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ABAQUS STUDENT EDITION V6.6
04 January 2007 - NAFEMS
| Dassault Systemes announces the availability of ABAQUS Student Edition Version 6.6. The new software offers engineering students many of the latest simulation capabilities for vibration analysis, material failure characterization, tire modeling, and visualization that were made available earlier this year in the commercial version of ABAQUS Version 6.6 software. |
"ABAQUS Student Edition is affordable, easily deployable, and scalable simulation software that educators can rely on to enrich their coursework in the theory and real-world application of FEA," says Dr. Abdel-salam Niazy, P.E., who uses ABAQUS Student Edition software as part of his curriculum at the University of Southern California. "Feedback from my students about the software has been very positive." ABAQUS Student Edition Version 6.6 complements ABAQUS Research Edition and ABAQUS Teaching Edition, which are used extensively in academic institutions worldwide to train engineers in the use of finite element analysis to solve real-world engineering problems. "The open and scalable ABAQUS environment presents an alternative to fragmented, multivendor approaches to simulation by offering a more unified FEA methodology," says Ken Short, vice president of marketing at ABAQUS, Inc. "ABAQUS Student Edition Version 6.6 allows students to prepare themselves for this innovative approach, which involves the use of a single model to solve multiple performance attributes such as nonlinear dynamics, vibration, acoustics, durability, and fluid-structure interaction." ABAQUS software is well established at the university undergraduate, graduate, and research level at more than 1,000 sites worldwide. ABAQUS Student Edition is an ideal educational companion tool for universities using ABAQUS Research or Teaching licenses. It is also a valuable educational tool for industry professionals. The software leverages the capabilities of ABAQUS/CAE, ABAQUS/Standard, and ABAQUS/Explicit to solve FEA problems of limited size (1,000 nodes) and is available for both the Windows XP and Windows 2000 Platforms. The software can be purchased online at www.abaqus.com/student
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About: NAFEMS
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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