Using Advanced Computational Engineering Software to Meet Aerospace & Defense Industry Challenges
- Magazine Article
- 20AERP12_03
- English
Aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers looking to sustain business efficiency in the face of uncertainty and competition will continue to pursue ever-more advanced design and material solutions to further compress product development cycles, improve system performance, and reduce costs. Rapid adoption of these new, more advanced technologies will be critical for success in the ongoing race for “lighter, stronger, faster, and safer.”
One of the technologies that major A&D manufacturers and smaller specialist companies alike are adopting to support their upward business-growth paths is advanced computational engineering software. The digital toolkits such software provides allow deep interrogation of the complex multi-physics of product performance required to imagine and design anything that flies-from satellites to commercial and military aircraft to drones. Founded in implicit-based algorithms, this software allows calculations to be made, solutions to be optimized, and results to be visualized in seconds rather than hours. Such software goes far beyond the traditional computer-aided design (CAD) tools that many manufacturers still employ today.