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Mechanisms Analysis & Forming, Modal Analysis, and Gauge Optimization of Sheet Metal Parts
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Andy Fox from Kettering University. This presentation focuses on the educational uses of HyperWorks. Tutorials have been developed that demonstrate how to perform the types of analysis that follow: Mechanism Analysis, Forming Analysis, Modal Analysis, Strain Energy Density and Gauge Optimization.
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FTSS RADIOSS Dummies
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Dr Wei Li from FTSS. FTSS, in collaboration with the Altair, has developed an express H350 dummy model. The developed model generates 50% - 80% saving in the CPU time in variety of full dummy simulation scenarios and produces injury predictions of comparative quality. This presentation reviews the details of the dummy model development and illustrates a performance evaluation of the dummy model.
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Multi Body Dynamics Simulation and Test Correlation of a Glove Box Mechanism using Motion Solve
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Arun Chickmenahalli from International Automotive Components Group. This presentation describes how IAC with the use of multi-body dynamic (MBD) simulations using MotionSolve software has made it possible to study the system and assess feasibility. At IAC, MotionSolve has been implemented and incorporated into the product development cycle to enhance the design efficiency, reduce cost and lead time.
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Radiator Test-Rig Multi-body Simulation - A Benchmark Study
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Girish Mantri from Modine. Modine has been working with Altair Engineering to evaluate Altair Multi-Body Dynamics suite. A Flexible Multi-Body Simulation of a Radiator single axis test rig is carried out to identify the von-mises stresses at critical parts in the assembly. The forces coming onto the connectors (bushings) and the stresses are compared between 2 solvers to check consistency in results. In this presentation, Modine discusses the overall efforts and result correlation between Altair MotionSolve and ADAMS solver.
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Migration ADAMS - HyperWorks
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Magnus Olofsson from NAVISTAR. NAVISTAR has been working with Altair Engineering to evaluate HyperWorks as an alternative to ADAMS/Car. NAVISTAR has been evaluating the HyperWorks user interface as well as the performance of Altair MotionSolve. NAVISTAR has been benchmarking Altair MotionSolve against ADAMS/Car on several key attributes such as Accuracy, Functionality/Compatibility, Robustness and Performance. In this presentation, NAVISTAR talks about the migration effort and some of the benchmark results.
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Innovative Approach Bringing HPC To U.S. Manufacturing
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by John Riley from National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. The objective of this presentation is to explore and present potential hardware and software agnostic methods to affordably deliver high performance modeling and simulation tools and expertise to an entirely untouched market.
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The University of Michigan Solar Car Team
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Steve Durbin, Rachel Kramer, and Santosh Kumar from the University of Michigan Solar Car Team. Throughout these two decades, over one thousand students from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds have taken part in an unparalleled engineering and business endeavor through participating in the University of Michigan Solar Car team. In this presentation the solar car team describes its history, composition and strategy of designing a world champion solar car.
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COUSTYX Fast Multipole Acoustics
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Rajendra Gunda from ANSOL. Traditional Boundary Element Methods (BEM) for acoustic analysis have difficulty with large models and are thus limited to analysis of small bodies at low frequencies. Integration of the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) with BEM formulations in Coustyx results in vastly superior performance. In this presentation as a HyperWorks Alliance Partner, several automotive applications will highlight the computational speed and accuracy of Coustyx predictions.
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Risk Analysis of Tubing Design: Integrating DOE and Stochastic Study into Design Optimization
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Guijun Deng from Baker Hughes. In this presentation, a new design approach is presented: risk analysis of tubing design through integrating design of experiment (DOE) and stochastic study into design optimization. Application of the new approach using Altair HyperStudy will be illustrated by a design example involving a tubing design for a high pressure/ high temperature well, where both material properties and geometry are treated as randomized design variables. This process avoids over-conservative design and, therefore, excessive cost.
