New MI:Data Analysis App-deriving simulation model data from tensile test data.
MI:Materials Gateway for HyperMesh-accessing materials data within CAE.
Granta Design has announced GRANTA MI:Simulation, a software package that is engineered to provide accurate materials data for simulation. "Simulation is increasingly important in product development, enabling a deeper understanding of product performance, reducing reliance on expensive physical prototyping and saving time in design," said a company spokesperson. "But simulation accuracy depends on the quality of the input data, particularly the models used to describe the physical properties of materials. GRANTA MI:Simulation ensures accurate, fully-traceable, derivation of these models, helps simulation analysts to find and use the right materials data, and enables organizations to guarantee consistency and maximize returns from their investment in simulation."
The package is based on GRANTA MI, a materials information management system. Developing validated material models for simulation requires analysis of significant volumes of test data to ensure accurate description of the material across the range of relevant conditions. "The first step to ensure accurate simulations is to capture and manage all of this complex data. This is a core capability of GRANTA MI, proven in use by leading global enterprises in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, and medical devices," said the spokesperson.
The MI:Simulation package adds tools to analyze this data and prepare the resulting models for computer-aided engineering (CAE). GRANTA MI:Data Analysis Apps will support key tasks, such as curve smoothing, averaging and model fitting. These tasks usually need to be tailored to a user's specific properties and material types of interest and to in-house or preferred analysis methods and models. A sample app is provided to extract tensile test data from a corporate database, process it and make the resulting models available for simulation. "But, more important, are accompanying tools to create your own apps, or to enable their creation by Granta's Services Team. The result will enable engineers to derive exactly the simulation input data required by their company, quickly, traceably and consistently," said the spokesperson.
The GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway software enables access from directly within CAE environments including Abaqus/CAE, ANSYS Workbench, HyperMesh and NX. The MI:Simulation package includes the user's choice of MI:Materials Gateway, now enhanced to further smooth the workflow of finding and assigning relevant CAE models. For other systems, integration is still fast-users can export materials cards from GRANTA MI, with automatic data transforms and manipulation into the formats read by software such as LS-DYNA, Nastran, PAM-CRASH, PAM-STAMP, Patran and RADIOSS.
For more information contact:
Granta Design
ASM International
9639 Kinsman Road
Materials Park, OH 44073-0002
800-241-1546
www.grantadesign.com