SAMCEF-NASTRAN

About SAMTECH
Founded in 1986, SAMTECH is now the European leading provider of scientific analysis/optimization software (FEA, MBS,
MDO), professional solutions and associated services. SAMTECH develops and commercializes:

“General-purpose software tools”: this SAMTECH offer includes the general linear and implicit non-linear Finite Element
Analysis package SAMCEF with the CAD/CAE modeling environment FIELD, the general explicit and fast dynamics code

FE Interfaces
EUROPLEXUS; the task management and optimization platform BOSS quattro; TEA Mecano and TEA Thermal CAA V5 Based
as non-linear thermo-mechanical solution embedded in CATIA V5 and SAMCEF Gateway CAA V5 Based, the SAMCEF
integrated interface within CATIA V5.

“Professional solutions”: this SAMTECH offer is based on its general-purpose software tools and is dedicated to specific
domains of application like rotor dynamics, modeling of composite structures, mechatronic modeling of machine tools,
mechatronic of wind turbines, modeling of transmissions, modeling of large deployable or inflatable structures, modeling of
pipes for automotive industry…

“Third party and customized solutions” like the SAFE tool (fatigue analysis of aeronautic structures) and the Application
COMPOSITES (analysis of aeronautical composite materials structures) from AIRBUS, where SAMTECH provides its clients
with services such as development, reengineering, packaging and deployment of proprietary professional solutions on the
customer site.

“Customized multi-physics solutions”, based on OOFELIE. OOFELIE is commercialized by OPEN Engineering, the
SAMTECH subsidiary, that allows SAMTECH to be present on the multi-physics design markets and to provide services for the
development of original highly coupled analysis solutions covering specific needs.

Visit www.samcef.com for further details on SAMTECH Product/Service offer!

• Need some information about SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interface ?

• Need some information about linear, non-linear modeling and thermal
analysis with SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interface ?
• Need some information about SAMTECH expertise ?

Contact our specialists !

SAMTECH Headquarters
LIEGE science park
Rue des Chasseurs-Ardennais, 8
B-4031 Angleur-Liège, Belgium
Tel.  : +32 4 361 69 69
Fax  : +32 4 361 69 80
http://www.samcef.com
SAMTECH Deutschland
Hamburg
SAMTECH Italia
Via Giovanni Rasori, 13
I-20145 Milano, Italy
Tel.  : +39 02 87 39 99 50
Fax  : +39 02 87 39 99 64
SAMTECH UK
Trym Lodge
1 Henbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol BS9 3HQ, England
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces
offer to SAMCEF and NASTRAN
SAMTECH France
Paris users numerous facilities for
15, avenue émile baudot
F-91300 Massy, France the bidirectional translation of
Tel.  : +33 1 69 59 22 80
Fax  : +33 1 64 46 29 65
Linear and Non-linear Finite
Toulouse
11, rue Marius Tercé
Element models.
F-31300 Toulouse, France

SL/03/SAM/MKG_broc/24an_a
Tempowerkring 6 Tel.  : +33 5 34 55 20 99
Tel. : +44 117 959 65 00
D-21079 Hamburg, Germany Fax  : +33 5 34 55 15 00
Fax  : +44 117 959 65 01
Tel.  : +49 40 79012 320
Fax  : +49 40 79012 321 SAMTECH Iberica
Reutlingen
C/Valencia, 230, 3° 2ª
Oskar-Kalbfell-Platz 8
D-72764 Reutlingen, Germany E-08007 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.  : +49 7121 92 20 0 Tel.  : +34 93 451 86 21
Fax  : +49 7121 92 20 90 Fax  : +34 93 451 84 83
©2007 SAMTECH. The trademarks and the registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions
S MATERIALS
AMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces allow SAMCEF and NASTRAN users either to import NASTRAN data into
SAMCEF or to export SAMCEF data into a NASTRAN analysis document. SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces • Isotropic, Orthotropic and Anisotropic;
give a basic access to linear static, modal thermo-mechanical and non-linear analyses. • Fracture Theory Coefficients;
• Temperature Dependent Material Characteristics;
• Multilayer Materials (Composites).