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Nonlinear Gap Analysis Using RADIOSS
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Amandeep Singh from Bombardier Transportation. In this paper, the contact analysis using RADIOSS CGAP is presented, and a methodology is presented to use CGAP in linear analysis using results from non-linear analysis. The RADIOSS CGAP element is efficient in simulating contact offering fast convergence, default setting of many parameters and robust analysis.
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New High Performance Stiff and Deformable Digital Roads of FTire
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Gerald Hofmann from Cosin. Providing high-end simulation software for tire and vehicle dynamics and road modeling, Cosin’s key product FTire has established its position as the leading tire model for vehicle comfort and NVH analysis over the last years. As a HyperWorks Alliance Partner, this presentation discusses the full range support for tire data measurement, parameter identification and road surface measurement demonstrated by Cosin.
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Customization of nCode DesignLife to model fatigue of engineered polymers
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Jeffrey Mentley from nCode. In this work we show how the Python-based customization capability in nCode DesignLife can be used to predict the life of components made from engineered polymers (plastic matrix with short fibers). This presentation illustrates how Python can be used to deploy new or proprietary fatigue analysis methods within an organization.
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MAHLE's Switch to HyperWorks
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Scott Janowiak from Mahle. Recently in the auto industry, there has been a high demand for smaller, lighter, and more efficient engines. The piston and connecting rod have a major impact on the performance of an engine; therefore optimizing these parts is essential. With the help of HyperMesh, advantages for meshing were noticed immediately. HyperMesh allowed Mahle to increase the mesh quality by using tools which helped increase mesh speed and efficiency.
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Automotive Aeroacoustics Applications using CFD++ and CAA++
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Dr Paul Batten from Metacomp. The ultimate use of any simulation tool or set of tools is to improve design by minimizing cost, maximizing reliability and optimizing parameters. CFD++ (for fluid flow) integrated with the CAA++ acoustics software can provide an environment for accurate aero acoustic simulations for automotive at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods such as large-eddy simulation. This presentation delivers a brief overview of Metacomp's simulation software components available under the Altair Partner Program and describes how they can be used in conjunction with existing Altair products.
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True 3D Molding Simulation Streamlines the Plastic Part Design and Manufacturing
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Dr David Hsu from Moldex3D by CoreTech System. This presentation covers how Moldex3D with its innovative parallelized High Performance Computing technology makes the 3D molding simulation cheaper, faster and readily available. An industrial printer plastic part is demonstrated through the determination of multiple gates design in the product development phase. Integrating Moldex3D with HyperWorks proves to be a highly cost effective tool to help part and mold designers to collaborate seamlessly and efficiently in the highly competitive global manufacturing industry.
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HyperWorks Based Simulation Automation - Improving Efficiency and Quality
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Raju Vuppala from Motorola Mobile Devices. Altair HyperWorks tools have been used successfully to develop custom modules for automating the parts of the process for performing system as well as component simulations. Using these tools we achieved anywhere from 10X to 30X reduction in cycle time for various steps in the simulation process. This presentation gives an overall picture of the tools developed and results achieved.
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Constellation
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by John Baker from NASA Engineering & Safety Center. This brief will describe the systems within the Constellation Program that are designed to be used and the challenges of space flight. The Constellation Program recently completed their Program Preliminary Design Review and is continuing to design, build and test systems to further human exploration of space.
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Innovation in Manufacturing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness in the 21st Century
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Rick Jarman from National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. This presentation summarizes tomorrow's manufacturing making use of innovative new solutions to reinvent the very concept of how things are made, and how organizations compete in today's society.
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Teaching Computational Methods for Engineering Design Using HyperWorks
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Professor Wei Chen from Northwestern University. This presentation covers teaching computational methods for engineering design using HyperWorks.
