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Multidiscipline Solutions to Enable Seamless Interaction between Models

In most cases, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) is performed within a single functional team or engineering stream. However, the performance and safety of products is determined by the interaction of various physical concepts. While Multiphysics FEA allows some of these interactions, mathematical analysis of these models is challenging since different control system models ar based on different numerical grounds.

The Multidiscipline CAE platform from MSC software addresses this by allowing data sharing from any mathematical regime, thereby enabling model analysis based on various applications.

Multidiscipline CAE allows engineering professionals to integrate FEA models, controls, multibody dynamics, finite difference, closed form equations. It also enables co-simulation among various engineering disciplines.

Engineers can perform coupling of physical concepts such as motion-structures, thermal mechanical, systems and controls, multi-physics, fluid-structure interaction (FSI), composites failure chaining, and more, in an interactive environment.

One of the key features of Multiphysics CAE is the powerful solver foundation that empowers engineers to resolve complex problems pertaining to engineering physics.

Multidiscipline Solutions

Motion/Structural Couple Analysis

This multi-flexible software solution is a combination of multibody dynamics and FEA that provides a powerful and simple model containing finite element components. It offers great efficiency since it is created by integrating two of MSC’s most efficient core solvers, Adams and MSC Nastran, on a common platform.

Systems & Controls

Understanding the interactions between various components of a product is crucial for great design. For example, during aircraft design, the interaction between automobile suspension and the aircraft landing gear or fork-lift needs to be studied closely.

MSC software Adams/Mechatronics enables engineers to include control systems into their models by linking an external system library. This integration of models and control systems simplifies vehicle controller interaction.

Thermal/Mechanical Coupled Analysis

The magnitude of thermal variations and structural changes affect the quality of products. For instance, when brakes are applied, the friction between them generates heat in and around the disc structure, which leads to temperature variations and noise.

The multidiscipline thermal/mechanical solution from MSC Software provide engineers a single-interface platform that enables interaction of structural mechanics and thermal components.

Fluid/Structure Interaction

Predict accurate structural behaviour by taking into account the impact of fluid pressure on the structure using MSC Software Fluid/Structure multidiscipline solutions. Generally, structure models are designed using the Lagrangian scheme, and fluids are solved using the Eulerian scheme. These dual schemes are necessitated by the behavioural differences between structures and fluids.

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