Hardware Advancements Are Changing FEA Software

摘要

In the early 1980s, CAE industry experts said FEA would never run on PCs. Yet, in 1984, ALGOR pioneered the first such comprehensive FEA system. During the last two-and-a-half decades, the CAE industry has tried to keep pace with increasing computing capabilities to take best advantage of them. Today, PCs are routinely used for complex analyses such as motion-contact, CFD, and mult-iphysics.rnTake a look at some recent software developments that have improved hardware support. Our customers report that 64-bit processing enables them to perform large-scale analyses that weren't possible before. In one example, an engineer routinely meshes and analyzes models with approximately 2 million solid elements.