keep up with this rapid pace of development. MSC Apex was able to step up to the challenge and deliver rapid analysis results for Marshall’s engineers, allowing them to develop reliable and safe ventilators and deliver them quickly to save lives.

The simulation using Actran helped to identify weak regions for the hybrid tub and make necessary design modifications to accomplish an equivalent base tire tub.

The Dura Team addressed the issue by carrying out Acoustics simulation using Actran. The team used an open-source Toyota Yaris Trimmed Body FE model to carry out the test.

3D printing has a high potential with its production flexibility and geometry freedom. Yet, it is difficult to be competitive with traditional manufacturing technologies. More economic designs can be created by optimisation but until now this has been a complex process. MSC Apex Generative Design is here to change that.

When designing automobiles, the automotive seal has an important function to play. It seals the interior of the vehicle from the environment. Therefore, it not only needs to be functional, but there needs to some cohesion with the body design of the vehicle. Poor door seal system design can cause water leakage, wind noise, hard opening or closing of doors, and other issues that impair customer satisfaction. Moreover, improper design of the seal can make it difficult to install on the body panel. Therefore, the design rationality and manufacturing process are important for the functionality and performance of the sealing system.

However, the door sealing system comes with several design and manufacturing variables. It is difficult to precisely confirm the individual quantitative effect on the functionalities of these variables at early design stages. Therefore, computer-based simulation of the door sealing system is more practical since it is cost and time-efficient and also helps isolate critical factors.

Digital simulation of rubber sealing is both a complex and scalable problem. This is due to the unique properties of rubber, which is highly nonlinear and nearly incompressible. Besides, sealing simulation also needs to capture contact (self-contact) and geometric non-linearity.

The existing solver was proving to be ineffective since there were several challenges and convergence difficulties.