Physics Simulation

Building on over 25-years of innovation, OptiStruct is a proven, modern structural solver with comprehensive, accurate and scalable solutions for linear and nonlinear analyses across statics and dynamics, vibrations, acoustics, fatigue and multiphysics disciplines. OptiStruct solves both linear and nonlinear problems using an enhanced proprietary version of NASTRAN and a modern proprietary nonlinear formulation developed and maintained by Altair.

Comprehensive analysis solutions

Industry leading optimization

Single model, multi-attribute workflow

Radioss is a leading structural analysis solver for non-linear problems under dynamic loadings. It is highly differentiated for scalability, quality, robustness, and consists of features for multiphysics simulation and advanced materials such as composites. Radioss is used across many industries worldwide to improve the crashworthiness, safety, and manufacturability of structural designs.

Best scalability for large, highly nonlinear simulation

Most complete material and rupture libraries

Unique feature for accurate airbag simulations

Multiscale material modeling is a powerful method to gain insights into advanced material behavior. Especially for composite materials, multiscale is an accepted, essential approach for predicting material properties accurately and efficiently for use in structural simulations.Multiscale Designer's material models can be used in implicit and explicit analyses within the most popular commercially available solvers, and support hardware parallelization on different platforms.

Improve the Composite Design Process

Perform More Reliable Composite Simulations

Get Accurate and Complete Material Data for Simulation

MotionSolve performs 3D multi-body system simulations to predict the dynamic response and optimize the performance of products that move. By considering realistic motion-induced loads and environmental effects, engineers and designers can be confident that their products, when made and operated, will perform reliably, meet durability requirements, and not vibrate excessively or fail from fatigue. 

Ensure desired system performance

Accelerate vehicle development

Understand and improve real-world systems

EDEM is a high-performance software for granular material simulation, powered by the Discrete Element Method (DEM).EDEM simulates and analyses the behaviour of bulk materials such as coal, mined ores, soil, grains and powders. It provides engineers with crucial insight into how granular materials interact with equipment. It is used for both virtual testing of equipment design as well as process optimization. 

Heavy equip., mining & metals, process manufacturing

Integrated coupling with MotionSolve and OptiStruct

AcuSolve is a powerful Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool, providing users with a full range of physical models.Simulations involving flow, heat transfer, turbulence, and non Newtonian materials are handled with ease by AcuSolve’srobust, scalable, and accurate solver technology. 

Accurate and stable even on highly skewed meshes

Parallel scalability on thousands of computing cores

Advanced multiphysics coupling capabilitie

nanoFluidX is a particle-based hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation tool to predict fluid flow around complex geometries under complicated motion. It can be used, for example, to simulate oiling within conventional high-performance or electric vehicle powertrain systems comprising rotating shafts or gears, and analyse forces and torques on individual components of the system.

Simplified workflow for non-CAE experts

Accurate treatment of high-density multiphase flows

Fast and efficient GPU-based computin

ultraFluidX is a simulation tool for ultra-fast prediction of the aerodynamic properties of passenger and heavy-duty vehicles as well as for motorsport applications. Its cutting-edge technology is optimized for GPUs to deliver unbeatable performance and to allow for overnight simulations even of complex cases on a single server.

Accurate full-vehicle aero simulations overnight

It allows design of experiments and optimization

Energy and cost efficient GPU-based computing

Flux captures the complexity of electromechanical equipment to optimize their performance, efficiency, dimensions, cost or weight with precision, bringing better innovation and value products to end users. Flux simulates magneto static, steady-state and transient conditions, along with electrical and thermal properties.

Flexible, open environment – scripting, macros, etc.

Proven accuracy validated by measurements

Multiphysics capabilities for performance optimization

Feko is a leading electromagnetic simulation software that uses multiple frequency and time domain techniques.True hybridization enables the efficient analysis of a broad spectrum of EM problems mainly related to antenna design and placement, scattering, radar cross section (RCS) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
 

One product, multiple solvers

Superior solver accuracy and performance

Specialized solutions

WinProp is the most complete suite of tools in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning. With applications ranging from satellite to terrestrial, from rural via urban to indoor radio links, WinProp’s innovative wave propagation models combine accuracy with short computation time.

Innovative wave propagation models

Wide range of scenarios and map data supported

Network planning modules for 5G, LTE, W-LAN, …

Altair PollEx is the most comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design viewing, analysis and verification tools in the market for electrical, electronics and manufacturing engineers. PollEx is an open solution, which transfers data flawlessly between different ECAD and simulation environments.

PCB Modeler to quickly view and explore design

Investigate PCB Signal Integrity (SI) and thermal problem

Powerful set of PCB design verification tools

HyperStudy is a multi-disciplinary design exploration, study, and optimization software for engineers and designers. Using design-of-experiments, metamodeling, and optimization methods, HyperStudy creates intelligent design variants, manages runs, and collects data. Users are guided to understand data trends, perform trade-off studies, and optimize design performance and reliability.

Design exploration, metamodeling, and optimization

Data mining tools that are easy to understand

Direct interface to the most popular CAE solvers