Based on MSC Adams, a multi-body dynamics solution, the MSC “Advanced Wind Turbine Modeler” (AdWiMo) simulates turbine behavior using dynamics technology.
New Digimat 6.0 delivers savings for material characterization of composites
e-Xstream engineering, developer of Digimat, a multi-scale material and structure modeling platform, recently announced the release of Digimat 6.0. This latest release brings a series of new features and improvements in composite materials for Short Fiber Reinforced Plastics (SFRP) to Discontinuous Fiber Composites (DFC) and Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites (CFRP). The key highlight of Digimat 6.0…
Collaboration delivers a materials testing service
Simulation and software developer, MSC Software Corp., recently announced that a collaborative effort with fatigue technology supplier HBM-nCode Products, has resulted in a new fatigue materials testing service that delivers stress-life and strain-life data sets as well as more advanced custom testing services. Accurate material properties are a key product design element when durability and…
U.K. Engineering firm pics U.S. FEA software
A developer of multidiscipline simulation software says P/A Engineering, a U.K.-based engineering consulting company, has selected MSC Nastran and Patran to simulate complex composite components for the aerospace industry. P/A Engineering has an extensive background in structural analysis of large aircraft. Working with OEMs, their suppliers and Supplemental Type Certificate holders, P/A Engineering offers a…
Nonlinear FEA reduces time to solutions and more
A recent version of FEA software is said to give engineers a single solver to perform multidisciplinary analyses including linear statics, dynamics, and implicit and explicit nonlinear features to simulate applications that span everyday common to complex. High performance computing productivity and nonlinear improvements in MSC Nastran are the focus of its latest release. Improve…
Simulation software assists with turbine certification and more
A developer of multidiscipline simulation software has announced the new 2012 version of its Advanced Wind Turbine Modeling (AdWiMo) solution. AdWiMo is said to allow the rapid modeling and accurate system simulation of wind turbines. As a plug-in to Adams, the multibody dynamics analysis software from MSC Software, the recent version of AdWiMo supports the new Adams 2012…