The goal of predicting real-world behavior is to implement a get-it-right-first-time strategy \u2013 that is, to perform all testing virtually except for the last and final test, which is the only physical prototype produced and where the risk of failure is reduced as much as possible.<\/p>\n
Failure analysis<\/h3>\n
With the product design completed, manufacturing in full swing and with the product out in the hands of your customers, the possibility of product failure is a nightmare to be avoided if at all possible. At this stage of the process design changes are extremely expensive and difficult to bring about, not to mention the additional cost of potential recalls, warranty costs and damage to the product or company\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n
Simulation can play an important role here by identifying potential trouble spots, which might remain hidden with physical testing, much earlier in the design process where they can be fixed much more quickly and easily.<\/p>\n
The use of simulation can help optimize your designs by highlighting areas which are over engineered. In these areas material may be removed without adversely affecting structural strength thereby reducing the weight of the design and associated costs. In the same vein, you can evaluate whether alternative, less expensive materials would still be strong enough for the design, with potentially significant cost savings.<\/p>\n In the virtual world, without the burden of physical prototypes, it\u2019s very easy to make design changes and perform trade-off studies verifying design alternatives that may improve the performance of the design. Such flexibility promotes innovation which could lead to new market opportunities and potentially increase the number of products you can take to market in a given period of time.<\/p>\n As a Solid Edge user you may already have simulation software installed on your computer. Solid Edge has its own built in FEA system \u2013 Solid Edge Simulation<\/a>. Solid Edge Simulation will allow you to validate part and assembly models within the Solid Edge environment. It\u2019s based on proven technology \u2013 Femap<\/a> for finite element modeling and meshing, and NX Nastran<\/a> for the solution.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll need a license to use the full capability of course, but if you have Solid Edge Classic, then you\u2019ll be able to try out the free version \u2013 Solid Edge Simulation Express \u2013 and explore the use of simulation on some simpler analyses. So go ahead\u2026 see what simulation can do for you and start reaping the benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Virtual testing<\/span><\/p>\n
Design optimization<\/h3>\n
Trade-off studies<\/h3>\n
Next steps<\/h3>\n
\n If you are involved in the manufacture and testing of prototypes, then you know just how costly and time consuming this method of design verification can be. Finite element analysis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61582,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,96],"tags":[8],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-10097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tips-tricks","tag-simulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61582"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11226,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10097\/revisions\/11226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10097"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=10097"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=10097"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}