altair's product direction solver technologies
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Altair’s Product Direction
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Solver Technologies
Uwe SchrammVP Product Technology
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Outline
• Element of HyperWorks Vision• Solver Branding• RADIOSS, OptiStruct, MotionSolve• Solvers in HyperWorks 9.0• Solver Integration• Related Issues
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Altair HyperWorks Vision
• Open System Architecture• Customization Framework• Simulation driven Design• Built on Optimization• Grid Computing Enabled• Data Management• Value Oriented Licensing
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Modeling & Visualization
Finite Element Finite Element HyperMesh/HyperCrash
VisualizationVisualizationHyperView
Multi-Body DynamicsMulti-Body DynamicsMotionView
Finite ElementsFinite ElementsRADIOSS
Concept & DesignConcept & DesignOptiStruct
Multi-Body DynamicsMulti-Body DynamicsMotionSolve
Analysis Optimization Manufacturing
Multi-DisciplinaryMulti-DisciplinaryHyperStudy
ExtrusionsExtrusionsHyperXtrude
ForgingForgingAltair Forging
MoldingMoldingAltair Molding
Fr. Stir WeldingFr. Stir WeldingAltair Friction Stir Welding
CAE Data ManagementCAE Data ManagementAltair Data Manager
Altair HyperWorks Function Verticals
Process AutomationProcess AutomationAltair Process Manager
Sheet MetalSheet MetalHyperForm
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Framework for Product Innovation
Aerospace Automotive Defense BiomedicalOil/Gas
Vertical Applications
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RADIOSS selected as a strategic toolLong time experienceConfidence in Altair as viable partner
OptiStruct selected as a strategic tool for A350Based on successful employment for A380Will be used by all Airbus development centers and suppliers
Customer Successes
Solvers
Use OptiStruct/AnalysisConvenient use and high value of HyperWorksFreeing licenses of other software for non-linear analysis
"We compared OptiStruct and MSC/NASTRAN results and found good correlation for linear static, normal modes and frequency response analysis.”
Bill Broene, BROWN Corporation
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Solver ReBrandingHyperWorks 9.0
• OptiStruct has become the de facto standard for structural optimization in various industries– E.g. used in the development of A380, Boeing 787 & JSF
• RADIOSS is recognized in the industry as high performance finiteelement solver for highly non-linear transient events
• OptiStruct will be Altair’s brand for Design and Optimization
• RADIOSS will be Altair’s brand for all Finite Element solvers
• MotionSolve will remain Altair’s brand for Multi-body Dynamicssolver
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HyperWorks 8.0 HyperWorks 9.0
RADIOSS
OptiStruct/Analysis
MotionSolve
HyperStudy
Optimization Layer
OptiStruct, HyperStudy
Finite Element Solvers
Crash & Safety
Multi-body Dynamics
Fluid-structure Interaction
Linear Stress
Linear Dynamics
Buckling
Vibration
Thermal
Acoustics
OptiStruct
RADIOSSSolver Engine
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RADIOSS
• Linear and non-linear finite element solver for structures, fluid, fluid-structure interaction, stamping and mechanical systems simulation
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Linear Structural Analysis
Bulk Data (Nastran) Input
• Solutions– Linear static– Normal modes– Linear buckling– Frequency response– Linear transient response– Non-linear quasi-static contact– Coupled steady state
heat transfer-stress (9.0)– Acoustic frequency response (9.0)– Fatigue (9.0)– Sub-structuring, Component mode synthesis
• Typical linear material and element library• Direct solver, Lanczos eigensolver• Interface to AMLS eigensolver by
University of Texas• Nastran compatibility (takes Nastran input)
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Non-linear Dynamic Analysis
Block Input Format
• Solutions– Highly non-linear (explicit) impact – Non-linear implicit (gravity, spring back)– Fluid-structure interaction (ALE)– Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)– Transient heat transfer (Thermal conductivity) and
thermal-mechanical coupling (9.0)
– Transient (explicit) CFD
• Large displacements with nonlinear materials• Contact • 45 linear and non-linear materials• Advanced failure models• Typical element library• Superior scaling on multi-CPU computers• Obtain same results independent of the number
of processor on the same platform
