MSC Adams 2017.2 Targets Simulation Speed

MSC Software Corporation has released MSC Adams—2017.2. Featuring multibody dynamics simulation, MSC Adams 2017.2 focuses on usability and simulation speed for Adams Solver and Adams Car and further expands its Adams Real Time capabilities, the company reports.

One highlight of the release includes a faster Parallel Adams Solver. Performance improvements have been made to Adams Solver when running on multiple threads with Adams Solver Shared Memory Parallel (SMP), up to 30% improvement in simulation speed has been observed.

In previous releases, one Adams Car assembly represented a single model configuration. In Adams 2017.2, multiple model configurations can be saved in one assembly, making managing assembly models with different subsystem setups much easier.

In Adams 2017.2, an automated utility has been introduced to reduce the modeling fidelity of tires and anti-roll bar, which in many cases could save up to 90% of full-vehicle simulation time while achieving the  results. Now users of Adams Real Time can perform a wider variety of vehicle analyses.

In Adams 2017.2, a new aerodynamics force object allows for modeling of aerodynamic loading applied at either one or two points on the body. The new cross-wind event makes use of the new aerodynamic force object to apply wind forces to the vehicle, which makes it easier to integrate aerodynamics forces into various car models, the company reports.

In this release, a list of new vehicle events have been introduced in Adams Car such as New Open Loop Steering Events (Fishhook, Grist Mill, Hands Free, J Turn, On Center, Parking Effort, Swept Steering Event) and Other New Events, such as Double Lane Change, Throttle on in Turn, Brake Drift and Cross Wind Event.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company.