MSC Software Corporation, the leader in multidiscipline simulation solutions that accelerate product innovation, announced the release of Actran 14, a powerful Acoustics simulation software used by engineers to predict and reduce noise as well as optimize sound in products.
New features in Actran 14 include:
New features in Actran 14 include:
- Acoustic radiation for high frequency & system-level analyses
- Enriched vibro-acoustics that reflect more complex physics
- New fan noise technologies that save engineering time
- Enhanced power and efficiency for trimmed vehicle body NVH
Acoustic Radiation: Actran 14 brings about a revolution in the technology to predict sound radiation from vibrating structures. This revolution is achieved by the Discontinuous Galerkin Method (DGM) technology. DGM is a very powerful time-domain solver that is well adapted for large-scale problems. The computation can be distributed into a large number of CPUs, each with limited RAM requirements. Adaptive Perfectly Matched Layer (APML) is an extension to the existing PML technology. It allows engineers to model acoustic radiation, within the finite element approach, more easily and more efficiently. Based on the analyzed frequencies, different PML meshes are created automatically by the new integrated APML volume mesher. This automation not only provides optimized computational time, but also saves meshing time for engineers so they can focus more on the results that Actran produces to optimize their designs.
Enriched VibroAcoustics: In vibro-acoustics, engineers need to simulate the complex physics of the real world that are represented by numerical models. With Actran 14, engineers have access to more structure element types and complex formulations for porous materials, a broader scope for modeling of visco-thermal acoustic loss, and finally, more possibilities of dynamic loading from turbulent boundary layers at various flow conditions.
New Fan Noise Technologies for tonal noise: In the past, fan noise was addressed by coupling transient compressible CFD with Actran. However, the simulation process was affordable only by those customers who have heavy CFD computational resources. With the new technology that is embedded into Actran 14, tonal fan noise prediction is possible with significantly less expensive CFD computations, based on Multiple Reference Frame(MRF) or Non-Linear Harmonic (NLH) CFD techniques.
NVH studies of trimmed vehicle bodies: The NVH studies of trimmed vehicle bodies are important for both the improvement of passenger comfort and the optimization of vehicle weight. With Actran 14, the existing trimmed body modeling technologies were reworked to allow engineers to model more complex trim components with more flexible installation in the vehicle models that run with fewer computational resources. With that improvement, on a typical industrial trimmed body model, customers have a reported gain of up to 5 times in terms of CPU time. This same capability is also now available in MSC Nastran as an add-on module.
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