Simulation-led Structural Optimisation
Using topology optimisation and simulation-led design exploration to identify efficient load paths, refine material distribution and inform structural design development.
Explore structural efficiency during design development.
Evaluating alternative load paths, material distributions and structural concepts can identify opportunities to improve performance before detailed geometry is fixed.
Define the design space, objectives and constraints.
Topology optimisation can identify efficient material distributions within a permitted volume. Design exploration can then assess the influence of dimensions, configurations and other variables on performance.
Translate optimisation results into practical design concepts.
Working with the design team, results can be interpreted and developed into manufacturable geometry for detailed structural verification.
Topology optimisation makes efficient load paths visible.
By allowing the solver to remove inefficient material within the permitted volume, topology optimisation can expose the structural form that best connects the applied loads and supports.
Objectives and constraints define the optimisation.
Design-space limits, performance requirements and manufacturing considerations shape the concepts taken forward for detailed assessment.
Design space
Define where material is allowed, excluded or required for interfaces and packaging.
Lightweighting
Identify mass-reduction opportunities while satisfying the specified performance requirements.
Design variables
Explore dimensions, thicknesses or other parameters systematically.
Engineering constraints
Retain stress, displacement, frequency, manufacturability or packaging requirements as appropriate.
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Develop efficient structures with simulation-led optimisation.
Our engineers support topology optimisation, design exploration and the development of practical concepts for detailed assessment.