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1 1 Table of Contents.................................................................................................... 3 Whats New for Rev 11............................................................................................ 7 1.1 All LMS Virtual.Lab Workbenches ................................................................... 7 Edited load function in local axes............................................................. 7 Edited load function: import a curve from a 2D display ............................ 7 MathData Processing method to convert function to local axes ............... 7 Function data import from multiple files at once ....................................... 7 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.2

LMS Virtual.Lab Motion ................................................................................... 7 Composer ................................................................................................ 7 Vehicle Dynamics .................................................................................... 8 Co-simulation Enhancements .................................................................. 8 Xml Import/Export .................................................................................... 9 Non-linear Flexible Bodies ....................................................................... 9 Transmission Modeling ............................................................................ 9 General Enhancements ........................................................................... 9

1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.3

LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics............................................................................. 10 Vibro-Acoustic Structural Solver ............................................................ 10 Coupled Noise Transfer Functions......................................................... 11 Coupled Modes ..................................................................................... 11 Improvement of Panel Transmission loss process ................................. 11 Meshing for FEM Acoustics ................................................................... 12 New parallelization of solvers................................................................. 12 Ray Acoustics extensions ...................................................................... 13 Coupling of non compatible meshes ...................................................... 14 New Aeroacoustic Dipoles ..................................................................... 15 ATILA coupling ...................................................................................... 15 JMAG coupling ...................................................................................... 15 Modeling of Shear layers ....................................................................... 15 User DLL for the crosspower set............................................................ 16 Kinematic Connections for System Level NVH ...................................... 16 Rigid Coupling to Ground....................................................................... 16 Inverse Load Identification with missing DOFs....................................... 16 Vector Loads for Modal Based Forced Response .................................. 17

1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.3.6 1.3.7 1.3.8 1.3.9 1.3.10 1.3.11 1.3.12 1.3.13 1.4 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.5

LMS Virtual.Lab Noise & Vibration and Correlation ....................................... 16

LMS Virtual.Lab Durability ............................................................................. 17

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1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.5.6 1.6 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.6.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 General.................................................................................................. 17 Seam Welds .......................................................................................... 17 Combined Events Case ......................................................................... 18 New mean stress Influence method....................................................... 18 New mean stress Influence method....................................................... 19 Composite Fatigue - Extension of the external material definition .......... 19 General.................................................................................................. 19 Fine durability spot weld ........................................................................ 20 Nastran pre/post .................................................................................... 20 Nastran SOL200 pre/post ...................................................................... 21 Abaqus pre/post .................................................................................... 21 Radioss pre/post.................................................................................... 21 Assembly............................................................................................... 22

LMS Virtual.Lab Structures............................................................................ 19

FE Interfaces................................................................................................. 23 LMS Virtual.Lab Batch Meshing .................................................................... 23 LMS Virtual.Lab Optimization ........................................................................ 23

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1.1 All LMS Virtual.Lab Workbenches 1.1.1 Edited load function in local axes It is now possible to edit a load function in a local axis. If one wants to for example define in a node a force load of 10N along a direction that does not coincide with one of the global X, Y, or Z axes, one can define first a nodal results axis system where one of the local axes (say Y) is oriented in the right direction, then define the load with a value of 10N, and then select in the Attributes tab of the function editor the Local Axis System and the Y DOF. See the online help topic Editing Functions with the Editor for more details. 1.1.2 Edited load function: import a curve from a 2D display While editing a load function, one can now import a curve that is displayed in some 2D display (just like one can import values from an Excel file for example). The imported values will even include the post-processing (like acoustic weighting for example) that was applied from the Data Select dialog box of the display. 1.1.3 MathData Processing method to convert function to local axes The MathData Processing case has a new method Geometrical Transformation that makes it possible to convert a function set from local to global axes or vice versa. See the online help topic MathData Processing Case for more details. This allows you for example to export functions that are expressed in some local axes from LMS Virtual.Lab to external files, e.g. universal files. 1.1.4 Function data import from multiple files at once When importing functions from a file (Universal, Excel, punch, ) under the data source of a function set, it is now possible to select multiple files at once, which will then all be imported with the same options as set in the import dialog box.

