Company:DEMA Products:MSC Nastran Industries:Aerospace | Overview: Design Manufacturing SpA (DEMA) is a major tier-one aerospace supplier to Bombardier, Alenia Aermacchi, AgustaWestland and other leading aerospace original equipment manufacturers. The company recently faced a challenge with an aluminum acoustic barrier which is part of a jet engine nacelle. DEMA performed finite element analysis (FEA) with the MSC Nastran implicit nonlinear solver which identified two problems in the initial design. These included a stress concentration around a radius and excess material beyond the dimensions of the finished part which would have required an expensive secondary operation. Challenge:
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