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GARNER CAD TECHNIC CHOOSES ALTAIR HYPERWORKS ENGINEERING
03 January 2006 - NAFEMS
| Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation and decision-making, today announced that Garner CAD Technic GmbH, a member of the GCT Group, which specializes in engineering services for the aerospace market, has chosen the Altair HyperWorks suite to offer its clients a broader set of services in finite element modeling and structural optimization. |
Initially, GCT plans to use HyperMesh and OptiStruct for structural optimization of metal parts such as aircraft elevators and body elements, with plans to use the software on composite parts at customer request. “We enjoyed positive collaboration with Altair on a project with Boeing,” said Matthias Heinrich, head of Stress Engineering at GCT. “We were quickly able to see the benefits of the HyperWorks suite. After acquiring it, we found that the engineering framework is cost-effective and allows us to work much more efficiently, especially in the area of optimization. HyperWorks also adds to our portfolio of services we can offer our clients.” Altair HyperWorks is an integrated CAE framework containing best-in-class solutions for the complete virtual product development process. HyperWorks not only contains powerful finite-element and multi-body simulation solutions, it also delivers an open, programmable platform that is easy to integrate into existing processes. From modeling and assembly, to visualization and reporting, to virtual manufacturing and robustness assessment, HyperWorks also helps bring highly engineered products to market faster. Altair OptiStruct is a highly advanced finite element based software for both structural analysis and design optimization. OptiStruct is used to design, evaluate and improve performance of mechanical structures. HyperMesh is a high-performance finite element pre- and post-processor that allows engineers to analyze product design performance in a highly interactive and visual environment. "Due to today’s high demands for fuel efficient aircraft design, weight optimization is key, while also satisfying structural integrity requirements, said Dr. Detlef Schneider, Managing Director, Altair Germany. "Many of our customers, OEMs as well as suppliers and service providers to the aerospace industry, face demands for weight optimization. Every structural component of an aircraft, from fuselage sections to ribs and brackets, must be optimized with respect to its weight. The HyperWorks suite perfectly meets these requirements while also helping reduce overall weight, shorten development cycles and increase design robustness. I'm sure that not only the Garner engineers but also Garner customers will soon benefit from the advantages of the HyperWorks suite."
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NAFEMS is a not for profit organisation aimed at promoting best practices and also fostering education and awareness in the engineering analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous professional development.By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as computing power became more widely available, increasingly industry was starting to solve practical engineering problems using finite element analysis techniques. There was however considerable concern that the accuracy of the methods, and software implementations, required to be verified in order to allow the results to be effectively used. Following extensive lobbying, by industry and academia, the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up, and funded, a project within the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), based in East Kilbride, Scotland, to investigate the issues. As a result the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, quickly shortened to the acronym NAFEMS, was founded as a special interest group in 1983 with a specific objective namely: "To promote the safe and reliable use of finite element and related technology" In order to keep engineers abreast of the latest developments in the Analysis World the quarterly magazine BENCHmark was launched by NAFEMS in July 1987. After seven years of seed funding by the UK government, and with the support of its industrial members, the decision was taken to launch NAFEMS Ltd as an independent not-for-profit company, owned by its member's in 1990. The company celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2000, and has developed both the scope of its technology focus and its membership well beyond the original vision. Today NAFEMS and its members are involved in many different types of engineering simulation covering both products and processes. Membership continues to grow, now exceeding 700 corporate members in over 30 different countries. Steering groups have been set up in the UK, France, Germany, and the USA to co-ordinate local activities and interaction with members. |
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