MSC.Software Dytran can be used to simulate drop tests of electronics, hand-held tools and other expensive products without the costly building of prototypes. EnSight is very well suited to visualize, analyze, and present the Dytran simulation results. Dytran falls into the Explicit finite element analysis class of mechanical computer-aided engineering (MCAE) simulation software along with Dassault Systems ABAQUS, LSTC LS-Dyna, and others. EnSight handles data from all of these and can be helpful when comparing results between them.
MSC Software's Dytran data can be read into EnSight using a user-defined data reader for archive (.arc) files. Dytran is an explicit finite element analysis (FEA) solution foranalyzing complex nonlinear behavior involving permanent deformation ofmaterial properties or the interaction of fluids and structures.
"EnSight makes great quality animations in a fraction of the time," says Arjaan Buiijk, MSC.Software's senior developer of MSC.Dytran. "The ability to quickly create animations greatly helps us understand what is going on in a simulation, and creating AVIs helps to communicate with others in the company and with customers. EnSight's ability to handle unstructured meshes and changing connectivities makes it a unique tool."
This image demonstrates the stress inflicted on theshroud surrounding the frangible nut after separation. Courtesy ofNASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
To help develop aircraft that are better equipped than ever to face enemy fire, researchers at the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Daejeon, South Korea, have turned to computational Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) to understand airframe survivability under battle conditions.
