Product manufacturers often struggle to understand true system performance until
very late in the design process. Mechanical, electrical, and other subsystems
are validated against their specific requirements within the systems engineering
process, but full-system testing and validation comes late, leading to rework
and design changes that are riskier and more costly than those made early on.
Simulate "Real World" Physics
As the world’s most famous and widely used Multibody Dynamics (MBD) software,
Adams improves engineering efficiency and reduces product development costs by
enabling early system-level design validation. Engineers can evaluate and manage
the complex interactions between disciplines including motion, structures,
actuation, and controls to better optimize product designs for performance,
safety, and comfort. Along with extensive analysis capabilities, Adams is
optimized for large-scale problems, taking advantage of high performance
computing environments.
Utilizing multibody dynamics solution technology, Adams runs nonlinear dynamics
in a fraction of the time required by FEA solutions. Loads and forces computed
by Adams simulations improve the accuracy of FEA by providing better assessment
of how they vary throughout a full range of motion and operating environments.
"Adams simulations permitted us to get different loading conditions to be
studied through an FE analysis, putting to evidence the most critical loading
combinations”
Bianchi F - Auguata Westland
Adams Multidiscipline Solutions
Optional modules available with Adams allow users to integrate mechanical
components, pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, and control systems
technologies to build and test virtual prototypes that accurately account for
the interactions between these subsystems.