Altair SimLab – Create Rib
Create rib option in SimLab.
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Altair SimLab – Modify and Remove Fillet
Modify and remove fillet option in SimLab.
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Altair SimLab – Morph Features
Morph features option in SimLab.
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Altair SimLab – Face Mesh Control with Layer option
Face mesh control with layer option in SimLab.
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Design for Extrusion
Driving designs that are cognizant of the downstream manufacturing processes
Increasing manufacturing costs and stiff competition coupled with low profit margins are posing tremendous challenges to extrusion companies, especially automotive and aerospace industries. One way the leading companies stay ahead of the competition is by reducing the product development time and production costs through virtual testing. Design engineers and analysts use CAE software to analyze and validate die designs and thereby reduce/eliminate costly die trials.
This webinar explains how extrusion simulation framework provides an easy to use CAE environment to:
- Validate extrusion die designs
- Optimize process conditions
- Identify potential defects and correct them before becoming critical problems
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E-Motor Weight and Cost Reduction Webinar
Nowadays, it is more and more challenging to design an e-motor. Many constraints have to be fulfilled, including maximizing power using minimal size, considering thermal constraints, material and production costs, and of course reducing weight. In order to meet these constraints, a multifaceted solution is needed, leveraging physics tools in combination with optimization methods.
This webinar will introduce Altair's e-motor design and optimization solutions in a step by step process. We will discuss pre-design, magnetic computation and thermal analysis and show how optimization methods can help to optimize weight and cost at each step of the process (especially the weight of magnets) . We’ll demonstrate how Design Of Experiments (DOEs) allows designers to run different types of optimization very quickly, which enables informed decisions at different stage of the design cycle.
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Radio Coverage Planning for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, Including 5G
This webinar will give an overview of WinProp's capabilities for the radio planning with real use cases showing the performance of WinProp in topographical, built-up, industrial, and indoor scenarios including live demonstrations at the end.
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Stress Life Analysis
This video shows the typical workflow to perform a stress life analysis in HyperLife.
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Spot Weld Fatigue
This video shows the typical workflow to perform a spot weld fatigue analysis with HyperLife.
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Import CAD and Define Connections
Step 1 in getting started with SimSolid, Import CAD and identify connections
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Setup and Run Analysis
Step 2 in getting started with SimSolid, setup loads and run analysis
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Altair SimLab - Getting Started
From CAD to analysis in minutes
Training Materials
SimLab Automated Results
Improve CAE accuracy with automated results convergence
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Fatigue Approach and Types
Select the fatigue approach and type in HyperLife.
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Material Model Assignment
Assign material from database or create your own material in HyperLife
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Integration CAD/FEA for Optimization/DOE
Seamlessly setup and run optimization and design of experiment (DOE) studies in SimLab
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Modeling: Bearings and Weldings
Parametric modeling of bearings and weldings in SimLab
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Review and Evaluate Results
Step 3 in getting started with SimSolid, interactively review and evaluate results
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OptiStruct - Equivalent Plastic Strain Response for Optimization
Equivalent plastic strain can be used as an internal response when a nonlinear response optimization is run using the equivalent static load method. This is made possible through the use of an approximated correlation between linear strain and plastic strain, which are calculated in the inner and outer loops respectively, of the ESL method.
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OptiStruct - Contact Pressure, Force as a Response for Optimization
Contact Pressure can be used as an internal response when a model with contact and optimization is run. Contact pressure response is activated using RTYPE=CNTP option. The PTYPE should be set to CONTACT and the corresponding CONTACT Bulk Data ID(s) can be referenced on the ATTi field.
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OptiStruct - Failure Response for Topology Optimization
Factor of Safety (FOS) and margin of safety (MOS) optimization responses are now available for Topology optimization. It is calculated using NORM approach on design domain. All optimization types are now supported including Topology.
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OptiStruct - Neuber Optimization Response in Nonlinear Subcase
Neuber Stress and Neuber Strain sensitivities are supported for optimization in small displacement NLSTAT. It was already supported for optimization in FASTCONT analysis. It is supported only for small displacement analysis, it is not supported for large displacement. Once Neuber response is defined, the material will be treated as linear and MATS1 props are used only for Neuber correction. It is supported for solids as well as shells. It is supported for all optimization types except topology & freesize optimization.
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OptiStruct - Manufacturing Constraints for Composite Optimization
Certain manufacturing constraints are important when designing composite laminates, like balancing of plies, thickness of plies, etc. ln OptiStruct, manufacturing constraints can be defined during free size optimization, shuffling optimization for a better manufacturability and desired stacking sequence. The following are some of the manufacturing constraints which can be used depending on the requirement.
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Setup and run fluid a dynamics analysis in SimLab
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Automated Weld Mesh
Automatically create weldings mesh in SimLab
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Altair HyperLife Load Map
Create load history events in HyperLife
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Analyze and Compare Variants
Step 4 in getting started with SimSolid, import and compare variants
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Run and Evaluate Results
Run analysis and evaluate results in HyperLife
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Automated Bearings Mesh Creation
Automatically create bearings mesh in SimLab
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Vibro-Acoustic Analysis
Setup and run a vibro-acoustic analysis in SimLab
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Structural Optimization
Setup and run a structural optimization in SimLab
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Mesh Editing with Face Replace
Update model mesh with automated geometry recognition in SimLab
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Automated LBCs Assignment
Automatically assign load boundary conditions (LBCs) in SimLab
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In-depth Optimisation with Altair Feko & HyperStudy
Altair Feko is a well-known and trusted numerical analysis tool for a wide range of problems in electromagnetics. Its efficient solvers make it a very good tool to utilize as part of a process that explores solution spaces or performs advanced optimisation tasks in electromagnetics.
