Software provides linear contact analysis.
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FEMPRO with contact option offers bonded, welded, free/no contact, surface contact, and edge contact analysis. Surface contact option simulates contact between surface area where parts touch, and edge contact option simulates contact between edges and where those edges touch other parts. Software can consider static friction effects by specifying static friction coefficient or by using default. It is suitable for use on models created in wide range of CAD solid modelers.Original Press Release:
New Technology Makes Linear Contact Easy
PITTSBURGH, PA - March 3, 2003 - ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced new, easy-to-use linear contact analysis capabilities including bonded, welded,
free/no contact, surface contact and edge contact. This new technology contact is ideal for use on models created in the wide range of leading CAD solid modelers ALGOR supports, including Alibre Design, Autodesk Inventor, CADKEY, Mechanical Desktop, Pro/ENGINEER, Rhinoceros, Solid Edge and SolidWorks.
The surface contact option is used to simulate contact between the surface area where parts touch and the edge contact option is used to simulate contact between edges and where those edges touch other parts. For both contact options, the software automatically calculates the necessary contact parameters so that no additional data input is required.
The new surface and edge contact capabilities also allow for the consideration of static friction effects by simply specifying a static friction coefficient or by using the default.
"The new contact capabilities not only make it easy for engineers to specify contact between different parts of an assembly, but also give engineers the flexibility to choose from a variety of common contact types," said ALGOR product manager, Bob Williams. "With the unique edge contact options and the ability to consider static friction effects, a wide range of contact scenarios are supported within FEMPRO, ALGOR's complete finite element modeling, results evaluation and presentation interface."
The new contact capabilities are made possible by new and improved mesh matching techmology and all-new right-click menus and dialogs in ALGOR's FEMPRO interface. The user simply sets the default contact type for the entire assembly through the contact branch of the tree view. Optional contact pairs between specific parts and/or surfaces can be interactively specified through the graphics window or tree view. The user then decides whether to include friction effects. After an analysis, FEMPRO's Superview IV Results environment provides the capability to inquire on the total force transmitted between the contacting surfaces and edges.
ALGOR customers with current software upgrade subscriptions can get the new contact capabilities at no charge by requesting the latest updates.
ALGOR makes computer software and provides services for mechanical and civil engineers. The company serves over 20,000 engineers in over 60 countries in organizations such as DuPont, General Motors, Goodyear, Hewlett-Packard, NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Yale University. Partnerships with other leading mechanical engineering software companies offer data interchange with products from ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANSS); Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK); CADKEY Corporation; MSC.Software Corporation (NYSE:MNS); Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Structural Dynamics Research Corporation; Solid Edge, EDS-PLM Solutions (NYSE:EDS); SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY) company; and others. Educational support and customer service include the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.
CONTACT: Julie Halapchuk, ALGOR, Inc., 1.412.967.2700.
