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June 5-7, 2013 in Vienna; June, 24-26, 2013 in Leinfelden Echterdingen

Multidisciplinary optimization, sensitivity analysis, robustness evaluation, reliability analysis und Robust Design Optimierung (RDO)

July 4-5, 2013, Liederbach/Taunus (Germany)

Sensitivity analysis, optimization and Robust Design Optimization (RDO) with ANSYS Workbench and optiSLang

Premium software for multidisciplinary optimization, sensitivity analysis,

Robust Design Optimization (RDO) in virtual product development

Robust Design Optimization often means to explore the limits of product performance, which might be associated with risks. What would be your benefit if you knew to what extent your product development comes close to a reliable economic optimum? How robust is your design in reality?

Because of the need to further optimize product performance and resource consumption while reducing development time, RDO using CAE-based multi-objective and multi-disciplinary optimization and stochastic analysis becomes more and more a key component in virtual product development. In order to consider a large amount of multi-disciplinary, non-linear optimization variables with different priorities, an efficient and meaningful sensitivity analysis and robustness evaluation is inevitable.

optiSLang identifies automatically the relevant input and output parameters and quantifies the forecast quality with the help of  the Coefficient of Prognosis ( CoP) and the Metamodel of Optimal Prognosis (MOP). A predictable forecast quality is the key to an efficient optimization. Thus, a "no run too much" philosophy can be implemented to minimize solver calls. 

optiSLang helps you to quantify risks, to identify optimization potentials and to adjust safety margins without limitation of input parameters. Thus, you can safely meet the requirements under consideration of all potentially effecting uncertainties and tolerances.

General Features

Compact overview sensitivity analysis
  • comprehensive systems “easy and safe to use”
  • minimal effort to set up analysis
  • fast parameterization
  • easy definition of constraints and objectives using the
    Metamodel of Optimal Prognosis (MOP)
  • automatic identification of important parameters
  • possibility of early implementation in virtual prototyping process
  • leading-edge algorithms for CAE-based optimization and
  • stochastic analysis
  • targeted, individual definitions of performance limits
  • reducing CAE solver runs, “no run too much”- philosophy using
    the Coefficient of Prognosis (CoP)
  • minimization of oversizing by adjusting the safety margins

Current version 4.0.5

Compact overview workflow
  • Best-Practise-Management for optimization methods and algorithms
  • Graphical representation of flow to gain better overview
  • Graphical definition to connect algorithms to your own flow
  • Divide your process script into a chain of subtasks
  • Wizard based creation of process chains
  • Excel, Matlab, ANSYS and Python integrated as solver node
  • Integrate Batch, Bash and Perl scripts to you process chain
  • Result Extraction from ADAMS, Abaqus, ANSYS result files via ETK nodes
  • Batch creation/modifications of projects
  • optiSLang v4 supports the .pro file import

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Process Integration

Simulation processes from different CAE programs, pre and post processors can be adapted via a graphic editor over ASCII files and can access a parametric sensitivity study, optimization or stochastic analysis.

Examples

Here you will find several successful examples of solving various optimization and stochastic problems in the CAE area with optiSLang.

optiSLang inside ANSYS Workbench

With the new software version the strength of ANSYS Workbench – multidisciplinary, fully parametric, automated CAE computational processes – and the strength of optiSLang – highly efficient, automated workflow of Robust Design Optimization – are combined.

 

Distributors

optiSLang is sold worldwide. A list of our distributors can be found here.

Your contact person

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Will

Fon: +49 (0)3643 900830
Fax: +49 (0)3643 900839