MSC Software Corporation, a global technology company helping product manufacturers advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services, recently announced the new release of MSC Nastran 2014 and Patran 2014. MSC Nastran 2014 delivers significant enhancements to its groundbreaking solver embedded fatigue functionality as well as performance improvements and ease of use. Patran 2014…
Wider use of simulation can take wind turbine design in new directions
Marco Veltri, Senior Technical Consultant, MSC Software, www.mscsoftware.com Wind turbine designs must comply with exacting standards, such as International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) load requirements, before they can go into production. Manufacturers must perform extensive load measurements on prototype turbines to validate design performance under different load conditions. This long and expensive process is a significant…
Danish engineers use MSC Software’s Adams to keep offshore wind farm on schedule
Chris Baker, Adams Product Manager at MSC Software Any wind-power project is an engineering challenge, but offshore projects present the additional challenge of a hostile environment. Designing pylons and turbines that can withstand the marine environment is the first challenge. Building those designs on the open sea is the second, and perhaps more daunting challenge.…