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Course Catalog - Learning Experience for SIMULIA Electromagnetics SMEMGLX-OC

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Course Catalog - Learning Experience for SIMULIA Fluids SMFLLX-OC

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SIMULIA 3DEXPERIENCE Courses - 2025

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Course Catalog - Learning Experience for SIMULIA Multibody Systems SMMBSLX-OC

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Course Catalog - Learning Experience for SIMULIA Structures SMSTRLX-OC

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Over the last three decades, shale gas reservoirs have emerged as gigantic gas resources. Economic production from shale gas cannot be achieved by natural mechanisms alone; it requires technologies such as hydraulic fracturing in multiple stages along a horizontal wellbore. Developing numerical models for hydraulic fracturing is essential since a successful fracturing job in a shale formation cannot be generalized to another due to different shale characteristics, and restricted access to the field data acquisition. Empirical methods and Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)-based numerical techniques are still the prevailing design tools in most hydraulic fracture applications though they provide a reasonable prediction only for hard (brittle) rocks.

Customer Papers

The brake system is a critical item of safety equipment in a vehicle and provides the driver with adequate control over the speed of the vehicle and is classified as one of the most crucial parts in any vehicle. Rotor reliability and the thermal behaviour of various small scale disc brake rotors were investigated using a small scale brake dynamometer rig and a number of different numerical approaches. Abaqus and Matlab software were firstly used to construct a one dimensional (1D) thermal model to investigate the thermal performance of disc brakes. The 1D model was validated with literature and experimental results.

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During pressure testing of a large distributor the weld securing the bulkhead failed, which triggered large pressure transients and cavitation phenomena. The problem has been studied by explicit integration, using shell elements for the structural parts and acoustic elements for the water. Although the calculations had to be carried out in the absence of any information about the outcome of the accident, very good consistency was achieved between the predictions and the actual observations.

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Reduction of cogging torque is one of the fundamental goals in designing permanent magnet machines. Finite element analyses are indispensible in analyzing the various design choices for reducing cogging torque and for faster prototyping of the final product. In this Technology Brief, we show how Abaqus/Standard can be used to compute cogging torque in a permanent magnet generator. To reduce numerical noise, meshing techniques involving a sliding mesh and repeated meshes are realized using the advanced meshing functionality available in Abaqus/CAE.

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Modeling thermal behavior of Li-ion cells for vehicle electrification applications is a challenging task. AVL has developed 3D-FEA models to simulate the electro-thermal behavior of Li-ion battery cells with various geometries using Abaqus. In these models, the Li-ion battery system is simplified and modeled as heterogeneous solid medium consisting of a single or multiple equivalent battery layers with composite electrical and thermal conductivities for the equivalent anode, cathode and separator. Thermal behaviors of cylindrical, prismatic and pouch Li-ion battery cells and modules were analyzed under different electrical loads and cooling conditions.

Customer Papers

Sometime vise jaw holders of the hacksaw are broken due to accidental heavy loads or machine misusing. These broken part are the stationary and movable vise jaw holders and the connecter power screw between them. With the aim of investigating the failure of these components, a three dimensional finite element model for stress analysis has been performed. It starts by identifying the broken parts of the hacksaw machine. In addition, the material of the broken parts is identified, the CAD model is built, and the hacksaw mechanism is analyzed to get the accurate applied loads on the broken parts. After analyzing the model using Abaqus CAE software, the results show that the location of the high stresses are identical with the original broken parts.

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Pumping equipment is used in oil refining plants to pump oil distillation products. This equipment has to withstand heavy combined hydrodynamic and thermal loads, and recently been reported to fail due to fatigue damage. The main problem appears to be crack growth on peripheral wheel parts. The wheel sustains fatigue damage in an accumulation period which is shorter than the maintenance period recommended by the manufacturer. A study of the wheel fatigue life has been conducted. A material investigation was also carried out to verify that the damage had indeed been caused by fatigue. An analytical solution developed is viable for crack growth study only, and cannot predict fatigue life.

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