| Preprocessor |
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Various viewers (wireframe and hidden-line removal)
- Extensible FEM data and shape data conversion (MSC.NASTRAN,
ABAQUS, and STL)
- Structural conditions setting (geometry/material
and constraint/load conditions)
- Optimization condition setting (basis vector, objective
functions, design variables, and restrictions)
- Calculation monitor (scheduling and progress)
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| Postprocessor |
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Deformation chart display
- Contour chart display (Band contour and cross section
contour)
- XY-plotting (path and history)
- Optimization result plotting (Optimization shape,
sensitivity, and history) |
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| Solver |
| [Analysis
Module] |
<Analysis
Function> |
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- Static
load elasticity analysis, eigen value analysis, head
conduction analysis, and thermal stress analysis
- Optimization calculation, parameter study (calculating
correlation between objective function and design
variable), and single study |
| <Element
Library> |
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- Three-dimensional
beam, plane stress/distortion, rotational symmetry,
three-dimensional shells, and three-dimensional solids |
| <Load
Conditions> |
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- Node concentration/edge
distribution/plane distribution/centrifugal force/gravity
load and thermal load |
| <Mechanical
Boundary Conditions> |
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- Single
point constraint (SPC) and multi-point constraint
(MPC) |
| <Thermal
Boundary Conditions> |
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- Forced
temperature and heat transfer |
[Sensitivity Module] |
- Design sensitivity analysis with difference and
differential methods |
[Optimization Module] |
<ptimization Method> |
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- Sequential
Second-order/linear Programming |
| <Objective
Function (to be optimized)> |
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- Weight,
displacement, reverse force, stress, and natural frequency |
| <Design
Variables (Variable geometric and structural conditions)> |
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- Basis vector
shape (geometric shapes)
- Shell element board thickness |
| <Restrictions
(Controlling shape/structural fluctuation)> |
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- Weight,
displacement, reverse force, stress, and natural frequency
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| <Multiple
Load Cases> |
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- Optimizing
combination of static load and eigen value
- Optimizing combination of static load and multiple
load cases
- Optimizing combination of static load and thermal
load |
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