Structural Analysis
Linear and non-linear structural analyzes do not predict failures due to fatigue. They calculate the response of a design subjected to a given environment of constraints and loads. If the analysis assumptions are observed and the calculated voltages are within allowable limits, the safety of the environment will be confirmed no matter how many times the load is applied.
The results of static, dynamic, linear or non-linear analysis can be used as a basis for defining a fatigue study. The number of cycles required for fatigue failure to occur depends on material and stress fluctuations.
Most mechanical components are subjected to cyclic loading and subject to fatigue failure. Several studies on this issue were carried out to identify the percentage of mechanical failures that are caused by this phenomenon, and it can be said that this number is 50 to 90% of all mechanical failures.
Tools focused on analysis are capable of predicting, virtually, without the need for physical prototypes, the behavior of structures and components, showing areas with excessive deformations and mechanical stresses, allowing the experimentation of design changes with low cost and unparalleled speed.
Project Cost Reduction
More Quality
Predictive Engineering
When developing new products and solutions, staying ahead is essential. Numerical simulation tools, such as structural analysis, allow testing multiple design variations in reduced time.
This has a direct impact on the “ Time to Market ” of new products, reducing the number of prototypes required for project validation and allowing for increased productivity of development teams.
The use of a structural analysis tool increases the reliability of the project, allowing it to become leaner. In this way, you can maintain project safety by reducing your raw material, production and product guarantee costs.
In the event of a product structural failure, the use of structural analysis tools increases the engineering team's ability to understand the incident. In this way, higher quality decisions can be taken, based on the study of borderline cases and on the assessment of what may have caused the problem. This understanding generates the “know-why” of the problem, preventing future projects from having the same vices.
Simcenter NASTRAN
CAE tool for structural, thermal and vibration analysis integrated into the engineering CAD environment.
Pre and Post-processing tool specialized in treating meshes and geometries for structural analysis.
SIMCENTER 3D: it has the advantage of being a multi-CAD tool, allowing to read with total precision software files of the main CAD's of the market, from this opening and understanding the context of analysis of the product, it is possible to load the model and the analysis. Solvers based on NX NASTRAN in SIMCENTER 3D allow within the same interface to have different physics integrated to the same model.
Simcenter Nastran is one of the most recognized technologies in the field of finite element simulation (FEM) for its processing power, reliability and scalability. includes powerful solutions for linear and nonlinear analysis, dynamic response, acoustics, rotor dynamics, aeroelasticity, thermal analysis, and optimization. The advantage of having all these solutions available in an interface where the input and output file formats are the same for all types of solutions, simplifying the modeling processes.