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2010

Autodesk Manufacturing Tech Day - Visual Simulation - rendering technology, simulation using MoldFlow Advisor, visualize sink marks, abrupt surface changes, Deelip Menezes, Deelip.com, Apr 10, 2010

Tailspin Analysis with Patran 2010 video or audio - MSC Software's latest release can simulate effects of load applied to plane's fuselage, Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop, Mar 18, 2010

We Have Made Contact video or audio - using glue, linear contacts in NX Nastran while applying force on 2 iron parts, both constrained at their back sides, Mark Burhop, Siemens PLM Software Blog, Feb 10, 2010

2009

Freehand Sketching for FEA - FEAsy accepts freehand sketches as static analysis input, Sundar Murugappan & Karthik Ramani, CADdigest.com, Nov 9, 2009

After Bidding War, MSC.Software Deal Set to Close Tuesday - Symphony Technology Group buys MSC.Software for $372 million, Sarah Tolkoff, Orange County Business Journal, Oct 12, 2009

Catching Up With MSC and Hi-Shear - look into acquisition of MSC Software by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group, more, Steven Davidoff, The Deal Professor, Sep 21, 2009

Where is My Part? I Need Motion Loads - workaround is to dissolve sub assembly in simulation, Ashish Jaiswal, SOLIDNotes, Aug 16, 2009

Adaptive Meshing Increases Confidence - adaptive mesh in electromagnetic simulations helps with finite element and boundary element methods, Tom Judge, Desktop Engineering, Jul 27, 2009

PZFlex is Sophisticated Modeling for Complexity - Paul Reynolds of Weidlinger Associates talks about virtual prototyping software, benefits brought to design cycle, challenges, Jim Romeo, Desktop Engineering, Jul 27, 2009

Simulation is for Everyone - simulation tools helpful in designing greener products, low-cost manufacturing, Ravi Akella of Autodesk, Time Compression, Jul 1, 2009

Meshhh...Control..That Was Easy - applying refined mesh control on two faces of parts, Ashish Jaiswal, SOLID Notes, Jun 25, 2009

Finding the Best Design Fast - optimizing designs using FEA software to improve manufacturing processes, Alex Van der Velden & Jim Soltisz of Simulia, CADdigest.com, May 21, 2009

Amazing Analyses - today FEA runs on desktop computers, integrated with CAD software, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, May 2009

Web-Hosted Engineering Analysis - SaaS portal, DezineForce offers yearly subscription packages for FEA analysis, Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop, May 7, 2009

Hardware Advancements are Changing FEA Software - continuing development of HPC systems, GPUs will bring ROI on CAE software investment, Bob Williams of ALGOR, Desktop Engineering, May 3, 2009

CAD for FEA in the Good Old Days - integration between CAD, CAE developed for easy simulation of CAD models, Jeff Waters, lifeupfront.com, May 4, 2009

Tips for Using Simulation with SolidWorks Weldments and Gussets - understanding degrees of freedom for elements, 'bonding' between beam, plate/shell elements, Chris Schaefer, Solid Notes, Apr 24, 2009

Factor of Safety - Play it Safe - create only one FOS plot for entire assembly, check FOS for displayed parts only, Ashish Jaiswal, Solid Notes, Apr 8, 2009

How to be Successful with Upfront CFD & FEA - link to articles on implementing upfront CAE, Jeff Waters, lifeupfront.com, Apr 4, 2009

RecurDyn Motion Simulation Software Simulates Track Loader - uses recursive formulation, automates modeling process, helps improve product durability, more, Brant Ross of MotionPort, LLC, Desktop Engineering, Mar 4, 2009

Demo of NEi Nastran Finite Element Analysis Software - video shows using NeiWorks inside SolidWorks, Design World, Feb 18, 2009

Shoulder-Fillet Stresses Finesse - FEA of shoulder fillets reveals stress concentrations are not only up to 24% higher than anticipated by industry standard guide, but they are located not where one would expect, Leslie Gordon, CADdigest.com, Jan 8, 2009

How to Model Granular Flow - using powerful hardware with EDEM software for discrete element modeling, simulation, CADdigest.com, Nov 24, 2008

Multiphysics Software Speeds Analysis of Next-Generation Filtration Systems - coupling technologies to achieve goals, additional scenarios, 3D Tips, Jan 9, 2009

FE Update: Simulating Plastics in Drop and Crash Tests - material properties critical, using LS-DYNA, Hubert Lobo, CADdigest.com, Dec 11, 2008

Spend Your Time Engineering, Not on Differential Equations - simulation software based on symbolic computations bears the brunt of the math, Laurent Bernardin of Maplesoft, CADdigest.com, Dec 9, 2008

2008

FE Update: Translation Tools Make CAD Models FEA-Ready - translation software deconstructs CAD files mathematically and reconfigures data to meet computational expectations of FEA program, CADdigest.com, Sep 8, 2008

Expecting Too Much From FEA - discretization error, verification, validation, Paul Dvorak, Machine Design, July 8, 2008

Linear Dynamics for Everyone: Part 3 - extracting real quantitative data to anticipate all manner of mechanical events, , Desktop Engineering, June 1, 2008

Offshore Analysis - FEA software helps design offshore equipments that can harness ocean energy, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, May 2008

Linear Dynamics for Everyone: Part 2 - making dynamically stable structures, George Laird, Desktop Engineering, May 1, 2008

Linear Dynamics for Everyone: Part 1 - fundamentals of dynamic analysis for engineers, George Laird, Desktop Engineering, Apr 1, 2008

Manifesting Multiphysics - FEA modeling serves basis for multiphysics simulation, David Kan of COMSOL Inc., Machine Design, Mar 6, 2008

Improving Bridge Performance With Finite Element Analysis - FEA should help reduce overdesign, which makes bridges more expensive, Martha Walz, R&D Magazine, Jan 2008

FE Update: How to Clean Up Dirty CAD Models - 'shrink-wrapping' tools help analysis software generate high-quality triangulated surface for faster simulation, Stephen Ferguson of CD-adapco, Machine Design, Jan 10, 2008

In-School Analysis - reviewing issues related to introduction of FEA and CFD applications to school students, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, Jan 2008

 

2007

Simulating Stresses in Stents, Tension in Tissue - researchers improving ease of modeling biological parts for CAE, Paul Dvorak, Medical Design, Nov 9, 2007

Today's Criteria for Choosing Design and Analysis Software - consider customer service, training, responsiveness of vendor, value for money invested, Bob Williams of ALGOR, Inc., Desktop Engineering, Nov 2, 2007

Couplings for Multiphysics - Simulia multiphysics program facilitates coupling to solve fluid-structure interaction problems, Subham Sett of Simulia, Machine Design, Oct 11, 2007

Tying Two Forces - FEA and CFD applications combined in single interface help study of fluid-structure interaction, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, May 2007