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Magna Steyr
Magna Steyr uses topology and shape optimization to improve fatigue life of components. It seems that they are using their own software FEMFAT in conjunction with other commercial software to reach the desired results. FEMFAT is a software specialized in … Continue reading
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Tagged fatigue, Magna Steyr, Optimization, Topology
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FreeFem++ Toolbox
A FreeFem++ toolbox is developed by G. Allaire, B. Boutin, C. Dousset and O. Pantz of Ecole Polytechnique in France. FreeFem++ is itself a free software for solving partial differential equations by the finite element method. With the toolbox 2D … Continue reading
Airbus
Airbus researches use of topology optimization on aircraft wing ribs (link). It is stated that usage of topology optimization results in around 1000 kg of weight savings per aircraft. (link for photo)
Aircraft wing
J.S. Rao et al. (link) from India studied topology optimization for commercial aircraft wing and obtained some interesting results. The resulting structure has a strong dendritic form, or as the authors suggest a feather like structure, a very interesting point … Continue reading
Brembo
Brembo, the worldwide brake technology giant uses topology optimization for GP4 RR and GP4 RX calipers. The calipers are intended for Moto2 racing and are machined from billet. It is stated that thanks to topology optimization these calipers are much … Continue reading
MCE-5 VCRi
MCE-5 VCRi deploys topology optimization for its extraordinary piston rack. MCE‑5 VCRi is aadvanced internal combution engine, with variable displacement, advertised to produce very imprssive 420 Nm and 160 kW (220 hp) from a 1.5 L 2-stage turbo engine. The … Continue reading
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Tagged electrochemical machining, forging, MCE‑5, Rack
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BLOODHOUND SSC uses topology optimization
BLOODHOUND, the successor of Thrust SSC which was the first supersonic car in the world, uses topology optimization to design its structure. In their website, it is stated that stiffness is the main design criteria for the body so it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2D, 3D, BLOODHOUND, mesh, Optimization, SSC, supersonic, Topology
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TopOpt Review
TopOpt is developed by Technical University of Denmark. The 2D version was online by 1999 and since then the online tool has been used for more than 180.000 times. Its 3D version was online by 2004 and is used for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2D, 3D, free, mesh, Optimization, Topology, TopOpt, web applet
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Trinitas Review
Trinitas is developed by Linköping University for mainly research. It provides many forms of Finite Element Analysis and is quite useful. As far as we are aware its commercial usage price is very low. We tried the 30 day limited … Continue reading
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Tagged 2D, 3D, mesh, Optimization, Topology, Trinitas
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