ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced that its latest, major finite element analysis (FEA) software release, ALGOR V22, significantly upgrades all areas of FEA – modeling, simulation and results evaluation and presentation. New and improved features include: expanded support for 64-bit systems, now including pre-processing and post-processing, allows users to handle larger models faster than ever before; analysis of open channel flow, involving a free surface between a flowing fluid and a gas above it, such as marine systems, drainage systems and liquid column gauges; a multifrontal massively parallel solver (MUMPS) for distributed memory systems, which allows faster solution of linear and nonlinear stress and fluid flow models; damage analysis for 2-D plane stress elements, primarily intended for simulating damage onset and growth in fiber-reinforced composite materials; and a software wizard to automatically calculate and apply remote loads to a stress model, such as a torque load to simulate twisting.
V22 users are responding enthusiastically to this major software release:
“We are constantly pushing the envelope on FEA model size and complexity,” said Barry R. Stump, P.Eng. of INNOVENG Inc. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “With ALGOR V22, we have full use of the x64 processor – allowing us to mesh and analyze larger and more complex models. Now, we can routinely mesh models with approximately 2-million solid elements and perform linear analysis on those models.”
“ALGOR V22 has allowed us to perform large-scale analyses that just weren’t possible before,” said Brent Saba, PE-ME/MT, Principal Engineer/Owner of Saba Metallurgical and Plant Engineering Services, LLC in Baton Rouge, LA. “My company deals with large models with irregular-shaped parts on a routine basis and, with V22, we can perform intricate mechanical event simulations with numerous surface-to-surface contacts. Additionally, we have completed complex, 3-D fluid flow studies capturing vortex shedding with V22 that would rival all competitor CFD software.”
ALGOR Product Manager Bob Williams said, “Developed in response to user requests, V22 provides ALGOR users with increased power, flexibility and ease-of-use for simulating engineering analyses of their product designs. V22’s capabilities for larger models and additional analysis tools are moving us closer to true virtual prototyping, where a person working on a computer can simulate the testing of a product design as realistically as can be physically performed inside a laboratory. ALGOR V22 represents another significant step towards achieving that ultimate goal.”
The new and improved features of V22 enhance and expand ALGOR’s wide range of simulation capabilities including: static stress with linear and nonlinear material models; Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) for nonlinear, multi-body dynamics with large-scale motion, large deformation and large strain with body-to-body contact; linear dynamics; fatigue; CFD including steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow and mass transfer; electrostatics; full multiphysics; and piping. All analysis capabilities are available within FEMPRO®, ALGOR’s easy-to-use single user interface.
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