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A Solid Idea: Xerox Applies Simulation to Deliver Print Quality
Physical tests and virtual models enable Xerox to develop cost-effective, quality, color office printers.
By John Wright
Concept To Reality Spring/Summer 2010
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Airline Seat Testing Soars to New Heights
French manufacturer Sicma Aero Seat SA
relies on virtual dynamic testing in the
evaluation of its custom aircraft seats.
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Altair® HyperWorks® and Product Design Consultation at Force Protection
At Force Protection Inc. Altair HyperWorks and Product Design work together to increase CAE throughput and improve survivability prediction in a new class of military vehicles built for unconventional warfare.
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Bloodhound SSC: On Track to Break the World Land Speed Record
Designers of an innovative supersonic car draw on technology to address engineering challenges – and to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists.
By Beverly A. Beckert
Concept To Reality Spring/Summer 2010
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Brushing Up on Product Functionality
Simulation and innovative product development go hand-in-hand at the Lion Corporation.
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Businesses Look to LED Lighting for Energy Efficiency
In the United States, lighting accounts for 25% of the total electricity usage by consumers and commercial users and is responsible for 10% of all U.S. carbon
dioxide emissions. The U.S. Department of
Energy (DoE) estimates that lighting-based energy consumption can be reduced by more than 20% by 2020 through the use of solid-state light-emitting diode (LED)-based lighting. Problems related to mercury and light quality inherent in fluorescent solutions can also be addressed.
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CAD2CRASH24: Driving Full-Vehicle Crash Analysis Down to a Day
Altair Engineering, together with Ford Motor Company, demonstrates that the full-vehicle crash analysis process can be compressed from weeks to 24 hours.
By Pradeep Srinivasan
Concept To Reality Spring/Summer 2010
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CAVE Sets the Stage for Real-Time Collaboration
An immersive virtual environment speeds the creation of prototypes to cut time in military product development programs.
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Creating a Virtual Press to Optimize the Extrusion Process
Today's advanced computational tools increase productivity and quality, as well as lower energy consumption in the design and fabrication of extrusion dies.
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Driving Performance with Optimization
Engineering enthusiasts and software tee-off to optimize club driver performance while ensuring conformance to the Rules of Golf.
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Effective Product Convergence through Visual Brainstorming
When trying to reach consensus in new product development, a picture (or two) is worth a thousand words.
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Engineering a Best-in-Class Company
There is no lack of strategies that are available to enhance the performance of engineering organizations. Choosing the right path requires finding a balance between the areas an engineering organization needs to improve with the larger priorities and goals of the enterprise.
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Enhanced Formability through Hydroforming
Cut sheet metal forming time and costs through simulation-based techniques.
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Fine-Tuning 300-Ton Haulers: HyperWorks at Hitachi Truck Manufacturing
Hitachi Truck Manufacturing sought ways of reducing materials costs for its mammoth mining trucks,
while remaining within standard specifications. The company's first project using HyperWorks CAE tools
enabled Hitachi to do this with accuracy. HyperWorks is now an integral part of the design process at Hitachi.
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Fire Truck Design
Creativity and optimization technology extend fire-fighting capabilities.
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Five Steps to Better Business Results
In organizations that experience long-term success, a greater focus is placed on what's not working, strengths vs. weaknesses and what can be learned vs. who is to blame.
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Ford Focus STREET: Getting Real in Six Weeks
Technology partners collaborate in style to delover a specialty vehicle based on the Ford Focus platform.
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Full Speed Ahead on Welding Analysis
Simulation enables shipbuilders to automate welding procedures – saving time and money.
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Get the Most from Your Casting Process
By applying optimization technology to casting process design, manufacturers can produce less expensive, better-quality parts in record time.
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Getting the Right Design, Getting the Design Right
Conceptual design technologies impact product development.
By Alessandro Mazzardo
Concept To Reality Spring/Summer 2010
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How Does Your Enterprise Solution Stack Up?
What qualifies an offering as a good enterprise solution is how well it harmonizes with the relevant technical, business and IT infrastructures of the enterprise.
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HyperWorks at Wagon Automotive: Speeding Development Time While Cutting Prototype Costs
Wagon Automotive, a system and module supplier of components to major car builders,
sought ways to accelerate product development and reduce prototyping costs while maintaining high quality.
Adopting the HyperWorks suite of advanced CAE tools enabled the company to achieve both those goals.
Wagon Automotive now uses HyperWorks during the entire development cycle, from concept design to optimization.
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HyperWorks Tailors CAE Processes to Reduce Cell Phone Development Time at Motorola
Using HyperWorks, Motorola significantly reduced CAE cycle time by automating the process of input deck generation and results evaluation. By deploying HyperWorks’ process automation engine, analysts created a customized solution to simulate cell phone models more quickly.
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In the Know About Engineering Intelligence
Engineering Intelligence enables companies to gather, process, analyze
and present data about engineering-performance metrics.
