AltaSim Technologies' staff has over 25 years expertise in the development and
application of finite-element based analysis using ABAQUS . We have applied ABAQUS
to understand the behavior of laboratory-based tests and the response of large scale
complex structural components. AltaSim's engineers can accurately simulate the
behavior of a range of conditions including:
- Linear and Non-linear materials and structural behavior
- Combined structural and thermal loading (thermomechanical analysis)
- Fracture mechanics (linear and nonlinear)
- Component lifetime assessment, structural stability, and identification of safe operating conditions and inspection intervals
- High-rate loading including impact, metal forming and explosive loading of water (UNDEX) and land based (AIREX) applications
- Heat transfer due to conduction, convection and radiation
- Large deformation using explicit solver techniques
- Surface contact, impact analysis and inelastic buckling phenomena
- Structural vibration
- Complex materials response including linear, non-linear and time dependent behavior including traditional structural, thermo-elastic/plastic and biomaterials
- Specialized user material models (UMATS)
Over the years, AltaSim's expertise in these areas has supported a wide range of
technology developments including the design of large scale ship structures subject to
high rate loading and small scale implanted medical devices under loading from
human body activity; the identification of safe operating limits and inspection intervals
for damaged petrochemical plants, and the manufacturing conditions for automotive
component production; the impact of manufacturing induced residual stresses on the
behavior of complex structures and the development of material processing and
manufacturing operations.