YOUR BENEFITS: AVOID EXPENSIVE MODELING ENVIRONMENT

RE-DESIGN, REDUCE DESIGN CYCLES SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are perfectly embedded in SAMCEF for the
modeling, the linear and non-linear structural analysis and the post-processing
Using SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, NASTRAN and SAMCEF users are able
of structures. Results are post-processed graphically in the form of isovalues or
to quickly exchange linear and non-linear, thermo-mechanical models by
as animations. The analysis of complex structures entails the pre-processing
adding specific features to an existing model built within their environment.
of a huge amount of data and the post-processing of structures or constraints
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces speed up the design work thanks to the use
fields for example. SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces benefit of advanced visual-
of a single user interface for the analysis data definition, the meshing, the
ization tools of SAMCEF, allowing very efficient and straightforward pre- and
translation into SAMCEF files and the post-processing. SAMCEF-NASTRAN
post-processing of the above-mentioned analyses.
Interfaces provides users with extended solving capabilities, in a fully asso-
SAMCEF ASEF results
ciative environment. With SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, SAMTECH answers
customer needs from medium and large industries wishing to exchange data
between SAMCEF and NAS-
DOCUMENTATION Results imported from NASTRAN
TRAN in order to eliminate For direct access to information, the Users Guide and Help manual are avail-
the expensive iterations dur- able via your favorite navigator (HTML).
ing design process.

SAMCEF DYNAM results

Technical -
-
Mindlin Bars
Mindlin Beams
Loads
- Concentrated Loads (Forces and Mo-
Results imported from
NASTRAN SOL 103 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Characteristics: - Quadrangular and Triangular Shells ments)
• Restraints - Tetrahedrons - Line Loads
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces offer linear, static,
WHATEVER YOUR INDUSTRIAL Different restraints can be imposed to fix all the degrees of freedom
on a F.E. selection (clamps) or to fix any combination of degrees of modal, non-linear, structural analyses directly
- Pentahedrons - Surface Loads (included Pressure Loads)
- Hexahedrons - Gravity
SECTOR freedom (advanced restraint). These restraints are also called Single Point
Constraints (SPC).
accessible from SAMCEF and NASTRAN environ-
- Rigid Bodies Boundary conditions
ments. The users benefit from basic features of
With SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, SAMTECH aim is to target design activi- SAMCEF software. - Bushings - Single Point Constraints
ties of SAMCEF customers from the whole mechanical industry (Aeronautical, • Enforced displacement - Prescribed Displacements
- Springs
Space, Defense, Ship Building, Energy, Car, Trucks, Railway, Sport indus- Translational and rotational displacements can be prescribed by the General capabilities
- Gap elements - Prescribed Temperature
try…), using NASTRAN besides the SAMCEF environment. user. - Solution based on MSC NASTRAN v70.5.0
- Bearings (even though these elements Material laws
• Imposed temperatures Formulation - Isotropic
don’t exist in NASTRAN, we have found
ADVANCED F.E. ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES Temperatures can be imposed on faces of volumic parts. - Finite Elements (Geometries and Super El-
ements)
a combination of elements that have the - Orthotropic
The domains addressed by SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are the following: same behavior as one SAMCEF bearing - Anisotropic
Analysis types and solvers element
- Linear F.E. static, dynamic and thermo-mechanical analyses; Thermo-MECHANICAL LOADS - Linear static analysis (SAMCEF Asef) Physical properties
- Fracture Theory Coefficients
- Temperature Dependent Material Char-
- Non-linear structural analysis; • Distributed Force or Moment - Linear modal analysis (SAMCEF Dynam) - Shell Thickness and offset acteristics.
- Rotating machinery analysis. Concentrated - Non-linear structures analysis (SAMCEF - Beam Profiles (including the library of pro- - Multilayer Materials
Force or Moment Mecano) files available in both SAMCEF and NAS- Solution control
SUPER ELEMENT MANAGEMENT • Force Density - Non-linear rotating machinery analysis TRAN) - Retained Nodes for Super-Elements
Super Elements are the most common way to exchange data between differ- It is possible to (SAMCEF Rotor) - Damping Creation
ent partners in a big international project. With the SAMCEF-NASTRAN inter- generate a line Element Library Rigid virtual part - Parameters for Dynamic Analysis
faces, you are now able to perform a SAMCEF analysis using any SAMCEF force field of given - Concentrated Masses and Inertias - RBE2 Nastran elements are available
modules, from SAMCEF Asef to SAMCEF Repdyn, SAMCEF Dynam, SAMCEF uniform intensity
Rotor…, even if you only have a NASTRAN Super Element. Just add a little on an edge (Line
DMAP procedure to the NASTRAN computation and you get two files that Force Density), a
contain all the information needed to use the Super Element in SAMCEF. surface traction SAMCEF results
field on a face
(Surface Force Results imported from
Density). NASTRAN
PLATFORMS
• Gravity SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are available on Windows NT, 2000, XP Pro and UNIX.
• Nodal Temperatures
Minimum prerequisites: NASTRAN version 70.5.0

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions
S MATERIALS
AMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces allow SAMCEF and NASTRAN users either to import NASTRAN data into
SAMCEF or to export SAMCEF data into a NASTRAN analysis document. SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces • Isotropic, Orthotropic and Anisotropic;
give a basic access to linear static, modal thermo-mechanical and non-linear analyses. • Fracture Theory Coefficients;
• Temperature Dependent Material Characteristics;
• Multilayer Materials (Composites).