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Sheet Metal Stamping Simulation
Block and Bulk Data Input Formats
• Solutions– Incremental (explicit-implicit)– One-Step (inverse method)
• Accurate solution• Adaptivity in incremental method• Implicit gravity and spring back solution
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Mechanical Systems Analysis
Bulk Data (Nastran) Input
• Solutions– Kinematics– Dynamics– Static– Quasi-static– Rigid to rigid body contact (9.0)– Flexible to rigid body contact (9.0)
• Finite element based modeling of mechanical systems
• Fully integrated flexible bodies• MotionSolve integrated
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OptiStruct
• Design and optimization using finite element and multi-body dynamics analysis
• RADIOSS inside
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Design and Optimization
• Design– Topology– Topography– Free Sizing
• Optimization– Sizing– Shape– Free Shape
• Multi-disciplinary optimization problems– Linear static– Normal modes– Linear buckling– Frequency response– Non-linear quasi-static contact– Multi-body dynamics with flexible bodies
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MotionSolve
• Multi-Body Dynamics Analysis• Packaged with MotionView• Integrated with RADIOSS and OptiStruct
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Multi-body Dynamics Analysis
XML Input
• Novel formulation• Solutions
– Kinematics– Dynamics– Static– Quasi-static
• Mixed 2D/3D• Flexible bodies• Contact• Higher pair joints• Sensors• User-Subroutines• Accepts ADAMS input
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Radioss OptiStruct/Analysis MotionSolve
RADIOSS 9.0
RADIOSS Finite Element Analysis
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MotionSolve 9.0
MotionSolve Multi-body Dynamics
Analysis
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RADIOSS 9.0
OptiStruct 9.0
OptiStruct Multi-disciplinary
Optimization
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Simulation Driven Design
• Multi-attribute simulation– Structure, fluid, thermal, fluid-structure,
thermal-structure– Linear, non-linear
(contact, material, geometry)– Implicit and explicit– Static (steady state), dynamic
• Verified solutions• Grid computing enabled and scalable• Best-in-class performance• Optimization enabled• Integrated into HyperWorks
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Trends
• Long term trends– What was expert analysis becomes standard– Second order effects are taken into account– Multi-physics interaction is modeled– Simulation becomes commodity and solvers are comparable– Compute power becomes more available and plenty– Algorithms take over user interaction– Modeling practices converge
• Key issues– Massive parallel computation– Access to compute resources– Access to software licenses– Making decisions off simulation data
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Altair SolversShort term
• Short term goals– Competitive solver offering
• Standard finite element analysis• Crash, impact and safety analysis• Multi-body dynamics analysis
– Optimization leader– Lead in performance– HyperWorks Integration– Provide high value to customers
• Means– Add features of high priority, esp. for linear dynamics and explicit-implicit
structural analysis– Verified solutions– Gridification, Scalability, Repeatability– Innovate– Value driven licensing
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Altair SolversLong Term
• Long term goals– Provide comprehensive solver technology to address all simulation needs– Integrate methods and applications– Optimization driven design– Lead in performance– HyperWorks Integration – Provide high value to customers
• Means– Invest in new areas of analysis– Mix of solution methods– User friendlyness– Distributed computing, Parallelization, Gridification– Value driven licensing
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Solver Technology 9.0 Performance
• Multi-domain explicit/implicit integration schemes• MPI Parallelization for buckling analysis• Faster Frequency Response Analysis• Faster incremental stamping simulation
– Adaptivity for sheet metal stamping– Single precision version for stamping
• New and faster DAE (Differentia Algebraic Equations) integrationscheme for Multi-body Dynamics– Confirmed speedup about 5-20 times
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Solver Technology 9.0 Expanded Functionality
• New Solutions – Fluid-structure coupling (Acoustic Frequency Response)– Steady-state Heat Transfer Analysis coupled with Stress Analysis– Transient (explicit) heat transfer (Thermal conductivity) and
