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Capabilities to Support R&D Projects

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 Durability:

o Many years of experience starting from complex FEA modeling to linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analyses supporting automotive, aerospace, and defense structures (including 3D printed and composites)

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 NVH (Vibration and Harshness)

o Frequency response analysis to calculate vibration-amplification factor and harshness analysis to calculate the time to damp down any external disturbances

o Tuning of rubber-mounts to keep vibration and shake within limits.

 

 Load calculation using MBD and FEA analyses

o This is key in all aspects of durability analysis.  Load calculation using either wheel-force-transducer test loads or road profile to predict durability 

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Highly Nonlinear Analysis such as Crash and Blast

o Many years of experience to analyze and improve the design for crash, door-slam, blast, etc.

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Linear and Nonlinear Optimization
(including 3D printed and composites)

  • Linear Optimization

o Topology optimization to create design layout followed by fine tuning of shape and thickness to achieve targets.  Many years of experience to create optimized components which went to production

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o Optimization for high thermal loads ---  is somewhat opposite to structural loads.  Here, stiffer design is often a wrong design because high-temperature could lead to high-stress due to restricted thermal expansion.  Have experience in an optimization strategy which is good for both structural and thermal loads

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  • Nonlinear Optimization (Acceleration, Intrusion, and Directional-Fracture)

o Parametric nonlinear optimization are often done using external optimizers such as ls-OPT, HyperStudy, etc.  But nonlinear topology optimization is a complex one.  Ls-TaSC from LSTC/Ansys is a tool for solid-topology and varying thickness shell optimization.  Recently, most of 3D-printed crash structures of a HyperCar was designed using this tool. 

o  Both parametric and topology optimization can be used to reduce acceleration and intrusion.  In some cases such as crash-landing of aircraft and blast, they can be used to have a directional-fracture

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