YOUR BENEFITS: AVOID EXPENSIVE MODELING ENVIRONMENT

RE-DESIGN, REDUCE DESIGN CYCLES SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are perfectly embedded in SAMCEF for the
modeling, the linear and non-linear structural analysis and the post-processing
Using SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, NASTRAN and SAMCEF users are able
of structures. Results are post-processed graphically in the form of isovalues or
to quickly exchange linear and non-linear, thermo-mechanical models by
as animations. The analysis of complex structures entails the pre-processing
adding specific features to an existing model built within their environment.
of a huge amount of data and the post-processing of structures or constraints
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces speed up the design work thanks to the use
fields for example. SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces benefit of advanced visual-
of a single user interface for the analysis data definition, the meshing, the
ization tools of SAMCEF, allowing very efficient and straightforward pre- and
translation into SAMCEF files and the post-processing. SAMCEF-NASTRAN
post-processing of the above-mentioned analyses.
Interfaces provides users with extended solving capabilities, in a fully asso-
SAMCEF ASEF results
ciative environment. With SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, SAMTECH answers
customer needs from medium and large industries wishing to exchange data
between SAMCEF and NAS-
DOCUMENTATION Results imported from NASTRAN
TRAN in order to eliminate For direct access to information, the Users Guide and Help manual are avail-
the expensive iterations dur- able via your favorite navigator (HTML).
ing design process.

SAMCEF DYNAM results

Technical -
-
Mindlin Bars
Mindlin Beams
Loads
- Concentrated Loads (Forces and Mo-
Results imported from
NASTRAN SOL 103 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Characteristics: - Quadrangular and Triangular Shells ments)
• Restraints - Tetrahedrons - Line Loads
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces offer linear, static,
WHATEVER YOUR INDUSTRIAL Different restraints can be imposed to fix all the degrees of freedom
on a F.E. selection (clamps) or to fix any combination of degrees of modal, non-linear, structural analyses directly
- Pentahedrons - Surface Loads (included Pressure Loads)
- Hexahedrons - Gravity
SECTOR freedom (advanced restraint). These restraints are also called Single Point
Constraints (SPC).
accessible from SAMCEF and NASTRAN environ-
- Rigid Bodies Boundary conditions
ments. The users benefit from basic features of
With SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces, SAMTECH aim is to target design activi- SAMCEF software. - Bushings - Single Point Constraints
ties of SAMCEF customers from the whole mechanical industry (Aeronautical, • Enforced displacement - Prescribed Displacements
- Springs
Space, Defense, Ship Building, Energy, Car, Trucks, Railway, Sport indus- Translational and rotational displacements can be prescribed by the General capabilities
- Gap elements - Prescribed Temperature
try…), using NASTRAN besides the SAMCEF environment. user. - Solution based on MSC NASTRAN v70.5.0
- Bearings (even though these elements Material laws
• Imposed temperatures Formulation - Isotropic
don’t exist in NASTRAN, we have found
ADVANCED F.E. ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES Temperatures can be imposed on faces of volumic parts. - Finite Elements (Geometries and Super El-
ements)
a combination of elements that have the - Orthotropic
The domains addressed by SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are the following: same behavior as one SAMCEF bearing - Anisotropic
Analysis types and solvers element
- Linear F.E. static, dynamic and thermo-mechanical analyses; Thermo-MECHANICAL LOADS - Linear static analysis (SAMCEF Asef) Physical properties
- Fracture Theory Coefficients
- Temperature Dependent Material Char-
- Non-linear structural analysis; • Distributed Force or Moment - Linear modal analysis (SAMCEF Dynam) - Shell Thickness and offset acteristics.
- Rotating machinery analysis. Concentrated - Non-linear structures analysis (SAMCEF - Beam Profiles (including the library of pro- - Multilayer Materials
Force or Moment Mecano) files available in both SAMCEF and NAS- Solution control
SUPER ELEMENT MANAGEMENT • Force Density - Non-linear rotating machinery analysis TRAN) - Retained Nodes for Super-Elements
Super Elements are the most common way to exchange data between differ- It is possible to (SAMCEF Rotor) - Damping Creation
ent partners in a big international project. With the SAMCEF-NASTRAN inter- generate a line Element Library Rigid virtual part - Parameters for Dynamic Analysis
faces, you are now able to perform a SAMCEF analysis using any SAMCEF force field of given - Concentrated Masses and Inertias - RBE2 Nastran elements are available
modules, from SAMCEF Asef to SAMCEF Repdyn, SAMCEF Dynam, SAMCEF uniform intensity
Rotor…, even if you only have a NASTRAN Super Element. Just add a little on an edge (Line
DMAP procedure to the NASTRAN computation and you get two files that Force Density), a
contain all the information needed to use the Super Element in SAMCEF. surface traction SAMCEF results
field on a face
(Surface Force Results imported from
Density). NASTRAN
PLATFORMS
• Gravity SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces are available on Windows NT, 2000, XP Pro and UNIX.
• Nodal Temperatures
Minimum prerequisites: NASTRAN version 70.5.0