1.2 LMS Virtual.Lab Motion 1.2.1 Composer A tool that will now enable a user to create custom tailored apps with a dramatic reduction in VB programming effort and time. The tool allows for drag and drop customization to generate higher level VB commands. Note: There will be new features in the Rev 11 SL1 release that may force you to make manual updates to your Composer-based session and application data.
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1.2.2 Vehicle Dynamics New Driving Dynamics Vertical: A dedicated vertical for driving dynamics created using the Composer. By creating the application with the Composer you can capture the full customer process between methods specialists and end users. The Driving Dynamics Vertical provides an intutitive GUI to define out-of-thebox parameterized Motion templates for suspensions and full vehicle assemblies. It is also equipped with pre-defined analyses for suspensions K&C and full-vehicle handling and ride comfort assessment. Motion Publication enhancements: These enhacements will improve model template creation and management by allowing the user to pass position/orientation of Motion Axis Systems between submechnisms. Support of Motion Axis Systems in Vehicle: By offering this capability the modeling process can be improved by creating axis systems that can be shared between submechnisms. This can be done in cooperation with the previous enhancement to Motion Publications. Static Vehicle Alignment: Provides for an automatic method for alignment of simulation and target values (toe, caster, & camber). Alignment is achieved instantaneously through use of dedicated solver routines to adjust DOF to achieve target values. Leaf Spring Module: A new dedicated leaf spring pre-processing module replaces the manual process of model construction. The GUI allows for quick leaf spring model creation using individual leaf properties that captures inner leaf friction. 1.2.3 Co-simulation Enhancements With Matlab Motion as master For users receiving a controls system from a supplier, this feature allows the user to couple the system in the Motion model. Motion will be viewed as the master and the Matlab model will be imported into the LMS Virtual.Lab environment. Modelisar This functionality has been added to create a universal co-simulation environment based on the Modelisar standard. This allows individual components to be simulated by different simulation tools. The Motion solver has been setup to follow the Model Exchange standard set forth by the standard.
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With AMESim Motion as master Extends the coupling capabilities with AMESim by including Co-simulation from the Motion environment. This allows Motion experts to do both coupling and co-simulation methods from their environment. 1.2.4 Xml Import/Export The model definition can now be described in a text based (XML) file format. This allows for the model files to be human readable and editable. It also provides for a simpler, non-proprietary model archive format. 1.2.5 Non-linear Flexible Bodies Certain components in mechanical systems experience non-linear deformations during operation. This new Co-simulation allows for coupling the LMS Motion multi-body dynamics solver with the LMS Non-Linear Flexible Body Solver. This will provide the user to extend the model fidelity to capture the non-linear effects in components, such as a twist beam axles, torsion bars, and springs. 1.2.6 Transmission Modeling The Gear Contact functionality has been extended to be applicable to both manual and automatic transmissions. The additional functionality allows for a gear to be represented with a flexible body and to take into account the planetary phasing for automatic transmissions - both are critical for accurately capturing the vibrations generated by the transmission. 1.2.7 General Enhancements Mass & Inertia properties of group of bodies Pre-processing feature to verify the lumped mass of multiple bodies regardless of the individual bodys mass definition: Rigid, User-Defined, Flexible or Spline Beam. The resultant properties can also be applied to any body in the model. Spline beam enhancements The mass properties are reported in the Spline Beam dialog to allow you to more easily verify you are using the correct mass properties in your spline beam representation. The definition has also been extended to allow damping to be defined as viscous or structural. Bumpstop animation The Bumpstop feature allows the user to graphically display the maginitude of the force during jounce/rebound impacts. Sphere-to-CAD contact

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Contact library has been extend to include sphere to CAD contact. The sphere body can be defined as a super element as in the other standard contact definition. This adds to the array of options to define contact between two bodies. Make body flexible without modifying CAD Product nor Flexible Analysis document When it is not possible to modifiy the CATIA product structure this capability allows the user to define a body as flexible without such modification. This does require a previously defined product and correctly defined IO points. Friction force enhancements The user now has the option to represent stiction through a constraint, old method, or now by force with the addition of a hyperbolic tangent function to smooth the transition between static and dynamic friction. N-force element Allows for a user to define a flexible body when the data is not available. The user can represent the body through linear stiffness and/or damping force between multiple points defined by the user. This is a particularly effective method for defining aeroloads when the loads have been generated by an outside program.

