Virtual Product Development
Next dimension in development process
Analysis of early stage prototype design or improvement of an existing product or production process can be effectively done using virtual product development. This contemporary interdisciplinary approach combining design optimization techniques and finite element analysis is an alternative to classical way of product design which is based on time- and cost-unfavourable testing and expensive trial-and-error processes. Virtual prototypes cost less to produce and design changes are easier to make then empirical upgrades and modifications of physical prototypes. Nevertheless we realize the significance of physical testing for virtual simulation. Material tests are essential as a source of data for advanced constitutive laws. Full-scale physical test are needed for validation and calibration of complex computational models.
Benefits
Typical benefits of the virtual product development and optimization:
Shorten the time-to-market
Reduced development costs
Fast evaluation of problems in early stage of design
Replace experimental trial-and-error processes
Improved product performance at defined level of reliability and serviceability
Reduced production costs
Our consultancy team possesses extensive experience and know-how in setting up advanced parametric FE-models, FEA analysis and evaluation of structures performance and latest design optimization techniques.
Simulation and Optimization Techniques
We offer our customers simulation and optimization techniques, which can be integrated into their current-state product development process:
Parametric Modeling
Virtual Prototyping
Topological Optimization
Sensitivity Analysis (shows how the uncertainty in the output of a FE-model can be apportioned to different sources of uncertainty in its inputs)
Design Space Exploration
Verification and Validation of Computational Model
Multi-objective Optimization (reduction of production costs and improvement of performance and reliability, often reduction of production costs while achieving target performance)
Parametric Tolerance Analysis of Mechanical Assemblies
Model Calibration and Inverse Parameter Identification