High-performance Computing Revs up Simulations like FEA, CFD

Gaining a foothold today in automotive and aerospace simulations, high-performance computing (HPC) offers low-cost high-speed engineering analysis in many industries. HPC, the engineering application of cluster-based computing in complex, non-linear events, is poised to assist the auto industry by accelerating speed to market, decreasing costs and... [Read more]

New Software Solves Engineering Modeling, Simulation Issues

MapleSim, the most advanced solution for physical modeling, together with a collection of new toolboxes, enables fast model development, advanced analysis, and the creation of complex multi-domain models. The new Maplesoft solution suite includes the following new products: MapleSim 3, Maplesoft’s core physical modeling product, has been enhanced... [Read more]

Autodesk Adds to its Simulation Products

A Fatigue Wizard was added to Autodesk’s Algor-based simulation software. It helps you  to predict fatigue-based failure and subject products to cyclic stresses. The software provides step by step guidance through the process of setting up a fatigue analysis. You can choose between stress-and-strain based analysis types, specify material... [Read more]

NEi Software Announces NEi Explicit for Nastran

Westminster, CA — NEi Software announced the addition of an explicit dynamics program to their simulation software suite — NEi Explicit 2010. This code has been used commercially since 2006, but has been enhanced by the lead developer, Dr. Lee Taylor, specifically to meet the needs of NEi’s customers in the aerospace, automotive and... [Read more]

Multiphysics Conferences in Boston and Milan Draw More Than 700

BURLINGTON, MA — More than 700 of the world’s top practitioners of multiphysics simulation recently gathered for the fifth annual COMSOL Conference in October. Complementary events were held in Boston and then Milan, Italy. The next stop for the annual world tour of this conference focused on multiphysics modeling and simulation for engineering... [Read more]

COMSOL to Offer Free Cluster Support with Windows HPC Server

PORTLAND, OR — COMSOL Inc. announces that with the upcoming release of COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.0 for Windows® HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) current users of a COMSOL Multiphysics® floating network license will have free and unlimited access to cluster compute power. The new COMSOL support for cluster computing means that any simulation... [Read more]

COMSOL Releases Beta Edition of Multiphysics Version 4.0

MILAN, ITALY & BURLINGTON, MA — At the Fifth Annual COMSOL Conference held in Milan, COMSOL released to all attendees and media the beta edition of COMSOL Multiphysics 4.0, its market-leading multiphysics modeling and simulation environment. Version 4.0 delivers the COMSOL Desktop™, an all-new user interface that makes it easy for users to... [Read more]

Incorporate Mathematical Services and Content on Web Sites

Latest version of MapleNet, now available from MapleSoft, enables the deployment of live technical knowledge and applications on the web. MapleNet 13 is an easy and convenient tool for sharing live calculations, interactive technical documents, and mathematical services over the Internet. MapleNet 13 makes it easy for programmers and non-programmers... [Read more]

FEA Imaging Sounds Warning about Freeway Bridge

Safety concerns have restricted traffic over the main freeway bridge through downtown Cleveland, near the area where Design World magazine is published.  Now we are finding out that the crisis was revealed by an FEA analysis of a four-sided steel beam on the Inner Belt Bridge over Interstate 90 in downtown Cleveland.  The story was written... [Read more]

FEA, Digital Prototyping Prepare Sno-Cats for Rough Terrain

Tucker Sno-Cat Corp. is the oldest successful manufacturer of motorized snow vehicles in the world. Because Sno-Cats are operated in areas as harsh as the Antarctic, they must be extremely durable and reliable. Using Autodesk Algor Mechanical Simulation software for FEA and MES, Tucker simulates the motion of parts and validates the quality of their... [Read more]