Altair Releases HyperWorks v10.0 for CAE
 TROY,
MI, Jun 4, 2009 - Altair Engineering, a global provider of technology and
services empowering client innovation and decision making, today announced
the release of Altair HyperWorks 10.0, an even more powerful version of its
popular integrated computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite. This new
release builds upon the breadth of solver solutions and computation speed of
RADIOSS, launches several first-to-market design optimization advancements,
introduces a new mathematical analysis software technology, and extends its
market leadership position in modeling and visualization technologies.
“HyperWorks 10.0 lets engineers be engineers,” said Altair HyperWorks
Vice President Jeffrey M. Brennan. “Altair’s goal for modeling, analysis and
visualization is to bring a high level of automation to these processes,
allowing engineers to have more time to study, improve and optimize their
designs and apply their problem-solving skills to address today’s complex
design challenges. From a business perspective, this allows staff resources
to invest more time on value-added activities that can have an immediate
impact on both efficiency and innovation.”
"I've been using Altair HyperWorks software since version 7 and the
enhancements with every new release have always proven to be very
significant,” says Suresh Dharmaraj, senior mechanical engineer at Otis
Elevator Company. “As a beta user of HyperWorks 10, I can make the same
claim. When it comes to technical support, I'm very impressed and would rate
Altair the best in the industry. I am happy to recommend HyperWorks software
to anyone who enquires."
What’s new in version 10.0
Faster and Expanded Solver Solutions
RADIOSS 10.0, an implicit and explicit solver technology for linear,
nonlinear and crashworthiness problems, delivers an even broader solution
scope and new element formulations that enable analyses to be completed up
to seven times faster than before. RADIOSS solver advancements include:
- Expanded solutions for noise-vibration-and-harshness (NVH) and
heat-transfer analysis
- A new “fast parabolic” tetrahedral element for impact and explicit
analyses that improves analysis throughput by up to three times faster
without sacrificing results accuracy
- New parallelized solutions for linear statics, linear buckling and
direct frequency response analyses that increase computational speeds by
four to seven times
- A new multi-domain analysis algorithm that allows large crash models
to be analyzed two to three times faster
- New implicit and explicit composites analysis capabilities to
support lightweight design initiatives
"Volvo 3P India has been using HyperCrash and RADIOSS for safety analyses
on our truck programs since 2005,” says Jean-François Guglielmo, chief
engineer for Volvo 3P India. “HyperWorks 10.0 advancements in these
technologies will help us achieve greater productivity and benefit our
safety simulation process.”
MotionSolve 10.0, HyperWorks’ modern mechanical system simulation
solution, introduces co-simulation capabilities with Simulink control
systems and also with DSHplus hydraulic/pneumatic systems by FLUIDON, a
HyperWorks Enabled Partner. Co-simulation allows analysis of the coupled
interaction between mechanical systems with other systems to better
understand system level behavior. Also, with the 10.0 release, MotionSolve
now calculates more than 90 different Suspension Design Factors (SDF).
“HyperWorks’ finite element and motion analysis solvers, RADIOSS and
MotionSolve, span the most popular and demanding solution types while
delivering benchmarked accuracy, speed and cost-effective scalability that
are required today,” says Dr. Uwe Schramm, chief technology officer for
HyperWorks.
First-to-Market Design Optimization Innovations
With the release of HyperWorks 10.0, Altair continues its industry
leadership in design optimization technologies. The suite’s optimization
products, OptiStruct and HyperStudy, introduce first-to-market structural
optimization innovations that include:
- Optimization for combined structural and multi-body dynamics
problems
- A reliability-based module for design optimization that also
provides improved data mining, evaluation and rating modules
- Optimization for fatigue life and damage considerations
- New acoustic optimization and combined thermal/mechanical
optimization
HyperMath – A New Product for Mathematical Analysis
HyperMath is a general purpose numerical computing environment that
allows customers to easily develop and perform custom mathematical
operations on various types of data, including data associated with CAE pre-
and post-processing. This new software technology includes a powerful and
flexible programming language, comprehensive math and utility libraries, an
integrated code development environment, data visualization and direct
support of common data formats. HyperMath seamlessly works with the suite’s
design optimization and process automation tools, as well as third-party
applications with command line support, to provide faster design direction
and improved decision making.
Modeling, Morphing and Visualization Advancements
HyperMesh, Altair’s flagship product for finite element pre-processing,
includes several new algorithms for tetrahedral, hexahedral, "mesh flow" and
mid-surface meshing. In addition to meshing efficiencies, other enhancements
include:
- The ability to view one-dimensional elements as 3D objects to
visually verify modeling information for accuracy
- New multi-directional morphing functionality that allows finite
element models to be smoothly morphed or 'fit' to a surface or group of
nodes.
“HyperMesh is a very important technology to Eaton Aerospace Business,”
says Christine Stahl, lead analytical engineer at Eaton Aerospace Business.
“It allows us to create quality meshes of complex parts quickly. We look
forward to the upcoming release of HyperWorks 10.0 and the added
functionality that it will give our users.”
HyperView 10.0 includes visualization speed enhancements and new
post-processing capabilities for:
- Polar plots
- Advanced super-positioning
- Envelope tracing capabilities to quickly identify or locate a
significant load step or simulation that contributes to the max, min, or
extreme condition
For more HyperWorks 10.0 information including a complete listing of new
products and functionality, software downloads, training videos and
schedules, and regional roll-out events,
click here.
Global distribution of HyperWorks 10.0 is ongoing, and current customers
can download this version and the Release Notes either by logging into the
HyperWorks Client Center portal or
click here.
About HyperWorks
HyperWorks is the leading simulation-driven design solution for product
development across the world's top corporations. As the most comprehensive
CAE solution in the industry, HyperWorks provides a tightly integrated suite
of best-in-class tools for modeling, analysis, optimization, visualization,
reporting and performance data management. Leveraging a revolutionary
"pay-for-use" unit-based business model, HyperWorks delivers increased value
and flexibility over other software licensing models. Firmly committed to an
open-systems philosophy, Altair HyperWorks continues to lead the industry
with the broadest interoperability to commercial CAD and CAE solutions. For
more information, please visit
www.altairhyperworks.com.
About Altair
Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision making
through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization
of business and engineering information. Privately held with more than 1,300
employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America,
Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year plus track record for enterprise
analytics, product development, and advanced computing, Altair consistently
delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of
industries.
For more information, visit
www.altair.com.
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