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Dassault Systèmes Announces ABAQUS® Version 6.6 for Advanced
Finite Element Analysis
Added performance, new analysis features, and usability improvements
extend the value of ABAQUS software for simulation across industries
Paris, France, April 12, 2006 - Dassault Systèmes (DS)
(Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D
and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announces the availability
of Version 6.6 of ABAQUS®, its advanced finite element analysis software
suite within the SIMULIA product portfolio. The company's highly regarded
analysis products, ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit, offer new capabilities
in vibration analysis, material failure characterization, tire modeling,
and computing performance. Sophisticated new tools in ABAQUS/CAE, the
premier model building and results visualization environment for ABAQUS
analysis, help ABAQUS users accelerate the process of getting more accurate
results and producing more compelling presentations.
With this significant new software release, Dassault Systèmes
extends its leadership in providing a more unified FEA environment that
is open to leveraging models and data from a variety of CAD and CAE software
tools. The ABAQUS Version 6.6 suite is a powerful and robust simulation
platform that enables manufacturing companies in every industry to develop
innovative and reliable products faster and more cost effectively.
"ABAQUS Version 6.6 offers many new and exciting features that we
expect to significantly enhance our capability to accurately and efficiently
simulate complex tire structures," says David M. Dryden, Manager,
Research & Technology at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. "We
are especially looking forward to the ability to apply an extension of
steady state transport theory to periodic treaded tire structures. This
technology provides a highly efficient method to incorporate detailed
tread geometries onto complex tire structures for analysis of tire/road
interactions and offers the potential to advance the approximation of
treaded tire structures in steady state rolling."
"A thorough understanding of customer challenges is always the starting
point for improving ABAQUS software," says Ken Short, vice president
of strategy and marketing for ABAQUS, Inc. "ABAQUS Version 6.6 contains
many technical innovations to help customers achieve more realistic simulation
of product behavior. With enhanced usability features in ABAQUS/CAE and
open-systems links to the major CAD and CAE packages, ABAQUS Version 6.6
provides a scalable environment for simulation and accelerates the process
of achieving high-fidelity analysis results with less effort."
Important features of ABAQUS Version 6.6 include:
- Automatic multi-level substructuring (AMS). ABAQUS/AMS, a new,
fully integrated add-on capability for vibration analysis in ABAQUS/Standard,
efficiently extracts hundreds or thousands of natural frequencies in
very large linear systems. Benchmarks indicate problems can run from
10 to 25 times faster using AMS compared to alternative methods. This
advance is of great benefit to customers in the automotive powertrain,
aerospace, nuclear, and defense industries, particularly those who are
currently using multiple software tools for dynamic simulation.
- Material failure characterization. ABAQUS Version 6.6 builds
on existing ABAQUS tools for fracture and failure analysis by introducing
a new laminate damage and failure model for layered composites. This
capability enables aerospace manufacturers, and other organizations
that are increasing their use of composite materials, to simulate delamination
and ply failure simultaneously.
- Bolted-joint simulation with threads. ABAQUS set a new standard
a decade ago with technology for simulating the clamping effect of bolted
joints in multi-component assemblies. ABAQUS Version 6.6 sets another
benchmark for realistic bolted-joint simulation by providing the first
commercially available solution that enables analysts to accurately
represent the effects of bolt threads without creating detailed thread
models. This unique technology is especially important for applications
in the automotive and heavy manufacturing industries.
- Tire modeling. ABAQUS Version 6.6 allows analysts in the tire
industry to include the effects of detailed tire tread with road interaction
in simulations of rolling tires. This feature of the software, along
with enhancements related to acoustic simulation of the inflated tire
system, is unmatched in its ability to accurately model complex tire
structures and to simulate how a tread design performs under various
acceleration, braking, and cornering maneuvers.
- Adaptive remeshing. This first ABAQUS release of an integrated
adaptive remeshing capability represents a major usability improvement.
Analysts can now improve the quality of their ABAQUS/Standard results
by utilizing a close and automated interaction with ABAQUS/CAE to arrive
iteratively at a mesh that improves solution accuracy, a benefit for
any industry application.
- Postprocessing enhancements for nonlinear analysis. Many new
enhancements establish ABAQUS/CAE as the preferred product for pre-
and postprocessing of ABAQUS simulation results. Special features synchronize
animations with external videos, animate X-Y plots alongside other animations,
and utilize plot states to combine multiple plot types and options in
a single viewport display.
- Parallel performance improvements. In ABAQUS/Explicit, 16 to
32 processors can now be used effectively for certain classes of large
models to reduce turnaround time and to increase throughput. In ABAQUS/Standard,
a new distributed memory parallel sparse solver is introduced, providing
good scaling for many problems on up to 8 processors. Large classes
of simulations in both ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit can now be
run on distributed memory cluster configurations.
With more than 115 major improvements, ABAQUS Version 6.6 achieves a
new overall standard for performance, usability, and simulation fidelity,
while upholding a distinguished reputation for flexibility and reliability.
About ABAQUS, Inc.
Founded in 1978, ABAQUS, Inc. is the world's leading provider of advanced
finite element analysis software and services that are used to solve real-world
engineering problems. The ABAQUS software suite has an unsurpassed reputation
for technology, quality, and reliability and provides a powerful and complete
solution for both routine and sophisticated linear and nonlinear engineering
problems. ABAQUS delivers a unified FEA environment that is a compelling
alternative to implementations involving multiple products and vendors.
In October 2005, ABAQUS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes,
the world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions.
ABAQUS, Inc. employs more than 550 people worldwide,
with headquarters located in Providence, RI, USA, and R&D centers
in Providence and in Suresnes, France. ABAQUS has 29 offices for
technical support, sales and services, plus a network of distributors
in emerging markets.
About SIMULIA
In 2005, Dassault Systèmes acquired ABAQUS, Inc. and announced
SIMULIA, the brand that encompasses all DS simulation solutions, including
ABAQUS and CATIA analysis applications. SIMULIA provides a scalable portfolio
of simulation solutions, as well as an open platform to support integration
of multidisciplinary analysis with its industry leading partners. By building
on established technology, respected quality, and superior customer service,
SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that
enables engineers and scientists to improve product performance, eliminate
physical prototypes, and drive innovation.
About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions,
the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 90,000 customers
in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault
Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services
that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire
life cycle of products from conception to maintenance. Our offering includes
integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA®, DELMIA®,
ENOVIA®, SMARTEAM®), mainstream product 3D design tools (SolidWorks®),
3D components (Spatial/ACIS®) and SIMULIA®, DS' open platform
for realistic simulation. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq
(DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more
information, visit http://www.3ds.com
ABAQUS® is a registered trademark or trademark
of ABAQUS, Inc., in the United States and other countries. SIMULIA is
a trademark of Dassault Systèmes.
SIMULIA Press Contacts:
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Tim.Webb@simulia.com
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team@parkergroup.com
Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts:
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derek_lane@ds-us.com
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stephen_may@ds-fr.com
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mikiko_igarashi@ds-jp.com
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