CAE
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Computer-Aided Engineering – using special software for engineering analysis of durability and other technical characteristics of components and assemblies, completed in computer-aided design systems (CAD). CAE systems enable dynamic simulation, verification and optimization of products and their engineering environment. Traditional analysis includes:
- Stress analysis of components and assemblies by the finite element method
- Analysis of heat and fluid flows using the methods of computational hydrodynamics
- Analysis of kinematics
- Simulating dynamic mechanical interactions
- Simulating manufacturing operations (casting, pressing, etc.)
Traditionally, any type of analysis in the CAE systems undergoes three stages:
- Preliminary data processing (based on a geometrical product model – CAD-data –building a required model of the analysed process, for instance, a finite element mash, points of force and their vectors)
- Model analysis using a specialized solver
- Final processing of the results (visualizing the calculation data for a mathematical model)
