Altair
Case Studies
Implementing CAE into the Design Process for Composite Tennis Racquets at Wilson Sporting Goods
Overview
Implementing CAE into the Design Process for Composite Tennis Racquets at Wilson Sporting GoodsAltair |
Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Virtual Private Cloud | |
Aerospace Apparel | |
Product Research & Development | |
Digital Twin Virtual Reality | |
Testing & Certification | |
Operational Impact
Altair’s engineers successfully modeled today’s tennis racquet in a virtual environment. Testing and analyses demonstrated the close correlation between a virtual model’s behaviors and real-life behaviors. The project inspired a high degree of confidence that HyperWorks brings the accuracy required to model the tennis racquets in a virtual space, and that virtual simulation as a resource is far more efficient than manual techniques. For all the performance metrics expected by the Wilson Labs racquet team (mass, center of mass, dynamic stiffness, static stiffness) the results showed an error percentage of less than 4%. The mass showed an error within 3%, center of mass in 2%, frequency being the dynamic stiffness was in 1% error, and the static stiffness was in 4% error, demonstrating results that were far better than expected up front. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Great correlation of simulation results with physical tests (within 4%) | |
Innovative application of composite design with CAE | |
Streamline the development process for future products | |