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ALGOR V19.2 RELEASED
04 January 2007 - NAFEMS
| ALGOR has announced that its latest finite element analysis software release, ALGOR V19.2, features all-new enhancements for computational fluid dynamics and Mechanical Event Simulation. |
New features include the capability to model flow obstacles as distributed resistance parts, which can greatly simplify 3-D modeling; new surface-to-surface contact options (slide/no bounce contact and tied contact) for more realistic simulation and faster solving of MES applications such as a press-fit process; faster, industry-standard sparse solvers for linear dynamic analysis, static stress analysis and MES; and distributed memory processing for 32- and 64-bit Linux (Red Hat) for static stress analysis and MES. These and many more new V19.2 features provide ALGOR users with increased power, flexibility and ease-of-use for simulating engineering analyses of their product designs. "V19.2's modeling, meshing and solver enhancements provide significant speed and productivity gains, especially in the area of CFD," said Jim Wheeler, Manager of Mechanical Design of RBI Canada 2000 Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. "I meshed and analyzed a complex, highly turbulent 3-D fluid flow model that I had originally studied using a previous version of ALGOR software. With V19.2, setup and solution time was three times faster." "ALGOR V19.2's new temperature-dependent anisotropic material properties allow us, for the first time, to evaluate thermally-induced stresses in resonant structures made with piezoelectric materials," said Dr. Errol P. EerNisse, Vice President of Quartzdyne, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah. "Furthermore, the addition of user-defined functions in Superview gives us the opportunity to more accurately calculate and evaluate several important characteristics of our sensors. Two examples are stress-induced frequency shifts and internal energy changes in our resonators in the presence of applied pressure and temperature." "V19.2 provides our customers with many new and improved tools for increased ease of use, productivity and advanced analysis applications," said ALGOR Product Manager, Bob Williams. "Looking ahead, our upcoming V20 software release will be a major update, which will feature a new overall look and feel to FEMPRO, our easy-to-use, single user interface. V20 will also include extensive additions to our modeling, meshing, analysis and presentation tools as well as many other enhancements based on customer requests."
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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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