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This webinar presents the successful integration of aPriori cost data technology in the modeFRONTIER workflow in order to investigate a wide selection of manufacturing options quickly. Manufacturing cost is a critical component to finding the best possible design when completing engineering optimization. This webinar demonstrates how to leverage modeFRONTIER capabilities to coordinate a parametric optimization that includes all the performance requirements plus manufacturing cost with aPriori. Watch it now to learn how: Automate your costing activities in engineering workflows Find multiple design alternatives meeting performance and cost targets Select the best alternative from the set for moving forward Compare the old and new design to understand the overall savings Find the best cost decision throughout the design process

This webinar presents an overview of the EXPEDITE Program and the role ESTECO technology will play in order to advance Multi-disciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization (MADO). In 2017 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs (ADP - The Skunk Works) was the winner of the US Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) Multi-Disciplinary Science and Technology Center EXPEDITE program. EXPEDITE (EXPanded MDO for Effectiveness Based DesIgn TEchnologies) is a successful program by AFRL seeking to advance the state-of-the-art of Multi-disciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization (MADO) as applied to US Air Force programs. For EXPEDITE the primary thrusts for the program include path and state-dependent design to capture discipline transients, HPC and higher fidelity physics to support Uncertainty Quantification (UQ), and expanding conceptual design down through Operational Analysis to support Effectiveness Based Design. Watch the webinar to learn more about EXPEDITE program, ESTECO’s role in achieving the AFRL objectives, and progress to date (July 2018).

This seminar focus on how metamodelling techniques speed up the search for promising designs by replacing computationally expensive design evaluations or simulations. In 2018, ESTECO joined this NAFEMS Web Seminar talking about how metamodelling techniques provide a global model of some design response, which can then be optimized efficiently. As, in the context of digital transformation, simulation is expected to spread all over the product lifecycle, metamodelling techniques too will be requested to adapt to different types of data and to exploit different types of predictive capabilities.

This webinar presents the new user experience, self-initializing and autonomous algorithms. modeFRONTIER platform guarantees the management of all logical steps of an engineering design process. The workflow formalization and the integration with third party tools enable the automation of the simulation process. A suite of design of experiments and optimization algorithms drive the search for optimal solutions. Picking the right design gets easier with a set of advanced tools for data analysis, visualization and decision making. AGENDA What’s new in modeFRONTIER 2018 Brand new User Interface Self-initializing and autonomous algorithms modeFRONTIER and the VOLTA platform Sharing and managing optimization datasets Case study | Autonomous pilOPT

This webinar, cohosted by ESTECO and EXA Corporation in 2017, presents the successful integration of PowerFLOW simulation technology in the modeFRONTIER workflow to provide Ditch Witch® with valuable insight to guide the shroud design on one of its Vacuum Excavators. Watch it to find out how Ditch Witch® have performed multiple analyses, by integrating EXA's PowerFLOW simulation technology into modeFRONTIER workflow, on their equipment to gain a deep understanding of how key design parameters impact performance and manufacturing costs – critical inputs for next-generation machine designs. AGENDA Overview of EXA and ESTECO Focus on Simulation Driven Design Exploration > how to exploit PowerFLOW simulation software into modeFRONTIER workflow Case study > Explore shroud design options to improve machine performance of a FX65 Vacuum Excavator

This webinar hosted by ESTECO, Gamma Technologies, BETA CAE Systems and ThermoAnalytics, presents the successful integration of their technologies in the modeFRONTIER workflow to reduce bumper temperature through coupled simulations for a compact car. Expert engineers from GT-Suite, BETA CAE Systems, ThermoAnalytics and ESTECO will demonstrate the advantages of the integration of their software to reduce bumper temperature in order to prevent car paint peeling. Watch it to find out more about an integrated approach to modify the muffler heat shield properties to reduce bumper temperature by implementing various solvers.

In this webinar ESTECO and MSC Software present the successful integration of their technologies to explore and improve design solutions for multibody and structural vehicle analysis. Dynamic behavior of a car in terms of handling, steering and ride is influenced by many vehicle body parameters, which also affects the structural behavior of the system. ADAMS and MSC NASTRAN software can be coupled together with modeFRONTIER multi-disciplinary optimization environment in order to efficiently explore the combination of the design parameters and improve the system design.

This webinar, hosted by ESTECO and BETA CAE Systems, focuses on a reliability-based optimization method that statistically increases the safety of free fall lifeboats, which are typically used to evacuate passengers in oil platforms and large transport vessels. Dimitris Drougkas from BETA CAE Systems and Alberto Clarich from ESTECO demonstrate the advantages of the integration of their software in the modeFRONTIER multi-objective design environment for a reliability based optimization of a free fall lifeboat. ANSA software is used to morph the free fall lifeboats mesh by editing its shape and its initial position, and modeFRONTIER is used to automate the simulations performing an optimization under the uncertainties of the operational parameters.

In this joint webinar, ESTECO and RBF Morph present an innovative CAD-Mesh mixed approach to enhance shape optimization capabilities. Riccardo Cenni from SACMI describes how engineers at SACMI Ceramic Engineering Department leveraged modeFRONTIER, RBF Morph and ANSYS Workbench to develop an hybrid methodology combining CAD and mesh based approach overtaking the limits of the shape optimization based on the single disciplines. The approach helped find better solutions for the SACMI industrial component analyzed and turns out to be promising for future optimization projects. Agenda: Overview on ESTECO and its technology Overview on RBF Morph and its technology Introduction to SACMI and the engineering challenge Shape optimization: the CAD-based, the Mesh-based and the mixed approach Optimization results and takeaways

This webinar introduces you to key concepts and provides an overview of VOLTA - the ESTECO platform for SPDM and design optimization - and insights on exploiting enterprise engineering data and managing the entire simulation process. VOLTA acts as the engineering hub, where teams benefit from customizable data structures and fine-grained permissions to ensure efficiency for each role involved. Simulation experts can avoid the burden of managing “work in progress” data with the advanced version control system that traces, organizes and makes all kinds of simulation-related data accessible: from models to library files, methodologies, key results and reports. Watch the video and learn more about the VOLTA concepts: Project, Model, Plan, Evaluator and Session, Folder Based Structure, Dataset and Executed Sessions, Tags, Sharing and Notification System. Click here for the webinar Part 1