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Altairs Product Direction

Solver Technologies
Uwe Schramm
VP Product Technology

Outline

Element of HyperWorks Vision

Solver Branding
RADIOSS, OptiStruct, MotionSolve
Solvers in HyperWorks 9.0
Solver Integration
Related Issues

Altair HyperWorks
Vision

Open System Architecture

Customization Framework
Simulation driven Design
Built on Optimization
Grid Computing Enabled
Data Management
Value Oriented Licensing

Altair HyperWorks
Function Verticals
Modeling &
Visualization

Analysis

Optimization

Manufacturing

Finite
Finite Element
Element

Finite
Finite Elements
Elements

Concept
Concept &
& Design
Design

Sheet
Sheet Metal
Metal

HyperMesh/HyperCrash

RADIOSS

OptiStruct

HyperForm

Multi-Body
Multi-Body Dynamics
Dynamics

Multi-Disciplinary
Multi-Disciplinary

Extrusions
Extrusions

MotionSolve

HyperStudy

HyperXtrude

Multi-Body
Multi-Body Dynamics
Dynamics
MotionView

Forging
Forging

Visualization
Visualization

Altair Forging

HyperView

Molding
Molding
Altair Molding

Fr.
Fr. Stir
Stir Welding
Welding
Altair Friction Stir Welding

CAE
CAE Data
Data Management
Management
Altair Data Manager

Process
Process Automation
Automation
Altair Process Manager

Framework for
Product Innovation

Aerospace

Automotive

Defense
Vertical Applications

Oil/Gas

Biomedical

Customer
Successes
Solvers

OptiStruct selected as a strategic tool for A350

Based on successful employment for A380
Will be used by all Airbus development centers and suppliers

RADIOSS selected as a strategic tool

Long time experience
Confidence in Altair as viable partner

Use OptiStruct/Analysis
Convenient use and high value of HyperWorks
Freeing 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

Solver ReBranding
HyperWorks 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 finite

element solver for highly non-linear transient events

OptiStruct will be Altairs brand for Design and Optimization

RADIOSS will be Altairs brand for all Finite Element solvers

MotionSolve will remain Altairs brand for Multi-body Dynamics

solver

Finite Element
Solvers

HyperWorks 9.0

HyperWorks 8.0
OptiStruct

Linear Stress
Crash & Safety
OptiStruct/Analysis

Optimization
RADIOSS
Layer
OptiStruct, HyperStudy

MotionSolve

HyperStudy

Linear Dynamics

RADIOSS
Solver
Engine

Thermal
Buckling
Acoustics
Vibration
Multi-body
Dynamics

Fluid-structure
Interaction

RADIOSS

Linear and non-linear finite element solver for structures, fluid, fluidstructure interaction, stamping and mechanical systems simulation

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)

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

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

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

OptiStruct

Design and optimization using finite element and multi-body

dynamics analysis
RADIOSS inside

Design and
Optimization

Design

Optimization

Topology
Topography
Free Sizing
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

MotionSolve

Multi-Body Dynamics Analysis

Packaged with MotionView
Integrated with RADIOSS and OptiStruct

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

1.6

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B
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State
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Output

X(t)
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Steering Input (Radians)

1.2
0.8
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1/ 2

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RADIOSS
Finite Element Analysis

RADIOSS 9.0

Radioss

OptiStruct/Analysis

MotionSolve

MotionSolve
Multi-body Dynamics
Analysis

MotionSolve 9.0

OptiStruct
Multi-disciplinary
Optimization

OptiStruct 9.0

RADIOSS 9.0

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

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

Altair Solvers
Short 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

Altair Solvers
Long 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

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) integration

scheme for Multi-body Dynamics

Confirmed speedup about 5-20 times

compared to competition

RAD2RAD
RAD2RAD
RADIOSS A
RADIOSS A
GR1
GR2

RADIOSS B
RADIOSS B

RADIOSS C
RADIOSS C

GR1
GR2

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
Stress
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

Damage

Optimization
Technology 9.0
Expanded Functionality

Composite Optimization

Free Shape Optimization

Geometric and manufacturing constraints

Shape bound defined by mesh
Free-Size Result

Equivalent Static Load Method

Ply based modeling more process oriented than PCOMP(G)

New manufacturing constraints for free sizing
HyperShuffle for ply stacking sequence

Multi-body Dynamics with flexible bodies

Size, shape, free shape, topography
Resulting Size Optimization Model

Robust and Reliability-based Design

Integration of new data processing techniques

HyperShuffle

Solver Technology
Long Term Initiatives

Implicit non-linear analysis

Adaptivity in stress analysis

Mixed explicit-implicit multi-domain integration schemes
Optimization

Non-linear materials
Large deflections
Contact

Expand available disciplines as analysis becomes available

Topology optimization for MBD, Crash
Composites
Manufacturing constraints

Solver integration

Solver Technology
Integration

Solver Integration

Common input format based on Bulk Data Format

Sharing of Technology

Linear FEA, MBD since 8.0

Crash, linear FEA after 9.0
Thermal results
Material models
Flexible bodies
Boeing Company Solver

Integration thru Optimization

Equivalent Static Load Method

Response Surface optimization
Stochastic and DOE studies

Integration thru
Optimization

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Integration thru
Optimization
Vision

Input Reader
Pre-processor

Optimizer

Kinematics

Heat Transfer

Stiffness/Stress

Acoustics

Impact

Workload Manager

Build on
Optimization
The Traditional Design Process

The Optimization Driven Design Approach

Savings:
Time; $$
Integrated into the
Design Process

Integrated into the

Release/Verification Process

Grid Computing
Enabled

PBS
PBS Pro
Pro

PBS workload management

Parallel computation is essential

for robust design

License management

H EW LE T T
P AC K A RD

Heterogeneous Compute Cluster

Distribute jobs across clusters and

heterogeneous networks

Parallel Performance

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

Open System

Maintain Open Interfaces

Third Party Solver Support

Third Party Pre- and Post-processing Support

Finite Element Analysis: Abaqus, Ansys, LS-Dyna, Marc, Nastran, Permas

Multi-body Dynamics: Adams, Dads
CFD: Fluent, StarCD, CFD++
Pre-processing: ANSA,
Post-processing: Animator3,
Fatigue support: FEMFAT, nCode, FE-Safe

CATIA Integration

HyperShape/CATIA OptiStruct
HyperCrash/CATIA RADIOSS (Automotive Crash)

PATENTED
HyperWorks
LICENSING
Unit leveling offers a tremendous value to CAE organizations

Licensing

Value oriented management of clients assets

Basic analysis package at 25HWU

Simple degradation of number of Units

for massive parallel processing (MPP/SPMD)

Usage based licensing

GridWorks Units (GWU)

Linear static, normal modes, linear buckling,

steady state heat transfer
Crash, impact on structure (up to 4CPU)
Stamping

1 HWU = 100 GWU

Inclusion of PBS Professional

Partner products can license under GWU

More value to Altairs clients

Partners have access to a large Altair install base

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