Institute for Automotive Engineering

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Testing Facilities – ika (rwth-aachen.de)

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CAE-Tools – ika (rwth-aachen.de)

Software Tools

• CATIA, ProEngineer
• HyperWorks, Primer
• ABAQUS/Implicit, ANSYS, NASTRAN, OptiStruct
• ABAQUS/Explicit, LS-DYNA, MADYMO, PAM-CRASH, RADIOSS
• ADAMS-CAR, CarMaker
• Matlab-Simulink, Dymola, Modelica
• PELOPS
• StarCCM+, AcuSolve
• LMS Virtual.Lab

Application

• linear and non-linear structural analysis
• crash and fatigue simulation
• modal analysis and noise emission
• simulation of torsional oscillations in drive systems
• simulation of longitudinal and lateral dynamics
• traffic-flow simulation
• aerodynamic analysis

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Infrastructure – ika (rwth-aachen.de)

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