Virtual Crash Test Dummies: A Data Management Test

Using its SLM tool to automate and manage huge data sources, SIMULIA accelerates the qualification process for its Abaqus FEA crash test dummy models from weeks to days.

Physical crash dummies may have dozens of sensors and other sophisticated mechanical parts, but their digital brethren can be just as complicated. With more than 100,000 elements and dozens of validation tests to manage, companies delivering the complex FEA simulation models that lie at the heart of the virtual crash test dummies are starting to leverage a new type of software platform to facilitate the process.

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R&DE picks Abaqus FEA software for composites work

Dassault Systèmes (DS, Paris, France and Providence, R.I., USA) announced that Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) (R&DE (E), Pune, India) has selected Abaqus Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software from SIMULIA to meet its virtual testing requirements. R&DE (E) is an engineering group working with metal and composite materials to drive innovation in structural and mechanical systems through research, collaboration, and the use of state of the art technology.

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Dassault Systemes Launches Release 20 of V5 PLM Platform

Customers Benefit from Enhanced Collaboration and Openness, Realistic Simulation and Composites Design Featured

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Dassault Systemes Announces New Release of Abaqus FEA from SIMULIA

Lower Development Costs and Accelerate Innovation Through Improved Realistic Simulation Capabilities

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Dassault Systemes Announces New Release of Abaqus FEA from SIMULIA

Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the availability of Abaqus 6.9, its technology-leading unified finite element analysis (FEA) product suite from SIMULIA.
Abaqus is used by designers, engineers, and researchers in a broad range of industries, including electronics, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, automotive, energy, and life sciences to evaluate real-world behavior of materials, products, and manufacturing processes. This release delivers key new capabilities for fracture and failure, high-performance computing, and noise and vibration. In addition, SIMULIA is continuing to enrich the product suite with capabilities for modeling, meshing, contact, materials, and multiphysics.

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Dassault Systemes Announces New Composite Crush Simulation Technology

Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions,  announced the availability of CZone for Abaqus, from the DS SIMULIA brand, for simulating crushing of composite materials.

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Over 80% of 2009 Vehicles Debuting at Detroit Auto Show Designed in CATIA

Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent of the 24 introductory and concept vehicles making their world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) taking place at Cobo Hall in Detroit, January 11-25. Additionally, CATIA was utilized in the design of all NAIAS 2009 North American Car of the Year and 2009 North American Truck of the Year finalists.

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Abaqus Enables Full-Body N&V Simulation

Not surprisingly, competitive pressures in the automotive industry are leading to increased demand for rapid assessment of noise and vibration levels in the early product design stages. Recent developments in large model Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software are making such tasks easier, faster, and more accurate than ever.

Over the years, automotive manufacturers have used increasingly sophisticated Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) tools to improve the design and evaluation process of new vehicle models while minimizing physical prototype testing. Particularly in the case of N&V, more detailed modeling of a complete car body is desired because it allows adjustment of a wide range of factors that can affect customer comfort — and how well a new car may sell.

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Dassault SIMULIA Releases Abaqus for CATIA V5 R18 SP4

Dassault Systems, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the availability of Abaqus for CATIA V5 R18 SP4 from its SIMULIA brand for realistic simulation. This latest release of Abaqus for CATIA V5 provides improved usability and robust design analysis capabilities directly in CATIA V5 to accelerate the product development process.

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Dassault Systèmes Announces Software Partnership with AutoForm

Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that AutoForm Engineering GmbH, a leading global supplier of software solutions, has become a Dassault Systèmes Component Application Architecture (CAA) Software Partner to deliver sheet metal forming solutions integrated with CATIA.

As a DS software community partner, AutoForm will work closely with our R&D teams to enhance the capabilities of their sheet metal forming solutions directly in CATIA, as well as extend their solution through integration within SIMULIA’s realistic simulation product portfolio.

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