thermal-mechanical coupling– S-N Curve Fatigue Analysis
• More features– New materials and failure models– Sub-modeling and sub-structuring
techniques – New contact algorithms in explicit analysis– New finite volume based airbag modeling– Non-linear flex bodies in MBD– Flex-to-rigid body contact in MBD
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Optimization Technology 9.0
Expanded Functionality
Free-Size Result
Resulting Size Optimization ModelHyperShuffle
• Composite Optimization– Ply based modeling – more process oriented than PCOMP(G)– New manufacturing constraints for free sizing– HyperShuffle for ply stacking sequence
• Free Shape Optimization – Geometric and manufacturing constraints– Shape bound defined by mesh
• Equivalent Static Load Method– Multi-body Dynamics with flexible bodies– Size, shape, free shape, topography
• Robust and Reliability-based Design– Integration of new data processing techniques
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Solver Technology Long Term Initiatives
• Implicit non-linear analysis– Non-linear materials– Large deflections– Contact
• Adaptivity in stress analysis• Mixed explicit-implicit multi-domain integration schemes• Optimization
– Expand available disciplines as analysis becomes available– Topology optimization for MBD, Crash– Composites– Manufacturing constraints
• Solver integration
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Solver Technology Integration
• Solver Integration– Common input format based on Bulk Data Format
• Linear FEA, MBD since 8.0• Crash, linear FEA after 9.0
– Sharing of Technology• Thermal results• Material models• Flexible bodies• Boeing Company Solver
• Integration thru Optimization– Equivalent Static Load Method– Response Surface optimization– Stochastic and DOE studies
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Integration thru Optimization
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Manufacturing
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OptimizationOptimization
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Integration thru Optimization
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Build on Optimization
Savings: Time; $$
The Traditional Design Process…
The Optimization Driven Design Approach…
Integrated into the Design Process
Integrated into the Release/Verification Process
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PBS ProPBS Pro
Heterogeneous Compute Cluster
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Grid Computing Enabled
• PBS workload management
• Distribute jobs across clusters and heterogeneous networks
• Parallel computation is essential for robust design
• License management
• Parallel Performance
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HyperWorks Integration
• Pre- and Post-processing Support– HyperMesh– HyperCrash (automotive crash analysis)– HyperForm (stamping)– MotionView– HyperView– HyperGraph
• Data Translation• Data Mapping• Analysis specific tools
– Dummies– Barriers– Safety tools
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Open System
• Maintain Open Interfaces• Third Party Solver Support
– Finite Element Analysis: Abaqus, Ansys, LS-Dyna, Marc, Nastran, Permas– Multi-body Dynamics: Adams, Dads– CFD: Fluent, StarCD, CFD++
• Third Party Pre- and Post-processing Support– Pre-processing: ANSA, …– Post-processing: Animator3, …– Fatigue support: FEMFAT, nCode, FE-Safe
• CATIA Integration– HyperShape/CATIA – OptiStruct– HyperCrash/CATIA – RADIOSS (Automotive Crash)
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PATENTEDHyperWorks LICENSING
Unit leveling offers a tremendous value to CAE orga nizations
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Licensing
• Value oriented management of client’s assets– Basic analysis package at 25HWU
• Linear static, normal modes, linear buckling, steady state heat transfer
• Crash, impact on structure (up to 4CPU)• Stamping
– Simple degradation of number of Unitsfor massive parallel processing (MPP/SPMD)
• Usage based licensing• GridWorks Units (GWU)
– 1 HWU = 100 GWU– Inclusion of PBS Professional
• Partner products can license under GWU– More value to Altair’s clients – Partners have access to a large Altair install base
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Summary
HyperWorks - The Engineering Framework for Product Innovation
Key Differentiators• Open System Architecture• Customization Framework• Simulation driven Design• Built on Optimization• Grid Computing Enabled• Data Management• Value Oriented Licensing