Bloodhound SSC: On Track to Break the World Land Speed Record
Designers of an innovative supersonic car draw on technology to address engineering challenges – and to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists.
By Beverly A. Beckert Concept To Reality Spring/Summer 2010

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Forklift Manufacturer Cuts Pre-Processing Time in Half and Solves Stubborn Design Problems with Altair’s HyperWorks Suite
The main goal of NMHG and Chief Engineer Dr. Pedro Bastias was to virtually design, test and evaluate each product before any physical prototypes are made. Using HyperWorks, NMHG is saving time, cutting costs and identifying new ways to resolve stubborn engineering problems.

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Engineering Trade-off between Performance Enhancement and Weight Reduction For Gear Housing Using Mathematical Optimization
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Bruce Hansen from Sikorsky. The rotorcraft industry today faces a growing challenge of finding the right trade-offs between weight/cost savings and performance enhancement. In order to meet this challenge, designers and analysts are increasingly applying innovative mathematical structural optimization techniques for designing different categories of rotorcraft components and systems. This presentation will show how real-life trade-off challenges were navigated with assistance from optimization methods available in OptiStruct.

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HyperWorks Improves Development Processes in Automotive Industry
In 2008 PWO Germany (Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG) had to develop and produce a new steel made automotive cross car beam (CCB) for the dash board of a new car. PWO received the CAD model, the design space definition and other pre-defined standards of the component from the customer and developed and produced the fitting cross beam based on this information. PWO used the HyperWorks Suite to develop the component. HyperMesh was used to transfer the CAD model into a FEA model, which was then used to run dedicated analysis and simulation tasks. To fulfill the requirements for crash and modal analysis, the company used OptiStruct to optimize the component, RADIOSS and other external solver to run the calculations and HyperView for the post processing. HyperForm was used to check the production feasibility of the individual components and for metal forming simulation tasks. It was important for PWO to have a software suite available that could cover all simulation tasks within one graphical user interface and licensing system.

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HyperWorks Improves Development Processes at Automotive Consultancy
csi entwicklungstechnik GmbH, a leading engineering service provider for the automotive industry has enhanced its simulation power with Altair‘s HyperWorks Suite. The company consolidated its CAE tools and now uses the large scale of HyperWorks, which offers a solution for almost every application needed in modern product development. csi will apply OptiStruct for optimization tasks, MotionView and MotionSolve for multi-body applications, and HyperMesh for pre-processing tasks. Additionally HyperShape/CATIA will be used for CAD integrated optimization and weight reduction.

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Increasing the Customer Value of Structural Designs Using HyperStudy and Topology Optimization While Considering Manufacturing Constraints
This was a 2010 Americas HTC Presentation given by Steve Reagan from L&L Products. In the demanding environment seen in today's markets, continual innovations driving increasing levels of customer value are key. The use of topology optimization with the inclusion of manufacturing constraints was critical to the achievement seen in this project and was made possible through the close product/process integration available through the HyperWorks tool suite. In this presentation, Dr. Reagan shows how HPC, RADIOSS, HyperStudy, and OptiStruct were employed to drive material cost down while maintaining product performance.

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Improving Efficiency and Accuracy at Eaton Aerospace with HyperWorks
The Hydraulic Systems Division of Eaton’s Aerospace Group designs hydraulic components and systems on many of the world’s military and commercial aircraft in the skies today. Eaton uses Altair HyperWorks within it's simulation processes to improve solution efficiency and accuracy.

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锁定自行车货架伙伴关系
       一项创新技术，降低了推出新产品的风险。

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充分利用铸造流程
       在铸造设计中应用优化技术，制造商可以在创记录的时间内生产更便宜、更高质量的部件。

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使钢更轻
       先进高强度钢已经成为全球高端工程产品设计应用最广的材料之一。

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优化：采用不同的设计
       一个聪明的设计和新的材料使用Fila帆船能够适应激烈的船舶比赛对抗。

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F35联合攻击机结构部件优化
      Lockeed Martin应用OptiStruct在联合攻击机项目中达到了苛刻的重量指标。高潜能的减重部件包括紧凑型连接和平板。

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优化帮助军用运输飞机结构优化设计
      EADS军机部门将优化贯彻到结构设计流程中，将其应用于A400M后机身设计。

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汽车部件概念设计优化
      ArvinMeritor成功的将拓扑和形貌优化应用到汽车零部件设计中。

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应用拓扑优化设计全地形车骨架
      全地形车结构的前期概念设计优化可以减重9％。利用实验设计（DOE）方法，碰撞峰值加速度下降了22％。

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HyperWorks在长春客车公司：加速高速列车的设计和分析
      亚洲最大的铁路车辆制造商长春轨道客车股份有限公司（CRC），正在寻求通过简化CAE流程提高开发效率。通过实施Altair HyperWorks产品设计工程构架，公司能够减少建模时间高达百分之五十。此外，因为更好的模型质量得到了更准确的仿真结果。

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OptiStruct驱动商用飞机减重：舱门支撑臂设计优化
      应用OptiStruct拓扑和形状优化工具，Eurocopter公司为Fairchild Dornier 728飞机设计了一个新的舱门支撑臂。公司将优化技术作为设计流程的一部分，达到了减重20%的效果。