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Engineering Trade-off between Performance Enhancement and Weight Reduction For Gear Housing Using Mathematical Optimization
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Bruce Hansen from Sikorsky. The rotorcraft industry today faces a growing challenge of finding the right trade-offs between weight/cost savings and performance enhancement. In order to meet this challenge, designers and analysts are increasingly applying innovative mathematical structural optimization techniques for designing different categories of rotorcraft components and systems. This presentation will show how real-life trade-off challenges were navigated with assistance from optimization methods available in OptiStruct.
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Introduction of Structural Optimization Methods to Undergraduate Students
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Umer Khan from the University of Toronto. This presentation covers instructional material on structural optimization.
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Chassis structure optimization for improvement of roll rate characteristics of a heavy truck
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Greg Kiselis from Volvo Truck. Bending and twisting of the chassis structure of a heavy truck can degrade the roll performance of the vehicle as a whole. Various suspension types can load the chassis structure in different manners thus effecting the contribution of chassis stiffness to the overall roll characteristics of the vehicle. In this presentation you will see how a study was performed with MotionView, MotionSolve and HyperStudy to understand the effects of key variables of the chassis structure as affected by different suspension types.
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Engineering Better Models for Neurotrauma
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Dr. King Yang from Wayne State University. This presentation covers methods for better engineering of models for neurotrauma.
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RADIOSS – MADYMO Coupling For Various Impact Applications
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Mutaz Shkoukani from TASS Americas. The automotive and aviation industry is in need for simulation tools that allow them to analyze structural and occupant performance concurrently with increased predictability in occupant injuries. By harmonizing RADIOSS and MADYMO, both codes in a single simulation offers the best of both worlds. Traditional RADIOSS-MADYMO coupling model was generated and validated to the crash test. Occupant response data from HIII Q MADYMO model was compared to the test data. Acceptable level of correlation was achieved.
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Composites Material Properties
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Roger Assaker from eXstream. This presentation highlights Multi-Scale Modeling of Reinforced Plastic Parts with Digimat to RADIOSS.
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Ergonomics & Beyond Using RAMSIS
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Andre Lubke from Human Solutions. As a HyperWorks Alliance Partner, Human Solutions explains how their software tool “RAMSIS” creates realistic images of human body measurements, postures and movement sequences. This CAD/CAE tool enables vehicle designers to create safer and more comfortable vehicle interiors, while at the same time keeping costs and time frames down to a minimum.
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CFD Automation with AcuConsole and AcuSolve
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Ravi Lanka from Acusim. While showcasing the key features of AcuSolve and AcuConsole, the presentation will focus on AcuConsole’s automation capabilities with industrial applications. The automation procedure is a perfect option for the users to perform design optimization using HyperStudy.
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HyperMesh and HyperView customization for thermal analysis of engine systems
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Emil Chouinard from GE Aviation. GE Aircraft Engines has many NPI (new product initiative) programs that rely on accurate and timely thermal analysis, as temperatures are critical to accurate estimates of hardware life. HyperMesh and HyperView have been customized as the pre and post processing tools, respectively, for thermal analysis of engine systems. The single database with relational data management greatly reduces modeling errors and results in Engineers being able to focus on the physics of the problem instead of data management.
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Increasing the Customer Value of Structural Designs Using HyperStudy and Topology Optimization While Considering Manufacturing Constraints
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Steve Reagan from L&L Products. In the demanding environment seen in today's markets, continual innovations driving increasing levels of customer value are key. The use of topology optimization with the inclusion of manufacturing constraints was critical to the achievement seen in this project and was made possible through the close product/process integration available through the HyperWorks tool suite. In this presentation, Dr. Reagan shows how HPC, RADIOSS, HyperStudy, and OptiStruct were employed to drive material cost down while maintaining product performance.
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Oracle and the Simulation Lifecycle
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by John Teszler from Oracle. The combination of Oracle + Sun opens new opportunities to help Altair users get more from their technical computing investments. Oracle will provide a brief overview of their simulation lifecycle architecture. Oracle. Hardware. Software. Complete.
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