ALGOR v22 Released for FEA
 PITTSBURGH,
PA, July 24, 2008 - 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.
ALGOR V22 features
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."
Other highlights of ALGOR V22 include:
- Software wizard for generating a series of beam elements of linearly
varying cross section to simulate a tapered beam
- Improved default meshing for CAD models, which results in fewer
elements overall and an optimized mesh size for each part of an assembly
while maintaining accuracy
- A Mesh Study software wizard, which automatically determines the
optimal mesh density required to get accurate analysis results for a CAD
model
- Improved PV/Designer tool for modeling, analysis and validation of
pressure vessels including:
- Support for conical heads and reducers
- Ability to create a zero-length main cylinder, such that the
vessel consists of two heads connected together (e.g., a spherical
vessel)
- Automatically sets the element type
- Expanded support for fracture analysis, now including static stress
with linear material models
- Improved results evaluation and presentation capabilities including:
- Ability to view flow rate results for a fluid flow analysis
- Beam code-checking for user-defined cross sections
- Ability to inquire on the results of a node by specifying the
coordinates
- Capability to import a report configuration from a previous run
- And much more.
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.
To see a free learning session on the new ALGOR V22, view the "What's New
Featuring V22" Webcast on the ALGOR web site –
www.ALGOR.com.
About ALGOR, Inc.
ALGOR, Inc. provides cost-effective solutions for design, analysis and
simulation and enables engineers to virtually test and predict real-world
behavior of new and existing product designs, speed up time to market and
make better, safer products at a lower cost. The company serves more than
20,000 customers in over 95 countries in organizations such as 3M, The
Boeing Company, Delphi Corporation, DuPont, General Electric Company,
General Motors Corporation, Goodrich Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company,
IBM Corporation and NASA. Partnerships with other leading software companies
offer data exchange with products from Alibre, Inc.; ANSYS, Inc.; Autodesk,
Inc.; IronCAD; Kubotek USA, Inc.; MSC.Software Corporation; Parametric
Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Solid Edge from
UGS; SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company; SpaceClaim
Corporation; and others. Educational support and customer service includes
the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free,
live software demonstrations.
For more information visit www.ALGOR.com.
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