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions
 SAMCEF-NASTRAN
About SAMTECH
Founded in 1986, SAMTECH is now the European leading provider of scientific analysis/optimization software (FEA, MBS,
MDO), professional solutions and associated services. SAMTECH develops and commercializes:

“General-purpose software tools”: this SAMTECH offer includes the general linear and implicit non-linear Finite Element
Analysis package SAMCEF with the CAD/CAE modeling environment FIELD, the general explicit and fast dynamics code

FE Interfaces
EUROPLEXUS; the task management and optimization platform BOSS quattro; TEA Mecano and TEA Thermal CAA V5 Based
as non-linear thermo-mechanical solution embedded in CATIA V5 and SAMCEF Gateway CAA V5 Based, the SAMCEF
integrated interface within CATIA V5.

“Professional solutions”: this SAMTECH offer is based on its general-purpose software tools and is dedicated to specific
domains of application like rotor dynamics, modeling of composite structures, mechatronic modeling of machine tools,
mechatronic of wind turbines, modeling of transmissions, modeling of large deployable or inflatable structures, modeling of
pipes for automotive industry…

“Third party and customized solutions” like the SAFE tool (fatigue analysis of aeronautic structures) and the Application
COMPOSITES (analysis of aeronautical composite materials structures) from AIRBUS, where SAMTECH provides its clients
with services such as development, reengineering, packaging and deployment of proprietary professional solutions on the
customer site.

“Customized multi-physics solutions”, based on OOFELIE. OOFELIE is commercialized by OPEN Engineering, the
SAMTECH subsidiary, that allows SAMTECH to be present on the multi-physics design markets and to provide services for the
development of original highly coupled analysis solutions covering specific needs.

Visit www.samcef.com for further details on SAMTECH Product/Service offer!

• Need some information about SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interface ?

• Need some information about linear, non-linear modeling and thermal
analysis with SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interface ?
• Need some information about SAMTECH expertise ?

Contact our specialists !

SAMTECH Headquarters
LIEGE science park
Rue des Chasseurs-Ardennais, 8
B-4031 Angleur-Liège, Belgium
Tel.  : +32 4 361 69 69
Fax  : +32 4 361 69 80
http://www.samcef.com
SAMTECH Deutschland
Hamburg
SAMTECH Italia
Via Giovanni Rasori, 13
I-20145 Milano, Italy
Tel.  : +39 02 87 39 99 50
Fax  : +39 02 87 39 99 64
SAMTECH UK
Trym Lodge
1 Henbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol BS9 3HQ, England
SAMCEF-NASTRAN Interfaces
offer to SAMCEF and NASTRAN
SAMTECH France
Paris users numerous facilities for
15, avenue émile baudot
F-91300 Massy, France the bidirectional translation of
Tel.  : +33 1 69 59 22 80
Fax  : +33 1 64 46 29 65
Linear and Non-linear Finite
Toulouse
11, rue Marius Tercé
Element models.
F-31300 Toulouse, France

SL/03/SAM/MKG_broc/24an_a
Tempowerkring 6 Tel.  : +33 5 34 55 20 99
Tel. : +44 117 959 65 00
D-21079 Hamburg, Germany Fax  : +33 5 34 55 15 00
Fax  : +44 117 959 65 01
Tel.  : +49 40 79012 320
Fax  : +49 40 79012 321 SAMTECH Iberica
Reutlingen
C/Valencia, 230, 3° 2ª
Oskar-Kalbfell-Platz 8
D-72764 Reutlingen, Germany E-08007 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.  : +49 7121 92 20 0 Tel.  : +34 93 451 86 21
Fax  : +49 7121 92 20 90 Fax  : +34 93 451 84 83
©2007 SAMTECH. The trademarks and the registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions

SAMTECH, Integrating CAE towards Professional Solutions