Technology/Infrastructure
- Design and development with CATIA V5
- FEM- Calculation with LS-Dyna on high performance cluster
- CAE-chain with Animator, Medina and ANSA
- Application of own failure models incl. welding and bonding failure models
- Testing and validation at HQ testcenter
- Measurement technology for EOL incl. pressure measurement for pyrotechnics up to 40 kHz
- Wide spectrum of prototypes (within own workshop and/or local network)
- PDM with S4-manage
- Dynamic testing with engineering partners
Our Core Competences
- System development of rollover protection systems incl. all part surrounding ROPS and design of BIW interface
- Development & structural optimisation of ROPS integration and BIW
- Crash computation of rollover specific load cases for ROPS and vehicle applying own failure models
- Static and dynamic structural analysis of all BIW designs (stamping, welding, casting; independent of material)
- System development of pyrotechnical safety systems
- Product validation & verification
- Experimental design and testing
- Process development for production of ROP
FEM – Finite-Element-Method
Hardware:
Workstation Fujitsu 8 Core Xeon (R) E5-1620 Server Fujitsu 24 Core Xeon
Software:
LS-DYNA, Medina, Ansa, Animator
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Failure prior to optimisation
