MD Nastran Applications and Benefits

MDApplications
The Only True Multidiscipline Simulation System

MD Nastran combines best-in-class solver technologies - Nastran, Marc, Dytran, Adams, and LS-Dyna - into one, fully-integrated, multidiscipline simulation solution for the manufacturing enterprise.

 

 

 

These highly-tuned, state-of-the-art solvers offer faster analysis times, support very large models, and enable more complex modeling, including:

  • Linear & Nonlinear Static
  • Vibration Characteristics
  • Linear & Nonlinear Dynamic s
  • Steady State & Transient Thermal
  • Linear & Nonlinear Buckling
  • Design Optimization & Sensitivities
  • Topology, topography and topometry Optimization
  • Rotordynamics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Acoustics and structural-acoustics coupling
  • Parallel Capability (SMP & DMP)
  • Dynamic Design Analysis Method (DDAM)
  • Implicit Nonlinear with Contact
  • Explicit Nonlinear Crash and Impact
  • Direct Matrix Abstraction Programming (DMAP)
  • Advanced Connectors for Assemblies
  • Micromechanical failure analysis of composites

Comprehensive Support for Industry-Specific Simulations
Ideal for highly-engineered products such as automobiles, airplanes, heavy equipment, medical equipment, electronics, and other complex products, MD Nastran supports a number of industry-specific processes through its integrated disciplines. For example:
  • Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) and acoustics for automotive design.
  • Strength and structural dynamics of an aircraft fuselage, wings and flaps, and landing gear.
  • Effects of temperature fluctuations from convection, conduction, advection, and radiation in consumer electronic devices.

Benefits
Measurable Results for Competitive Success

With its unique multidiscipline approach, comprehensive capabilities, and best-in-class solver technology, MD Nastran is the gold standard for market-changing design innovation. By offering the critical capability of parallel design simulation, MD Nastran enables:

Improved Engineering Productivity
Unify isolated teams of expertise, reduce dependency on disconnected point solutions, and vastly improve analyst efficiency by enabling and managing a broad range of multidisciplinary analysis and optimization capabilities in a single simulation environment and through the support for common analysis data models.

Accelerated Time-To-Market
Rapid insight into overall design performance enables faster design cycles and reduces the time-to-solution cycle significantly while encouraging innovation by enabling studies of new designs.

Reduced Manufacturing Costs
Design behavior is understood much earlier in the process, enabling defects to be identified and corrected before design approval. Likewise, manufacturing suitability is determined earlier, optimizing cycle time, reducing scrap, and eliminating investment in unnecessary equipment.

Optimal Product Quality and Lower Warranty Costs
With precise representation of complex interactions between disciplines, simulation results more accurately reflect real-life results, thereby enabling better design decision and eliminating unexpected operational faults during use.