Simulation of progressive damage:

Local limits of strength in the aluminium profile are reached with increasing deformations. The dynamic simulation checks continuously on several failure criteria and eliminates overloaded areas. Insights into the failure progress of the structure are won.

Contact:

These falling cubes demonstrate a dynamic simulation with contact between one another. Simulation of complex assemblies with a lot of contacting parts is state-of-the-art simulation technology in static analyses, too.

Visualisation technology:

Progressive possibilities of postprocessing allow for intuitively comprehensible presentations of loaded regions.

Natural frequencies:

Natural frequencies are the base for dynamic analyses using modal superposition procedures. These are used for linear or mildly nonlinear systems because they are less expensive than direct-integration dynamic procedures.

Heat transfer:

Heat transfer simulations analyse the time-dependent temperature field and involve conduction, forced convection and boundary radiation. Where necessary, the thermal solution is sequentially or fully coupled with the mechanical solution of the structure (thermal stresses).