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Strength and fatigue adhering to the FKM Guidelines

October 17, 2022

The FKM guidelines are de facto a standard used to prevent material failures. The FKM wizard for Simcenter 3D Durability helps to comply with a streamlined workflow, which is laid out in the Post. It is newly available, free to download and free to use with Simcenter 3D Specialist Durability.

By Sebastian Flock and Michael Hack

VPA

Simcenter Testlab 2206: Virtual Prototype Assembly (VPA)

September 28, 2022

With Simcenter Testlab VPA, Test and Simulation engineers can quickly explore the performance of several assemblies without the need for a physical prototype. This allows for design updates in the early phases of the development cycle.

By Vinicius Goncalves

Electromagnetic simulations as part of your design process, that’s EMAG-nificent

Electromagnetics (EMAG) and electrical engineers are at home with streamlined EMAG Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) packages, like Simcenter SPEED, Simcenter…

By John Wanjiku and Jonathan Melvin

Shock response: Designing for the full spectrum

What is a Shock Response? The shock Response is a very short duration transient phenomenon that can result in parts…

By Easwaran Viswanathan and Jonathan Melvin

Stress analysis simulation: efficient until the last link

Stress analysis engineers know they must prepare well because they are the last link in the simulation chain! Any unexpected…

By Fabrice Berger and Jonathan Melvin

Illustration of power generation

Electromagnetic motors are the world’s biggest energy consumers

It’s an energy conversion problem. Energy conversion has been a common human practice since the first human hit two rocks…

By Adrian Perregaux and Jonathan Melvin

SimRod test bench durability

SimRod experience: From Belgian blocks to vehicle durability testing (part 4)

January 21, 2022

Learn how to accelerate long-duration measurements and create a vehicle durability testing schedule for test benches with a real example.

Model-based verification and design optimization of controller calibration

November 9, 2021

In 1968, Volkswagen became the first company to use a computer in a car. The D-Jetronic, created by Bosch, controlled…

By Christina Kothlow

Heavy equipment durability testing: Living on the edge!

October 28, 2021

Imagine a scenario such that you want to measure real-life loads impacting the durability lifetime of an agricultural machinery. You’re…