Altair HyperStudy makes a strong complement to Altair Feko for exactly this purpose. This webinar will introduce attendees to HyperStudy and demonstrate how its features and workflows can help electromagnetics scientists and engineers explore solutions spaces with advanced design of experiments (DOE) strategies and perform advanced optimisations using hyperdimensional solution surfaces.
Webinars
Introduction to the Newest CADdoctor Release
This webinar will be an overview to illustrate the benefits and use cases of the rich functionalities available in CADdoctor.
The webinar will take you through the newest capabilities and the use cases and we will also feature a general overview of this desktop application for users that are new to the APA and wants to know about the fundamentals of CADdoctor.
This will be a great opportunity to know more about the software and address your issues with your data.
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Design for Forming Webinar
Simulation of multi-stage stamping process fully automated and highly scalable without sacrificing accuracy.
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Catapult Tutorial 1: Ground, Rigid Groups, Joints and Contacts and Results
Using Inspire Motion, learn how to set up a motion simulation of a medieval catapult. This video covers the setup of ground, rigid groups, joints and contacts, and results
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Catapult Tutorial 2: Actuators, Motors and Springs
Using Inspire Motion, learn how to set up a motion simulation of a catapult. This video covers the setup of actuators, motors and springs
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Amphyon 2019 - New Simulation Capabilities For More Stable Processes
This webinar presents a general overview of the Amphyon 2019 software, including all alterations, as well as the new Thermal Simulation module and deeper insights to Support Optimization.
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OptiStruct for Linear Analysis v2019
The purpose of this self paced course is to cover the basic topics for OptiStruct Linear Analysis. The Setup sections will use the See It, Do It methodology to cover the concepts. See It allows you to watch a video demonstration of the exercise covered in the section.
Note: This course requires a login to Connect to view.
eLearning
Wireless Network Design for Railway Scenarios, Including Tunnels and Metro Stations
Key challenges for train/metro operators are increasing traffic volumes, ensuring passengers safety and security during their journey, as well as providing real time multimedia information and access to social networks in stations and tunnels. To meet these requirements various broadband telecommunication networks based on WiFi, GSM-R, LTE need to be put in place.
This webinar will show how WinProp is used for the wireless network design and deployment in various railway scenarios including tunnels and metro stations, inside train wagons, as well as along railway tracks. Both antennas and leaky feeder cables can be deployed in the 3D environment of the station/tunnel scenario including the train.
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Improving Electric Vehicle Range with Advanced Losses Computation Considering PWM Across a Full Duty Cycle
Introducing electric traction in automotive brings new challenges for the design of electric machines. Nowadays designers have to consider increasing constraints like efficiency, temperature, weight, compactness, cost but also stricter regulations, while reducing time to market. Fortunatly, Altair proposes disruptive methodologies to make relevant choices in the early stage of the design, based on numerical simulation and optimization techniques.
Once the machine has been selected and designed in Altair FluxTM this webinar covers how an electric motor design's performance is evaluated and maximized considering its global efficiency along the whole driving cycle.
The next design challenge is to get an accurate estimation of the losses, which becomes more and more strategic in the design process in order to accelerated speed to market with balanced design and confidence. This estimation is also a key issue of thermal design. Therefore, the study of losses (in particular non-conventional losses) is crucial. Two methods are proposed to take the current wave form into account: by using an equivalent circuit model in Altair ActivateTM system modelling software, or by representing the PWM in Flux circuit context.
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SimLab Tutorials - Solver Setup for Thermal Steady State Analysis
Create material and apply properties; create user-defined contacts; apply thermal loads and define loadcases; define lines static loadcases with the temperature leadcase included; create proper solver settings for each loadcase; export and solve for multi-physics analysis
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SimLab Tutorials - Setting up a CFD Steady State Analysis - Manifold
Define boundary and initial conditions; create material and apply properties; edit the solver settings to run the analysis
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SimLab Tutorials - Conjugate Heat Transfer
Create a tetra mesh with CFD boundary layer; work with turbulence and temperature equations; define CFD boundary conditions based on inflow average velocities and convective heat flux; define symmetry plane; create material and define properties; run and post-process a CFD steady state analysis
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SimLab Tutorials - Steady Flow in a Centrifugal Blower
Create a tetra mesh with CFD boundary layer; work with moving reference frame; define CFD boundary conditions based on turbulence viscosity ratio; edit the solver settings; run and post-process the analysis
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SimLab Tutorials - Turbulent Flow in a Mixing Elbow
Import custom ribbon; create a tetra mesh with CFD boundary layer; apply CFD boundary conditions; run a steady state turbulent flow analysis; visualize results as contour or as vector
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SimLab Tutorials - SPH Analysis with nFX - Drivetrain
Define nFX material and properties; apply simulation conditions; create nFX particles; export solver deck
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