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What is CDH/AMLS?
CDH/AMLS is a revolutionary new software that dramatically reduces the cost of frequency response and
eigenvalue analysis for large finite element models. In Automated MultiLevel Substructuring, a finite
element model with millions of degrees of freedom is automatically divided into about 10,000 substructures
arranged in a tree that has about 20 levels. The model is transformed to a very efficient and accurate
representation in termCDs of substructure eigenvectors. This method reduces the analysis burden greatly
by reducing the computation required thus enabling workstations and multiprocessor computing platforms
to be used and reducing disk space requirements and job turnaround time.
NASTRAN Implementation
CDH/AMLS has been implemented with an interface to MSC Nastran, MD NASTRAN, NX-NASTRAN and OPTISTRUCT software so that it can be used in industrial vibration analysis. CDH/AMLS can be used in normal modes (NASTRAN SOL 103), modal frequency response (NASTRAN SOL 111), modal transient response (NASTRAN SOL 112), and structural optimization (NASTRAN SOL 200) solution sequences. Either use requires a minimum of effort on the part of the user; the user must add only two lines to an input data file to convert a standard Nastran job into one that uses CDH/AMLS. Once the system matrices have been assembled by Nastran, the Nastran job calls CDH/AMLS software for the compute-intensive portions of the analysis, and results are returned to Nastran for postprocessing if necessary. Alternatively, the analysis may be continued in CDH/VAO, a state-of-the-art interactive dynamics analysis program.
Performance
Accuracy
AMLS produces an approximation whose
accuracy is more than adequate for
engineering purposes:
| 0-50 Hz: |
< 0.003% error |
| 50-100 Hz: |
< 0.015% error |
| 100-200 Hz: |
< 0.05% error |
| 200-300 Hz: |
< 0.13% error |
| 300-400 Hz: |
< 0.30% error |
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Summary
- Comfortable and easy usage
- Compatible to MSC.NASTRAN
- High Accuracy
- Drastic Reduction in computer and hardware cost
- Impressive Performance leads to shorter elapsed time and higher productivity
- Reduction of FE-modeling cost by using one master model for multiple analysis disciplines, e.g. Crash-, Static- and NVH-Analysis.
- Make higher frequency range analysis feasible
Hard- and Software Support
| Software: |
MSC NASTRAN
MD NASTRAN
NX-NASTRAN
ALTAIR OPTISTRUCT
ALTAIR RADIOSS |
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Hardware: |
SGI ALTIX
Hewlett Packard HP-UX
IBM AIX-Platform
Linux64 (INTEL IA64, INTEL XEON EMT64, AMD OPTERON) |
MSC NASTRAN is a proprietary product of MSC.Software Corporation
MD NASTRAN is a proprietary product of MSC.Software Corporation
NX-NASTRAN is a proprietary product of UGS Corporation
RADIOSS and OPTISTRUCT are proprietary products of ALTAIR Corporation
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