MSC Software Corporation

With Marc, Tacchificio Villa Cortese can perform structural analysis of a heel design at the beginning of a project. In this way the company can identify which combination of geometries and materials will deliver the optimal balance between style and functionality without going to the expense of producing unworkable prototypes.

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

Under the pressure of joint venture’s MSRP reduction and increasing brand of local automobile enterprise in China, Changan Automobile proposed a 24-month vehicle development cycle to fit the environment. CAE validation almost covers three quarters of the process in the development cycle, which mean the analysis efficiency becomes an urgent issue for CAE department. Both the management efficiency and operation efficiency needs improvement. After multiple communication with excellent suppliers all over the world, Changan decide to build an automatic simulation platform that accelerate CAE process in both operation flow and management flow. Together, Changan and MSC Software implemented ASP project to reach the goal, and cover five current issues which are analysis efficiency, simplifying working flow, gathering scattered CAE data, task management requirement and staff constant improvement.

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.