ANSYS Case Studies Revolutionizing Automotive Design and Analysis: A Case Study of RAETECH Corporation

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Revolutionizing Automotive Design and Analysis: A Case Study of RAETECH Corporation

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Applicable Industries	Automotive Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Mesh Networks Structural Health Monitoring
Challenge	RAETECH Corporation, a company specializing in automotive design and analysis with a focus on the Motorsports arena, was involved in projects from the design and analysis phase through prototype and testing of the finished product. Their experience involves almost every type of automotive component and system. Their structural analysis routine generally includes linear, nonlinear and fatigue analyses, and they also utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) where appropriate, especially in engine component designs and A to B comparisons. They firmly believe in closely coupling the design and analysis phases, followed by properly validating the real physical parts. However, they faced challenges in bringing data through the CATIA V4 importer or the Solidworks plug-in, and in creating both solid and surface meshes using Tetra. Read More
About Customer	RAETECH Corporation is a company that specializes in automotive design and analysis, with a particular focus on the Motorsports arena. They are involved in projects from the design and analysis phase through to the prototype and testing of the finished product. Their experience encompasses almost every type of automotive component and system. Their structural analysis routine generally includes linear, nonlinear and fatigue analyses, and they also utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) where appropriate, especially in engine component designs and A to B comparisons. They firmly believe in closely coupling the design and analysis phases, followed by properly validating the real physical parts. Read More
Solution	RAETECH Corporation adopted the ANSYS ICEM CFD solution to overcome their challenges. They used the CATIA V4 importer and the Solidworks plug-in provided by ANSYS to import surfaces, and then built the boundary geometry in ANSYS ICEM CFD. The CATIA V4 reader was found to be the best CATIA V4 translator they had ever seen, and the direct Solidworks plug-in also worked flawlessly. They created both solid and surface meshes using Tetra, which easily created a triangle mesh that was continuous over all touching or near-touching surfaces. The ANSYS ICEM CFD Octree meshing approach forwent cleaning up all but the dirtiest geometry to create a good mesh quickly. Structural meshes were then exported to ANSYS and CFD meshes exported to ANSYS CFX. Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Automotive

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Mesh Networks

Structural Health Monitoring

Challenge

RAETECH Corporation, a company specializing in automotive design and analysis with a focus on the Motorsports arena, was involved in projects from the design and analysis phase through prototype and testing of the finished product. Their experience involves almost every type of automotive component and system. Their structural analysis routine generally includes linear, nonlinear and fatigue analyses, and they also utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) where appropriate, especially in engine component designs and A to B comparisons. They firmly believe in closely coupling the design and analysis phases, followed by properly validating the real physical parts. However, they faced challenges in bringing data through the CATIA V4 importer or the Solidworks plug-in, and in creating both solid and surface meshes using Tetra.

About Customer

RAETECH Corporation is a company that specializes in automotive design and analysis, with a particular focus on the Motorsports arena. They are involved in projects from the design and analysis phase through to the prototype and testing of the finished product. Their experience encompasses almost every type of automotive component and system. Their structural analysis routine generally includes linear, nonlinear and fatigue analyses, and they also utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) where appropriate, especially in engine component designs and A to B comparisons. They firmly believe in closely coupling the design and analysis phases, followed by properly validating the real physical parts.

Solution

RAETECH Corporation adopted the ANSYS ICEM CFD solution to overcome their challenges. They used the CATIA V4 importer and the Solidworks plug-in provided by ANSYS to import surfaces, and then built the boundary geometry in ANSYS ICEM CFD. The CATIA V4 reader was found to be the best CATIA V4 translator they had ever seen, and the direct Solidworks plug-in also worked flawlessly. They created both solid and surface meshes using Tetra, which easily created a triangle mesh that was continuous over all touching or near-touching surfaces. The ANSYS ICEM CFD Octree meshing approach forwent cleaning up all but the dirtiest geometry to create a good mesh quickly. Structural meshes were then exported to ANSYS and CFD meshes exported to ANSYS CFX.

Impact #1	The adoption of the ANSYS ICEM CFD solution by RAETECH Corporation led to several operational benefits. The intuitive and easy-to-use GUI made the process more user-friendly. The need for geometry cleanup and problem setup before meshing was minimized, saving time and resources. The customer support provided fast and thorough responses, ensuring that any issues were quickly resolved. The ICEM CFD geometry building tools worked very well, making the process more efficient. The Visual3 tool was very fast for post-processing large structural models, improving the speed and efficiency of the overall process.

Impact #1

The adoption of the ANSYS ICEM CFD solution by RAETECH Corporation led to several operational benefits. The intuitive and easy-to-use GUI made the process more user-friendly. The need for geometry cleanup and problem setup before meshing was minimized, saving time and resources. The customer support provided fast and thorough responses, ensuring that any issues were quickly resolved. The ICEM CFD geometry building tools worked very well, making the process more efficient. The Visual3 tool was very fast for post-processing large structural models, improving the speed and efficiency of the overall process.

Benefit #1	Improved CAD translation capabilities
Benefit #2	Efficient mesh analysis, cleanup, and refinement tools
Benefit #3	Mesh export to any format required

Benefit #1

Improved CAD translation capabilities

Benefit #2

Efficient mesh analysis, cleanup, and refinement tools

Benefit #3

Mesh export to any format required

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