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Support for the 64-bit HP-UX® operating system for all analysis types
- Previous releases of ALGOR software have supported 32- and 64-bit Windows and 32- and 64-bit Linux operating systems.
Now, V19.1 expands ALGOR's multi-platform support, allowing users to apply the power and speed of the 64-bit HP-UX operating system to all ALGOR analysis types
including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics,
steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics and full multiphysics.
Future releases will provide even faster solvers and support distributed processing on all platforms.
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New gasket material model and element - ALGOR V19.1 provides a new gasket material model and element for accurately
simulating the nonlinear behavior of thin, gasket-like materials.
As shown in the image, gasket elements were used to simulate a compressible material that
acts as a seal between two metal surfaces.
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Improved report publishing - The Report Wizard and Environment of V19.1 feature improvements including the ability to publish
a report as an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file;
the capability to automatically include the Superview result images in
reports; and support for additional custom logo options including
watermarks. These expanded report capabilities allow you to easily and
effectively share your analysis data with others as shown here.
Adobe, Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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Capability to calculate equilibrium temperature - For a heat transfer analysis, the Superview
Results Environment of V19.1 provides a new capability to calculate
equilibrium temperature or the
average temperature of selected elements, weighted by mass and specific heat.
The equilibrium temperature can be thought of as the temperature that the selected elements would attain if they were allowed to come to equilibrium
without losing any heat to the environment. As shown here, the "Inquire
Results" dialog can be used to specify the "Equilibrium Temperature"
option.
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Ability to display fluid flow results as streaklines - In V19.1, a new particle tracking option allows you to connect the particles of a
particle path to create a streakline.
As shown in the image, simply activate the "Connect paths as streaklines" option to see a vivid visualization of the particle path,
which can help you gain a better understanding of flow patterns including turbulence.
Note: A streakline differs from a streamline as follows:
a streakline is defined as the locus of particles that have earlier passed through a prescribed point;
while a streamline is defined as a line everywhere tangent to the velocity vector at a given instant.
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Full associativity with each design change in Rhinoceros -
ALGOR V19.1 expands support for Rhinoceros by adding full associativity
with each design change. Now, Rhinoceros users can make iterative design
changes without needing to redefine FEA loads, constraints and other
data.
The image shows an automotive exhaust system that was modeled in Rhinoceros and analyzed in ALGOR.
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Automatic adaptive parameter control for segregate scheme - In
steady, unsteady and coupled fluid/thermal analyses,
V19.1 provides new options to automatically adjust the relaxation
parameters for the
segregated formulation – resulting
in faster convergence. As
shown in the image, the "Analysis Parameters" dialog allows you to
activate the "Apply automatic parameter control" option, which instructs
the software to automatically adjust relaxation control parameters using
built-in values. You can also choose from a pull-down menu of options
for the "Detect stagnation due to oscillation" parameter to control how
the software proceeds when it encounters convergence difficulties.
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New results display capabilities - As shown here,
V19.1 adds the following new display options in the Superview Results
environment:
- Stresses calculated from average stress tensors - Results such as von Mises and principal stresses are calculated from other quantities.
A new option on the "Smoothing Options" dialog lets you smooth the primary
quantities before calculating the other stresses.
- Heat transfer results during an analysis - While a heat transfer
analysis is still running, results can be examined in
the Superview Results environment of FEMPRO. As shown in the image, this
improved results display capability allows you to examine heat transfer results
while the solution is running in order to verify that it is proceeding as
desired and determine whether or not to stop the analysis before completion or
let it run to the final time step.
- Electrostatic reaction forces - The mechanical forces caused by an
electrical field can be displayed as reaction force contours for an electrostatic
field strength and voltage analysis. The electrostatic forces can also be applied directly to a stress model.
These new results display options allow you to better visualize your analysis results and share them with others. |
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