LMS International is pleased to announce that the Ford Powertain Division (Dearborn, MI) has selected LMS Virtual.Lab for virtual powertrain development.
The Ford Powertrain division is a longtime user of LMS SYSNOISE for the virtual optimization of engine acoustics. Implementing LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics enables Ford to dramatically increase the number of simulation runs on their engines, and to explore a much larger number of designs to optimize the engine acoustics.
LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics has dramatically accelerated the process of modeling for acoustic simulation at Ford. Small engine surface features are smoothed, but those features that have an impact on the acoustic response remain. The unique approach of Virtual.Lab Acoustics can be likened to wrapping the engine in a rubber sheet: the element size is related to the frequency range of interest. In tests, an engine FEA mesh with over 170,000 elements was automatically reduced to an acoustic mesh of 16,000 elements in just hours. Ford reports that the acoustic meshing for a full engine that previously took six weeks of interactive work to create is now being done in six hours.
The Ford Powertrain Division is also evaluating the patented LMS Acoustic Transfer Vectors (ATV) technology to speed up the acoustic prediction for virtual engine development. With this, Ford engineers can produce a complete RPM map of acoustic results in a substantially shorter amount of time. The goal is to reduce the current engine radiated noise analysis time from weeks to hours.
Mario Felice, Supervisor of the Powertrain NVH Analytical Section stated, “We are very enthusiastic about LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics. The speed, interconnectivity, graphics and engineering depth are paramount to the virtual engine simulation of Ford powertrains. We will look to LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics to substantially reduce our analysis time and provide our engineers the right information to drive design early in the program. Engineers will no longer lose time transferring their models and data from one program to another, and they can now get straight to value-added engineering and explore multiple engine designs quickly to optimize the acoustic performance in the virtual space.”
About LMS Virtual.Lab
LMS Virtual.Lab is the world’s first integrated software environment for the functional performance engineering of critical design attributes such as noise and vibration, ride and handling, comfort, safety, crash, durability, and others. An open platform with seamless links to the CAD, CAE and Test worlds, Virtual.Lab provides everything the multidisciplinary engineering team needs to get better products to market faster than before. It should double the time available for value-added engineering and reduce the overall engineering process time by 30 to 50%.
About LMS International
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
The Ford Powertrain division is a longtime user of LMS SYSNOISE for the virtual optimization of engine acoustics. Implementing LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics enables Ford to dramatically increase the number of simulation runs on their engines, and to explore a much larger number of designs to optimize the engine acoustics.
LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics has dramatically accelerated the process of modeling for acoustic simulation at Ford. Small engine surface features are smoothed, but those features that have an impact on the acoustic response remain. The unique approach of Virtual.Lab Acoustics can be likened to wrapping the engine in a rubber sheet: the element size is related to the frequency range of interest. In tests, an engine FEA mesh with over 170,000 elements was automatically reduced to an acoustic mesh of 16,000 elements in just hours. Ford reports that the acoustic meshing for a full engine that previously took six weeks of interactive work to create is now being done in six hours.
The Ford Powertrain Division is also evaluating the patented LMS Acoustic Transfer Vectors (ATV) technology to speed up the acoustic prediction for virtual engine development. With this, Ford engineers can produce a complete RPM map of acoustic results in a substantially shorter amount of time. The goal is to reduce the current engine radiated noise analysis time from weeks to hours.
Mario Felice, Supervisor of the Powertrain NVH Analytical Section stated, “We are very enthusiastic about LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics. The speed, interconnectivity, graphics and engineering depth are paramount to the virtual engine simulation of Ford powertrains. We will look to LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics to substantially reduce our analysis time and provide our engineers the right information to drive design early in the program. Engineers will no longer lose time transferring their models and data from one program to another, and they can now get straight to value-added engineering and explore multiple engine designs quickly to optimize the acoustic performance in the virtual space.”
About LMS Virtual.Lab
LMS Virtual.Lab is the world’s first integrated software environment for the functional performance engineering of critical design attributes such as noise and vibration, ride and handling, comfort, safety, crash, durability, and others. An open platform with seamless links to the CAD, CAE and Test worlds, Virtual.Lab provides everything the multidisciplinary engineering team needs to get better products to market faster than before. It should double the time available for value-added engineering and reduce the overall engineering process time by 30 to 50%.
About LMS International
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
