Designing ships and other floating structures such as oil and gas platforms is a specialized field. Sector-specific challenges not only include consideration of hydrodynamic loading and the need to meet the design spec and safety requirements imposed by relevant authorities, … Read More
Spring is approaching and if your neighborhood is like mine, it seems like every other house has a portable basketball hoop ready for players to heave up three-pointers from all directions. As I was slowly driving down my street, keeping … Read More
Presented jointly with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the 8th Annual Altair Enlighten Awards acknowledge the world’s best initiatives to reduce vehicle weight and meet emissions targets. This award draws the best innovations that will push the industry forward … Read More
When I set foot at Formnext on the first day, I immediately felt excitement and anticipation from my colleagues at the expanded Altair booth before the opening of the fair. The entire show matched this year’s theme, “capability to capacity.” … Read More
This is a guest post by Gabriel Dämmer, research associate at Festo and the Institute of Polymer Product Engineering at Johannes Kepler University. Combining additive manufacturing (AM) with structural optimization can result in functionally integrated and stiff but lightweight structures. … Read More
This guest contribution is written by Hakan Fransson, Technical Manager at NovaCast Systems, a member of the Altair Partner Alliance. The casting process has been used for more than 5,000 years to produce castings for varying applications. Castings are becoming lighter, … Read More
The development of a design from the first steps of defining requirements to the final step when it is ready for production is often a lengthy and iterative process. Gaining an early understanding of what a design should look like … Read More
On a recent trip to Toronto, I looked out the window at a construction crane and noticed persistent motion from wind induced pressure. The motion was oscillatory in nature, rotating the arm back and forth, for as long as the … Read More
Have you ever felt like your design was overweight or unnecessarily exceeded its structural requirements? This could mean you are using excessive material which can directly affects the overall cost. Or has your single part been patched up with structural … Read More
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