BETA CAE Systems S.A. Announces the Release of ANSA v13.2.1

BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of ANSA v13.2.0 with impressive new features and known problems resolved.

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BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of ANSA v13.2.0

BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of ANSA v13.2.0 with impressive new features and known problems resolved

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FE-DESIGN Announces the Release of TOSCA Structure 7.1.1

FE-DESIGN announces the release of TOSCA Structure 7.1.1, the latest version of its technology for rapid and reliable design of lightweight, rigid, and durable components and systems.

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MSC.Software Announces MD Nastran Desktop; Affordable and Scalable Simulation Solutions for Small & Medium-Sized Manufacturers

MD Nastran Desktop is designed specifically for suppliers and small & medium-sized manufacturers, and provides flexible, low-cost access to MD Nastran’s extensive and powerful solution capabilities through a scalable, common, easy to use interface. The MD Nastran Desktop solutions are customer configured to the diverse, sophisticated simulation requirements of engineers in leading worldwide innovative industries who face not only robust engineering challenges, but also increased cost pressure challenges.

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MSC.Software News (Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Simulations, Comprehensive Durability Analysis, SimXpert 2010 & Advanced MultiDiscipline (MD) Solver Technologies )

MSC.Software, the leader in multidiscipline simulation solutions that accelerate product innovation and ACUSIM Software, Inc. a leading provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions and developer of AcuSolve™, August 19  announced the direct coupling of AcuSolve with MD Nastran for world leading Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations.

MSC.Software announced its reinstated partnership with HBM nCode, the premier supplier of durability, test and analysis products. HBM nCode solvers have powered MSC Fatigue, an FE-based durability and damage tolerance solver from MSC.Software that enables users with minimal knowledge of fatigue to perform comprehensive durability analysis.

MSC.Software announced that SimXpert 2010 is released and ready for download. With this release, engineers can access all the new features of MD Nastran 2010 and MD Adams 2010 and perform advanced simulations in the areas of nonlinear analysis, bi-directional thermo-mechanical coupling and expanded physics simulations including co-simulation with CFD codes.

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Jaguar Land Rover Chooses MSC.Software's SimEnterprise Solutions to Optimize Their Simulation Processes

MSC.Software, a leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, today announced that Jaguar Land Rover has selected the company's SimEnterprise solutions including MD and SimManager, as well as core engineering products including MSC Nastran and Adams, to optimize their simulation processes.

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What's New: MD Nastran R2, 2.1

MD Nastran R2 and R2.1 bring powerful new analysis features and enhancements in the areas of contact; nonlinearity; noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH); acoustics; automotive powertrain; crash and occupant safety; high performance computing; assembly modeling; optimization; rotor dynamics; and aeroelasticity. The combined enhancements in MD Nastran R2 and R2.1 are summarized as follows:
- Contact in Linear and Nonlinear Solutions (MD Nastran introduces contact in linear and nonlinear solutions, with the ability to easily convert from linear contact in SOL 101 to nonlinear contact in SOL 400);
- Advanced Integrated Nonlinear Analysis (SOL 400 has been extensively enhanced for multistep nonlinear analysis of large strain and material behavior, with or without contact), Nonlinear Contact Modeling, Nonlinear Elements and Materials, Nonlinear Procedures, Crack and Delamination, Differential Stiffness, Relative Boundary Conditions;
- Implicit Nonlinear Analysis (SOL 600): Heat Transfer, Modeling Enhancements, Performance Improvements, Glued Contact,  Solver Options;
- Explicit Nonlinear Analysis (SOL 700): Airbags and Occupant Safety (Fluid structure interaction (FSI) is now available in SOL 700 to simulate the complex behavior of multicompartment airbags and their interaction with anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) during crash scenarios); Time Domain Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH); Prestress, Nastran Native Output, New Material and Element Formulations, Contact Features (SOL 700 now supports many new contact capabilities such as glued contact, tied nodes to surface, tied shell edge to surface, tied surface to surface, spot weld contact, single edge contact, and force transducers);
- NVH and Acoustics: Frequency Response Functions (FRFs) and FRF Based Assembly (FBA), Exterior Acoustics;
- Numerical Enhancements: Sparse Solvers,  Iterative Solvers, ACMS (Automated component modal synthesis), Other HPC Enhancements (MD Nastran R2 has been ported to the Microsoft Compute Cluster), Iterative Solver for Nonlinear Analysis, Memory Management, Sparse solver information output (MDTSTATS);
- Elements and Connectors: Connectors - a new seam weld connector element (CSEAM) is now available for assembly modeling; for spot weld elements (CWELD, CFAST), end point displacement output can now be obtained to view the relationship between the spot weld and the connecting shells, Composite Beam Using Variable Asymptotic Method (VAM);
- Optimization: Topology Optimization, Automatic External Superelement Optimization (AESO), Randomization (Prerelease);
- Rotor Dynamics and Aeroelasticity: Rotor Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, Spline Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

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