ALGOR Inc. has launched its latest, major finite element analysis (FEA) software release, ALGOR V21, which significantly upgrades the entire spectrum of FEA: modeling, solution and results evaluation and presentation. New and improved features include a behind-the-scenes representation of the CAD model (called the "virtual CAD" modeling layer) and meshing algorithms for better mesh matching and automatic contact in complex assemblies; calculation of mass transfer due to diffusion in 3-D transient analysis; full 3-D display of 2-D axisymmetric and planar model results (using rotation or thickness values); and enhanced reporting capabilities including a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) dialog.
Other highlights of ALGOR V21 include: - Inclusion of Kubotek USA's KeyCreator CAD software - Support for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling 2007 - Scheduling analyses to start at a later time, which provides support for design studies (batch run multiple solutions with varying input and analysis types) - Capability to save customer-defined material input to a material library - Improving automatic contact detection including contact pairs - Cyclic symmetry constraints in linear static stress analysis - Phase change in transient heat transfer analysis - Fracture mechanics to simulate crack propagation in structures - Duncan-Chang material model for soils - Automated nonlinear analysis settings - Display of displacements as vectors
The new and improved features of V21 enhance and expand ALGOR's wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics and full multiphysics.
