Structural Optimization Training with Genesis Completed
GENESIS is a fully integrated finite element analysis and design optimization package developed by experts in structural optimization.
The software includes analyses based on the finite element method, such as static, normal modes, direct and modal vibration analyses, random vibration response, thermal analysis, and buckling analysis. By using analysis and sensitivity data, optimization tools like DOT and BIGDOT solve predefined approximation problems for absolute optimization. Once the optimum solution for the approximation problem is found, a new finite element analysis is performed, and the process repeats until optimal convergence is achieved.
GENESIS is an easy-to-learn optimization package that does not require prior optimization knowledge or experience. It offers various design optimization options, including shape, sizing, topography, topometry, and topology optimization.
- Shape/Sizing and Topography Optimization typically require fewer than 10 finite element analyses, even for large and complex problems.
- Topology and Topometry Optimization need 20 or fewer detailed finite element analyses.
GENESIS is the first structural optimization package and a pioneer in second-generation optimization approaches. It was developed under the leadership of Dr. Gary Vanderplaats as the first commercial software in structural optimization.
GENESIS has pioneered methods like topometry optimization and stands as the best-in-class software for sizing, shape, and topology optimizations.
BENEFITS
- Cost Reduction and Design Improvement: Enables new design development by minimizing mass, maximizing frequencies, constraining stresses and displacements, and more.
- Reduction in Engineering Time: GENESIS offers faster solutions, 2-5x for small to medium problems and 5-10x for large-scale problems, through embedded solvers like the SMS Eigensolver.
- Facilitates Innovative Designs: Robust designs achieved through the BIGDOT optimization tool allow exploration of the entire design space.
KEY FEATURES
- Ease of Use: Optimization capabilities can be learned in a few days using Design Studio for GENESIS.
- Manufacturing-Friendly: Offers optimization tailored for production methods like casting and extrusion.
- Reliability: A stable and powerful tool adhering to quality assurance processes.
- Innovation: Pioneered many market-leading methods, such as Topometry Optimization.
OPTIMIZATION CAPABILITIES
- Sizing Optimization: Determines the optimal dimensions of elements like beams, shells, and composites.
- Shape Optimization: Identifies the best possible shape by finding the optimal placement of nodes to determine the structure’s geometry.
- Topography Optimization: Optimizes the placement and shape of elements to stiffen panel structures, such as supports.
- Topometry Optimization: Finds the optimal distribution of dimensional properties across the structure. Similar to topology optimization, it identifies regions for material reduction and calculates the best points to add material.
- Topology Optimization: Identifies the optimum material distribution and determines the shape of the part within the specified design space.
- Freeform Optimization: A new shape optimization method that identifies the best arrangement of elements, like beams, to enhance the rigidity of solid structures.
GENESIS is a robust and innovative tool that simplifies structural optimization while delivering cutting-edge solutions for complex engineering challenges.
