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Simulation Type: Structural Mechanics

  • Helicus – Optimizing Drones for Medical Delivery

    Challenge Identify drone landing sites on a hospital for medical deliveries. Optimize the aerodynamic performance of a drone. Balance drone load-carrying capacity with weight and power requirements. Results Successfully ran transient wind analysis for 16 wind directions on and around the hospital. Used CFD to simulate drone flight stability in urban areas. FEA is used…

  • Dolav – Strengthening Box Pallet Designs

    Challenge Ensuring box pallets withstand high loads in varied storage conditions. Quickly evaluating to meet durability and compliance requirements. Balancing the need for rapid design iterations while meeting global safety and transport standards. Results Added reinforcements in the design that increased the box pallet’s load capacity by 50%. Reduced reliance on physical prototypes, significantly shortening…

  • Griffon Hoverwork – Hovercraft Design for Marine Environments

    Challenge Design hovercraft for challenging marine environments. Evaluate rudder and propeller performance using CFD. Calculate limits of rudder loading for various operating conditions. Results Simulated the propeller and rudder CAD model using CFD in SimScale. Finalized rudder loading using CFD and FEA for critical use cases. Significantly reduced physical prototyping costs by simulating multiple CAD…

  • Pura – Simulating Air Diffusion Technology

    Challenge Design a novel battery-powered car fragrance diffuser that is not dependent on car ventilation vents Evaluate multiple fan/blower types for quiet operation Ensure fragrance air diffusion evenly throughout a car Validate simulation results with experimental data Results The Car Pro portable air diffuser was designed using SimScale to optimize airflow, pressure drop, and structural…

  • Hephae – Unlocking Geothermal Energy

    Challenge Unlock unconventional geothermal energy Develop high-temperature-resistant sensors and electronics for deep hot rock drilling Evaluate shock and vibrations on drilling tools Make local geothermal energy cost-effective Results Applied cloud-native simulation to analyze thermal, structural, and vibration effects of deep hot rock drilling Successfully developed heat-resistant circuit boards using novel heat dissipation technology Proved the…

  • beamlink – A Complete Redesign of Telecoms Towers

    Challenge 3.5 billion people don’t have internet. The problem is a traditional cell tower, which is big, costly, and power-hungry. beamlink wanted to design a completely novel cell/telecoms tower to address this issue. Results Completely redesigned what a traditional telecoms tower is The beamlink model cost 1% of a normal telecom tower and consumed the…

  • Cloud9 Surf Foils – Designing Championship-Winning Hydrofoils

    Challenge Design high-performance hydrofoils without physical prototyping Optimize hydrodynamic and structural performance using simulation Develop championship-winning products recognized globally for high performance by expert users and foilers Results Reduced the need for costly physical prototyping using validated simulation results in SimScale Performed side-by-side CFD and FEA simulations in parallel in the cloud A Cloud9 Surf…

  • Vale – Boosting Mining Equipment Reliability with Digital Twins

    Challenge Ensure reliable performance of mining equipment operating in harsh conditions Safety loading calculations on a magnetic separator conveyor belt using FEA Predict the lifetime performance of industrial equipment Results Created a digital twin of large complex magnetic separator units with moving parts using SimScale Reduced physical prototype and manufacturing costs Successfully predicted failure point…

  • Scanmudring – From Design to Depth in Subsea Drilling

    Challenge Improve traditional offshore cutting and dredging equipment for harder subsea clays. Rapidly design, test, and deploy a novel suction nozzle that attaches to a 40-ton offshore excavator. Improve overall drilling efficiency and productivity in a cost-sensitive industry. Results After simulating, optimizing, and fabricating the new suction nozzle, the team deployed the excavator offshore. The…

  • Methanex – Containing a Leak Without Plant Downtime

    Challenge Methanex Corporation is the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol. A leak was detected in a methanol production plant. Traditional remediation would have involved a costly plant shutdown. Results Deployed SimScale to simulate allowable structural stresses on a new component The leak containment component was designed and optimized within 8 hours on the…

  • Turbulence Solutions – Suppressing 80% of In-Flight Turbulence

    Challenge To make atmospheric turbulence measurable and controllable for cancelling turbulence effects in flight. To scale up turbulence-reducing technology to commercial aircraft carriers. Validate in-flight data using CFD simulations. Results Strong validation of in-flight data with simulations. 80% of turbulence suppressed up to 0.5 g-load. 2% drag reduction. Successful proof-of-concept technology is now being deployed…

  • Ilmor Engineering – Race-Ready Parts at Short Notice

    Challenge Ilmor Engineering, Inc. is a globally recognized provider of high-performance engines known for innovative designs that maximize power, durability, and efficiency. Engineering simulation is needed to continuously design new high-performance parts ready for races at short notice. Results Complete system optimization of engine components including structural, thermal, and flow characteristics. Developed a piston during…