Pat David - SSI, Ray Deldin - Altair

Elliot Haag - ATA Engineering

NSRP All Panel Meeting, Charleston, SC – March 12th, 2019
The Problem
The Problem

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Reduce
Efforts Errors
Produce BOM Rigging Loads
Determine Loads Overall Plan
Find CG Deformations
Additional Structure Damage to Secondary Struct
Needs
Rigging Loads
Total Loads
The Solution

CAD FE Model
The Solution

FE
CAD Magic
Model
The Approach
Add Systems and Outfitting with Structure to provide better and
accurate center of gravities for a better understanding of loading

Model reduced
“As-Built” to “As-Built”
State

ShipConstructor 100% Outfit

CAE Model
reduced to “As-
Lift Drawings Built” State
CAD Frame
Drawings w/lugs Stress Results
The Approach
Femap

HyperMesh
The Status

SSI
ShipConstructor
The Status
Lift
Components
 Lift
The Status Assemblies
 Lift Assembly
The Status Output
The Status
Enterprise
Platform
The Status

ATA Engineering
Femap
What We Do
ATA Engineering’s high-value engineering services help solve the
most challenging product design challenges

Robotics Themed
Aerospace
& Controls Entertainment

Industrial &
Defense Consumer
Mining
Products
Equipment
Our Analysis Services
We provide a comprehensive suite of structural analysis services
Acoustics
Optomechanical Kinematics & Multibody
Dynamics

Fatigue, Fracture, Structural Dynamics

& Durability & Mechanics
Multiphysics

Process
Aeroelasticity & Improvement Robotics & Control
Flutter Structure
Interaction

Thermal & CFD & FSI

Aerothermal
Loads & Environments
Our R&D Services
Example: Post-Damage Kinematic Simulations for Operational Effectiveness Evaluations
Technology Explanation
• Uses FE modeling approach to simulate post-damage
kinematic response of a complex mechanism (e.g., can a
submarine hatch operate after explosive shock?)
• In addition to advanced modeling techniques (Abaqus) for
contact and friction, the technology employs machine
learning algorithms to serve as extremely fast-running
surrogates for complex regions of large FEMs
• Validation via correlation with laboratory experiments

Contract Details Product Benefits & Applications

Topic • Reduces reliance on UNDEX testing and allows engineers
N141-032 Project No. 65000 to evaluate a multitude of postevent mechanical scenarios
No.
for hull, equipment, machinery, and platform damage
N00024-14-
ATA PI V. Harris Contract No. • Uses independent domains for structural and contact
P-4521
regions enable more control of mesh fidelity for each
Agency Navy Directorate NAVSEA region
TPOC Randall Goodnight (NSWCCD) • Novel method for watertightness assessment
• Applicable to wide range of industries/Abaqus users to
PoP Dec 2015 to Jul 2019 reduce analysis time on complex systems
Our Software Services
ATA is a value-added reseller for Siemens PLM Software

Siemens Value Added Reseller

www.ata-plmsoftware.com

Hotline Nastran Training

Support Material
NX, Nastran,
Femap,
STAR CCM+
Simcenter,
Teamcenter,
Software Solid Edge Preferred Training
Implementation Provider

Software Integration
What is Femap? Why use it here?
Powerful mesh-centric FE pre- and post-processing
High performance simulation that significantly Mars Rover Curiosity

reduces physical testing and speeds time to

Courtesy of NASA JPL

market
 CAD-independent finite element modeling
 Proven, powerful modeling and analysis capabilities that
solve the toughest engineering problems
 The best Nastran pre- and postprocessor on the market.
 NX Nastran is great for structural analysis of lifting loads,
shock loads and DDAM, structural dynamics James Webb Space Telescope
 Femap/NXN are currently in use at several shipyards Courtesy of NASA Goddard

Excellent application programming interface

(API) for task automation. No changes to core
Femap code needed.
 ATA has developed several commercial software products
that leverage the Femap API
Our Software Services - NSRP
Automation for faster structural analysis

2017 Panel Project: CAD to FEA

Automation
 Partnered with Ingalls and SSI
 Automated extraction of ship data (geometry, materials, stock data, equipment mass
and inertia) from ShipConstructor
 Automated creation of mesh-ready geometry and properties in Femap to expedite finite
element modeling

