SolidWorks COSMOS has been used in the aerospace industry for wide ranging applications involving kinematic analysis, Finite element analysis and Fluid flow computation.
Some of the capabilities include:
- Shock and vibration calculations
- Durability and Fatigue Life Estimation
- Modal Analysis and Frequency response calculations
- Weight Reduction and Shape Optimization
- Force estimations in actuators, mechanisms and complex mechanical devices
- Cooling and Thermal Management of Avionics
- Structural Strength and Buckling Calculations
Automotive Applications:
Being an affordable FEA solution, SolidWorks COSMOS has been well received by the automotive industry for system level as well as component level analysis involving critical design function on one side and aggressive cost / Weight targets on the other. To be globally competitive, the automotive suppliers have chosen COSMOS to improve reliability, eliminate field failures, optimize designs and enhance efficiency very easily.
Specific capabilities include the following:
- Strength, Durability, Factor of Safety & Stiffness calculations for Body-in-White, Trim body, Chassis aggregates.
- Frequency response for multi source excitations including Random response
- Response to Fixed and Variable frequency excitations with specified accelerations for engine and body mounted sub systems.
- Fatigue and Life prediction calculations
- Thermal Management of braking and exhaust systems
- Evaluation of alternate materials to satisfy functional requirements
- Fluid flow in sub systems such as Fans, Radiator, Centrifugal pumps and Turbo Chargers
- Thermal and Airflow management of engine electronics
- Analysis to test correlations of strains, frequencies, mode-shapes, temperature, displacement, velocities and accelerations.
- Full vehicle simulation of vehicles, buses, trucks, Utility vehicles, loaders, trailers among others
