Analysis software update
By Staff | April 2008
Noran Engineering Inc. (Westminster, Calif.) has released version 9.1 of the company’s NEi Nastran finite element analysis and simulation software. Features include support for automated impact analysis, enhanced nonlinear and dynamic solutions, an improved solver and better overall performance, and new aerospace, maritime and automotive productivity tools. The NEiEditor GUI has been modified to enhance user interface usability. Other editor enhancements include grid point stress and grid point strain display, and the ability to restore default settings in the Setup property page. The editor also has been updated with new features, such as added display of midside nodes for 2-D and 3-D elements, the capability to move from ply to ply within composite laminate models and the handling and display of surface contact results.