2018 Research Announcement: LiftShip

 Partnering with SSI, expanding CAD to FEA panel project work to expedite FEA for ship
lift configurations
LiftShip Program Status Summary
Import from ShipConstructor to Femap
 Complete:
 Flat plates and stiffeners – imported as surfaces on moldlines
 Equipment – imported as lumped masses at CG
 HVAC & piping – lumped masses at CG & path curves
 ID info – plate stock, material info, equipment names & mass become properties and are assigned
to geometry
 Remaining challenges:
 Lift-specific hardware
 Curved & corrugated plates
 Bridging CAD needs for designers vs. analysts

Geometry Prep for Meshing

 Complete:
 Intersection of contacting surfaces to assume welded connection
 Trimming or extension of intersected surfaces
SSI Assembly Example
55 seconds to import and prep geometry from PublisherLT

ShipConstructor

FEMAP
Import of Equipment
Lumped masses are created at equipment CG
SSI Assembly Example
Names and data are preserved from the ShipConstructor database
Creation of Femap Properties
Geometry is joined and mesh-ready
Creation of Femap Properties
3 minutes 50 seconds to import and prep geometry from PublisherLT

ShipConstructor

Femap
SSI Assembly Example
Choices on preparation of cutouts and details

Femap

ShipConstructor
Catching “Leaky” Geometry
Bridging the divide between designers & analysts

ATA uses SC construction

geometry directly (no
export/import of STEP)
SC allows designers to
create plate geometry
with small inaccuracies
 Open boundaries on faces
 Gaps between parts
These inaccuracies can
result in invalid geometry
in Femap during import
Invalid geometry is
flagged and grouped for
correction
Taming Curved Plates
Ongoing work to determine the best solution

ShipConstructor

Femap
The Status

Altair Engineering
HyperMesh
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Our vision

Altair transforms design and decision making

by applying simulation, machine learning and optimization

throughout product lifecycles.

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ALTAIR AT A GLANCE

Founded 1985 69offices $333M 50+

ISV partners under our unique,
Headquartered in Troy, MI US in 24 countries 2017 Revenue patented licensing model

2000+ 5000+ 60,000+

Engineers, scientists and creative thinkers Customer installations globally Users
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5,000 CUSTOMER INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE

Automotive Aerospace Heavy Equipment Government

Life/Earth Sciences Electronics/Consumer Goods Energy Architecture

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OUR BUSINESS

Software Staffing Innovation

HyperWorks® PBS Works

THE PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION™ ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN THE CLOUD™

Long-term ongoing
solidThinking® Carriots™ engineering, design and
WHERE INNOVATION BEGINS™ INNOVATION INTELLIGENCE™ development expertise
Digital Entertainment App
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HyperWorks - THE Power of Modeling and Visualization

MANUFACTURING
SIMULATION

PERFORMANCE VALIDATION
Cloud & HPC

Solvers

PERFORMANCE
OPTIMIZATION

CONCEPT DESIGN

SYSTEM DESIGN

Direct Multiple
CAE Model Process Results
Interfaces to Solver
Build Automation Visualization
All CAD support

PLM / CAD / Simulation Data Management

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BROAD PORTFOLIO OF SOLVERS ACROSS MULTIPLE PHYSICS TYPES

Interconnected, smart products demand optimization across multiple physics to create cutting-edge designs

Systems Manufacturing Structural Crash, Safety, Fluid

Electromagnetics Thermal Analysis
Simulation Simulation Analysis Impact & Blast Dynamics

Altair is driving the multiphysics optimization opportunity

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HyperMesh based ‘LiftShip’ solution Overview

• Altair HyperMesh based toolset for ‘LiftShip’ finite element analysis
• Automates the process of FE model generation and analysis of lifting large ship structures
• Generates high fidelity FE models
• Produces meaningful results (e.g. stress, yield, factor of safety report) such that Go or No-
Go for lifting is given
• Minimize lifting project costs and time savings
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Data Exchange between ShipConstructor and HyperMesh

Part (GUID) Property (XML) Material (XML)

Part Models (STEP IGES)
Young’s
Property XML Assembly
Modulus
Hierarchy
Material XML
Poisson’s
Loading XML Material Name Ratio
CG XML Density
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‘LiftShip’ FEA in HyperMesh

Engineer’s decisions:
• GO-NoGO
• Make design updates
• Add supporting structures
• Reanalyze
• ……….
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‘LiftShip’ FEA in HyperMesh

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‘LiftShip’ FEA in HyperMesh

 Thank You
Pat David - SSI, Ray Deldin - Altair
Elliot Haag - ATA Engineering