CAD/CAE Services

Design:
Design for Manufacturability, Mass Optimization, Plant Layout and Packaging  - Using CATIA, Unigraphics, PDGS, SDRC Ideas

Analysis:
Stamping Simulations, Crash, NVH, Fatigue, Strength, Heat Transfer and Tolerance Stack UP - Using LS-Dyna, NASTRAN, Femb, Femap, and Hypermesh, DCS

Testing:
Drop Tower-Test components during impact for energy management characteristics.
Strain-Mount strain gages on components to determine stresses during loading. This can be used for fatigue analysis to determine how long a part will last before failure.
Vibration-Mount accelerometers to a component. Hit component with hammer. Determine natural frequencies that the component or assembly resonates at (correlate with a Nastran NVH run).
Hardness-Test materials for hardness value. Rockwell B and C scale.
Fatigue- Load a part repeatedly until failure while capturing how many times the load was applied (cycles) when failure occurs.

Validation:
Automatic CMM', Reports given in:
-CMDANA
-DCS (similar to cmdana)
-CAMEO (to display histograms, etc.)

Miscellaneous:
-Secure Website for data transfer
-ANX Connectivity
-Direct link to Ford's ACDV and B2V1 data collectors
-DaimlerChrysler Mailbox (BROW1)
-Backup communication infrastructure (tapes, bulletin board)
-Computer programming (Perl, Basic, Korn Shell)
-Research White Paper (requires MS Word;Click Here to download viewer)
-ASME, AWS, PMA Membership resources

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Impact Analysis