Challenge
Numerical modelling & simulation
Virtual prototyping using digital twins allows for early NVH evaluation and design iteration. This stimulates the use of predictive NVH modeling techniques such as FEM/BEM, multi-body dynamics, and simulation of acoustic transfer paths.
Numerical modelling & simulation
Implications
- With CAE software offering ever improving capabilities, manufacturers resort to numerical modelling of complex parts to simulate Noise and Vibration behavior in an early stage of the design process.
- Developing detailed numerical models of complex parts requires considerable time and costs.
- While these models may be detailed, there is no guarantee that they are accurate enough to represent the actual product / component.
- This could lead to false accuracy assumptions, making NVH-analysis unpredictable.
Opportunities
- Manufacturers can implement Hybrid Modular Modelling, in which test-based models of complex parts are combined with accurate numerical models of simpler parts, to accurately and efficiently simulate NVH-behavior.
How VIBES can help
Optimize product development processes, using Hybrid Modular Engineering
What do we do?
Our Hybrid Modular Engineering (HME) approach enables smart modeling, testing, measuring and analysis, optimizing product development in many areas: minimizing engineer effort, improving collaboration between departments and increasing effectiveness and accuracy of design and development.
Our value
Applying our HME-approach helps manufacturers improve their product design and development processes in many ways, such as by optimizing multi-attribute product behavior, minimizing late-stage NVH-issues, increasing team productivity, improving collaboration between departments and with suppliers, and reducing product and development costs.
Our experience
Since 2016, we have been developing our innovative Hybrid Modular Engineering approach, as well as best-in-class software, to enable manufacturers to optimize their product development processes, focusing on reducing noise and vibration. Many large OEMs have since adopted our HME-approach and software.
Reduce the need for complex and inaccurate numerical models
What do we do?
We break complex systems down into parts that can be accurately modelled separately. Here we use test-based models to accurately model complex parts, and numerical models for simple parts. Combined, these component models result in an assembly suitable for highly accurate NVH-analysis.
Our value
We help manufacturers avoid spending time and costs on trying to accurately numerically model complex parts that become available, avoiding false accuracy and enabling highly accurate NVH-analysis.
Our experience
We have developed advanced methodologies to enable Hybrid Modular Modelling and are regarded as industry leader. We have demonstrated the strength of our methodologies at many manufacturers.
Our solutions & software products
To reduce the need for complex and potentially inaccurate numerical models, we would apply: Hybrid Modular Modelling, and Frequency-based Substructuring. These solutions are implemented in DIRAC and COUPLE software with full customer success support.
Obtain and reuse unambiguous dynamic loads, from complex components, in hybrid simulations
What do we do?
Our SOURCE software enables accurate characterization of active components through their blocked forces. Our COUPLE software enables including these blocked forces in assembled NVH-models.
Our value
We help manufacturers and suppliers unambiguously characterize active components, through our software and engineering services. As such, we enable efficient & highly accurate (system or full-vehicle) modelling and analysis.
Our experience
We have 20 years of expertise in accurately identifying blocked forces of active components and including these in C-TPA / Hybrid Modular Modelling. We have proven our capabilities at many OEMs and suppliers.
Let us help you
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