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  • Rimac Automobili – Designing Next-Generation Electric Hypercars

    Challenge Thermal management is one of the greatest challenges in electric vehicle production. To ensure their batteries meet requirements without sacrificing lifespan, the engineering team at Rimac adopted digital prototyping and simulation with SimScale. Results 96% time savings. 30 simulations ran in parallel. 10 different parameter variations. Thermal Simulation for High-Performance EV Components Rimac Automobili’s…

  • Optimized Solutions – Cloud-Based FEA for Spring Damper Design

    THE CHALLENGE OpSo first discovered SimScale when it began a project to design and develop an elastomer-based low stiffness torsional vibration spring damper/isolator. Until 2019, OpSo used ANSYS for its analysis needs, but switched to SimScale due to its wider engineering capabilities coupled with its versatility of usage over the internet and its affordable pricing…

  • Ati Motors – Designing an Autonomous Cargo Vehicle Chassis

    The Challenge The need for Ati Motors was to build a new chassis for the development of autonomous cargo vehicle. In order to cut down the time of building and manually testing a chassis, which in turn costs both time and money, Ati motors decided to go with CAE that was the most promising solution.…

  • OxTS – Optimizing an ADAS Roof Mount with FEA

    The Challenge This requires antennae to be attached to the roof of the respective vehicle, and the position of these antennae with respect to each other and to the RT unit needs to be known to within a centimeter. This led to OXTS’need to develop a roof mount that could adapt to any car roof.…

  • Germain Racing – Improving NASCAR Aerodynamics with CFD

    The Challenge Stock car racing is an exciting field, inspiring many especially with the fraternity of mechanical engineers and racers taking part in competitions around the globe. In modern racing, many advanced technologies are available, and it is therefore imperative to be up-to-date to keep a competitive edge. In race car dynamics, even a small…

  • Carbuss – Reducing Drag on a Commercial Bus

    The Challenge Carbuss is well recognized for its expertise in structural development, with a focus on virtual and physical tests. For their new project, VISSTA Bus 360, the company turned to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to study the new design and achieve the smallest drag possible. Their aim was to deliver to the market…

  • Illini Solar Car – Optimizing Internal and External Flow with CFD

    The Challenge The Illini Solar Car team wanted to improve the design of their first solar vehicle, Argo. Unfortunately, they didn’t have access to a full-size wind tunnel. This is when they decided to use computer-aided engineering (CAE), which would allow them to design and further fine-tune their models without needing to spend excessive amounts…

  • Lazer Lamps – Validating a Screwless Headlamp Design

    The Challenge To reduce both the weight and complexity of the final product assembly, the design idea was to hold the reflector in place with the help of a plastic spring. In order to validate the proposal, a simulation project was built up, with the following objectives Test if the nominal stress in the component…

  • SolidTrust – Reducing Muffler Pressure Drop by 75%

    The Challenge One of the projects of SolidTrust was the optimization of a car muffler design’s performance, which is determined by three main factors Dissipation of air arriving from the engine Exhaust air removal, power maintenance At the same time, the design of a muffler also influences the amount of noise generated by the gas…

  • Malaika – Designing Safer Car Seats with FEA

    The Challenge The worst situation any parent could imagine is the loss of a child. Every year in Europe alone, 400 children die as a result of motor vehicle accidents and another 2,800 suffer serious injuries causing permanent disability. The forces at play in these accidents can be enormous and quite often the resulting injuries…

  • Diinef – Reducing Pressure Drop in Hydraulic Valves

    The Challenge Working on the improvements of their hydraulic motor valve designs led the Diinef team to engage with computer-aided engineering (CAE). The operation of the valve involved opening and closing it while experiencing very high pressure differences (up to a few hundred bars). It was expected that these conditions would be accompanied by cavitation,…

  • Bucher Municipal – Comparing Street Sweeper Designs with CFD

    The Challenge Bucher Municipal engineering team’s goal was to increase the overall efficiency of their street sweeper. The core of any street sweeper is the suction duct and particle collection chamber. To ensure the overall performance of such a municipal vehicle, these parts need to be tested and optimized. Although building a physical prototype gives…