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Increasing the Velocity of Product Development
Applying simulation technology to industrial design accelerates the generation of design concepts that are exciting, feasible, desirable and profitable.
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Intelligent Rendering Is in the Animation Pipeline
An intuitive interface for render farm
management enables a global animation studio to harness the power of highperformance computing.
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Leveraging Innovation in Product Development
Use digital tools to accelerate product
and process innovation.
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Locking Up a Bike Rack Partnership
An innovative alliance reduces the risks of launching a new product.
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New Directions
Strategic simulation and data analytics are modeling innovation and managing risk for today’s top companies.
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On-Demand Business Model Holds the Key to Cutting Software Costs
Manufacturers today are faced with the
challenge of developing innovative products and bringing them to market within ever decreasing timelines while also containing the costs associated with accessing the latest technologies. Altair HyperWorks addresses these issues by providing the CAE industry’s broadest range of engineering solutions under one licensing umbrella. The HyperWorks Partner Alliance (HWPA) builds on this by bringing in third-party programs from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) under that same umbrella.
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Opportunities in Packaging: Innovation & Savings
Technology allows companies to efficiently develop cost-effective, high-performance packaging systems.
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Optimization Methods Land Results in ExoMars Project
Sophisticated simulation tools enable aerospace engineers to study the feasibility of airbag landing systems.
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Optimization: Taking a Different Tack
A slick design and the use of new materials make the Fila sailboat a force to contend with on the competitive boat racing circuit.
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Optimizing Aircraft Structures
Optimization technology and methods for the innovative design of efficient civilian and military aircraft.
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Product Development Success Hinges on the Pursuit of Innovation
Introducing simulation tools into the design and manufacturing process has enabled Multimatic to transform innovative ideas into patented products.
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Product Line Extension Strategies
Six key factors enable companies to increase market share and profitability while reducing investment risk.
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Putting Simulation Muscle Behind a Sporty Concept Car
Optimization technology delivers innovative suspension design for Alfa Romeo's sleek concept car.
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Putting the WHOA! into High-Performance Boats
Baja Marine dives into simulation technology, analyzing force, weight, and resistance to build speedies, and better, boats.
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Quality Driven by CAE
Advanced CAE tools enable companies to design quality into their products.
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Rotorcraft Design Takes Flight
Optimization tools enable Boeing to balance form and function in the development of advanced aircraft.
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Seeing Steel in a New Light
Advanced high-strength steels have emerged as one of the most sophisticated materials available for highly engineered product design.
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Simulation Links Welding Data to Structural Analysis Models
A robust modeling process greatly aids the design of lower cost and higher quality welded structures.
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Simulation Speeds Modular Truck Development Process
New finite element tools enable an international truck manufacturer to easily evaluate custom chassis.
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Smart Product Packaging Pays Off
Our experts examine the challenges, advancements and trends that are changing the product packaging industry.
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Spotlight Innovation, Not Just Evaluation
A new approach to simulation enables companies to drive innovation, not just simply evaluate it.
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Structural Innovation Takes Shape
Structural optimization plays a key role enabling Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP to create buildings with unique shapes and aesthetic values.
This article was featured in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Concept to Reality. To subscribe to our free magazine, please click here.
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The Altair HyperWorks Suite Speeds Development of Lightweight Alpine Trains
Stadler Rail is a dynamic company in a dynamic industry. With 2,000 employees at six European locations, Stadler produces light rapid-transit trains and streetcars for regional and local railroads, and is the leading supplier of cars to the cog railway market. The company uses modular, scalable concepts to design customer-oriented solutions, targeting specific needs. The Static/Dynamic/Certification Department, which creates CAE simulations of Stadler's CAD railcarmodels, used Altair's HyperWorks Engineering Framework to develop the Glacier Express, a lightweight train that carries passengers over a breathtaking route through the majestic Alps. HyperWorks tools enabled the department to move quickly and efficiently through the development process.
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The Consequence of Style
Digital tools allow industrial designers
to explore the visual and functional
impact of new ideas more quickly and
cost-effectively than ever before.
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Tracking the Trends That Drive Strategic Business Decisions
Keep key business and software trends in mind as you plan for the future.
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Use Best-in-Class Components to Integrate Product Development
Achieving the best overall product development environment requires that CAD and CAE systems work well together.
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Validation Ensures Trains Are on Track to Meet European Safety Standards
Numerical simulation aids in the design of passive safety systems to minimize passenger injury during railway
accidents.
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Virtual Traumatology
CAE moves beyond inanimate objects to evaluate injuries to the human body.
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Where Is Your Performance Data?
A new data management system lets engineers easily manage, share and leverage simulation and test data.
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Wind Turbines Take a Technical Spin at Generating Electricity
Wind turbines convert kinetic energy into
mechanical power. In use for centuries, they have harnessed the power of the wind to pump water, grind grain and generate electricity.
While their popularity has peaked and ebbed over the years, interest in wind turbines to generate electricity is again gaining momentum. As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind energy is seen as a viable way to produce energy while reducing global warming and pollution.
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