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将仿真应用到运动型概念车设计中
      优化技术为阿尔法罗密欧的时尚概念车进行创新悬挂设计。

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旋翼飞机设计
      优化工具使得波音公司在开发新飞机时对形状和功能进行平衡。

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优化飞机结构
      优化技术和方法用于高效率的民用和军用飞机的创新设计。

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Altair HyperWorks加速轻量Alpine列车开发
      Stadler是行业中一个充满活力公司。在欧洲各地六个地区有超过2000名员工。该公司生产轻型快速交通列车和区域铁路电车，是市场中领先的供应商。该公司采用模块化，可扩展的概念，针对特定需求设计客户导向的解决方案。根据CAD模型进行CAE仿真的静态/动态/认证部门，应用Altair的HyperWorks开发冰川快车，一辆轻量级运载乘客穿越雄伟阿尔卑斯山的列车。HyperWorks工具使各部门的设计流程快速高效的进行。
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Altair HyperWorks帮助Joe Gibbs赛车
      使用Altair HyperWorks计算机辅助工程软件中的OptiStruct，Joe Gibbs车队可以重新分配车辆质量和显著提高驾驶操控特性，设计出更具竞争力的赛车。
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优化驱动产品性能
      工程设计师们在高尔夫球棒的设计上狂热地追求击球性能，然而他们并未忘记遵守高尔夫球运动的规则。
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消防车设计
     创新和优化技术延伸了消防车的功能。
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改善Viessmann供热锅炉声学：OptiStruct优化筋条布局
      Altair OptiStruct可用于生成和优化钣金件筋条布局。通过OptiStruct的形貌和形状优化方法，板件厚度可大大减小，从而既减少了材料又降低了整体成本。
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PBS Professional在Scripps研究所的应用
      每年，无数病人——无论其年龄或者社会地位——都会受到骨关节炎(一种关节变性疾病)的折磨。而且随着年龄增大，在关节中起到缓冲作用的软骨会被破坏，与之关联的骨骼会开始产生摩擦并导致关节的疼痛。当情况恶化到一定程度且所有非手术的方法均宣告无效时，医生会建议采用关节移植。一种典型方法是将由钛合金和塑料组合制造的人工关节植入体内，并用粘合剂或者螺钉固定。这些人工关节为病人带来了新的生活，大幅度减轻了他们的痛苦并扩展了他们的活动范围。然而，不可避免地，这些接受移植的病人心中总有些疑问：这些人工关节可以带我走多远？我能够恢复多少力量？这些关节可以用多久?
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产品开发的成功，取决于对创新的追求
       在设计和制造过程引入仿真工具，把创新转化为专利产品。
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HyperWorks结构优化减少Alfa Romeo悬架设计时间
       使用Altair HyperWorks软件，意大利的阿尔法罗密欧公司在结构优化中结合多体动力学，大大减少设计时间。由此产生的悬挂设计展现出卓越的性能特点。
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OptiStruct技术在早期的概念设计阶段完成铸造和锻造件减重
       使用Altair OptiStruct，印度Ashok Leyland能够在部件的创新设计，优化和稳健性设计方案中降低成本并提高可靠性。利用OptiStruct的技术能够快速的得到可靠的设计方向
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OptiStruct在ArvinMeritor公司设计重量轻和更耐用门窗调节升降板时缩短了开发时间
       使用Altair OptiStruct，ArvinMeritor能够设计出重量更轻并易于组装的玻璃调节升降板。新的单元设计在不牺牲性能和耐用性的条件下，比原设计减少了材料。
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优化包装设计方法
       消费类产品包装设计人员在整个开发过程中面临着相互冲突的要求。良好的包装美学是产品成功的关键，同时单位成本必须降到最低程度，并满足一定的堆放和运输要求。本文举例介绍了在设计流程中如何应用优化技术。结果表明，这种技术可以给设计人员在满足结构和制造要求情况下，提供清晰的包装设计信息和有吸引力的形状特征，同时最大限度的降低成本。
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优化设计驱动新的个人消费护理产品包开发
       在竞争激烈的市场条件下，包装设计师必须不断注入创新来吸引消费者。保持领先地位是一项重大的挑战，必须将令人振奋的新产品快速的推向市场，并且必须保持一定的质量水平。文章描述了一种新的除臭剂包装的开发过程，在概念设计阶段引入了先进的仿真和优化技术。通过先进的仿真技术，使得对组装部件的详细预测成为可能。然后在虚拟试验环境下对设计变量进行优化。这种方法提供了明确的设计方向，帮助提高性能并减少开发流程中的不确定性。
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优化设计驱动新的个人消费护理产品包开发
       在竞争激烈的市场条件下，包装设计师必须不断注入创新来吸引消费者。保持领先地位是一项重大的挑战，必须将令人振奋的新产品快速的推向市场，并且必须保持一定的质量水平。文章描述了一种新的除臭剂包装的开发过程，在概念设计阶段引入了先进的仿真和优化技术。通过先进的仿真技术，使得对组装部件的详细预测成为可能。然后在虚拟试验环境下对设计变量进行优化。这种方法提供了明确的设计方向，帮助提高性能并减少开发流程中的不确定性。
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