1.3 LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics 1.3.1 Vibro-Acoustic Structural Solver With the new Vibro-Acoustic Structural Solver product, LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 offers three new Analysis Cases: Structural Modes Case o Here the eigenvalue problem of the structural finite element model is solved. The mass and stiffness matrices are build based on a SAMCEF element library. The displacement modes can afterwards be used in all vibro-acoustic scenarios based on the modal approach. This case is available in FEM and BEM Harmonic and Noise and Vibration workbenches

Direct Structural Response Case o The SYSNOISE solver is used to solve the forced response equation of the structural finite element model in physical coordinates. The models mass, stiffness and daming matrices are build based on the SAMCEF element library. The Direct Structural Response Case results can be used for weakly coupled vibro-acoustic cases as panel vibration boundary condition. Compared to the modal approach, the direct structural response will handle (especially local) damping more correctly and can take into account frequency dependent material
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properties (damping but also stiffness). This case is available in FEM and BEM Harmonic and Noise and Vibration workbenches. Supported loads are pressures (vectors), forces and displacements (functions) Direct Vibro-Acoustic Response Case o The SYSNOISE solver is used to solve the coupled forced response equation of the structural finite element model in physical coordinates for both structure and fluid. The structural models mass, stiffness and daming matrices are build based on the SAMCEF element library. The acoustic mass, stiffness and damping matrices are based on SYSNOISE fluid element library. This coupled direct vibro-acoustic case is suited for solving especially lightweight structures that experience strong coupling with the fluid. Compared to the modal approach, the direct structural response will handle damping more correctly and can take into account frequency dependent material properties (damping but also stiffness). This case is available in the FEM Harmonic workbench. Supported loads are pressures (vectors), forces and displacements (functions)

1.3.2 Coupled Noise Transfer Functions LMS Virtual.Lab now allows you to compute Noise Transfer Functions on modal based coupled vibro-acoustic systems in FEM and BEM. 1.3.3 Coupled Modes Dynamic behavior of structures immersed in water (ship hull) or filled with heavy fluid (tank) change due to the loading effect of the fluid. It can be interesting to see how the structural modes change both in terms of resonant frequency and mode shape when this effect is taken into account,. LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 allows to compute these coupled modes, starting from the dry modes and the properties of the heavy fluid. User can thus better understand the dynamic response of a structure (added mass and added stiffness) when immersed or filled with heavy fluid. This functionality is available in Direct BEM, Indirect BEM and FEM analyses. 1.3.4 Improvement of Panel Transmission loss process In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, several improvements have been made to make the panel transmission loss process in FEM faster and easier. Transmission loss is a good indicator for evaluating the acoustic transparency of a flexible panel. It is typically computed by imposing an acoustic diffuse field on one side of the panel and by measuring the transmitted acoustic power on the other side. Various improvements have been made to allow to set up such model more easily and to solve the system with Finite Elements for best performance. First, the user can work in a single document where structural and acoustical models are made for both incident and transmission rooms. Secondly, the FEM model do not need to lie parallel to the XY plane as for the old BEM Baffled approach. The half space can be created along any orientation. Also the plane waves used to represent the acoustic diffuse field are automatically
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created in this half space. Thirdly, the incident and transmitted acoustic power as well as the Transmission Loss are computed automatically and readily available on the solution without the need for a field point mesh or a postprocessing script. Last but not least, this new process can be combined with the new vibroacoustic solver capabilities to solve the system using a direct approach (physical approach instead of modal approach) and thus lead to more accurate results for complex structures with local damping and frequency-dependent properties. 1.3.5 Meshing for FEM Acoustics Convex Mesher In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 9 and 10, FEM AML was introduced. This technology allows creating small FEM models for acoustic radiation, which therefore can be solved very fast. The outer boundary surface of such FEM models used for acoustic radiation, needs to be convex. This is a prerequisite of the AML property. In order to quickly create such convex surface, we have included a convex mesher in the Meshing for FEM Acoustics product. Starting from the structural mesh, or any mesh (the equivalent BEM mesh for instance) that represents the vibrating body, this mesher will generate the optimal (resulting in the smallest volume) convex surface. The user can choose the element size of the convex meshed surface as well as the scaling, which is needed to create a small distance between radiating inner FEM surface and convex outer FEM surface. After the convex mesh has been created, the tetrafiller tool (also in Meshing for FEM Acoustics) is used to create the FEM elements between the radiating surface and the convex outer surface. Volumize Mesher In some interior or interior-exterior applications like transformers, mufflers, .. the internal geometry might be available in (structural) shell elements and can be rather complex. As FEM Acoustics is often a good or only choice (Temperature/Flow effects) for interior acoustic problems, a new meshing tool has been included to facilitate the creation of the FEM Acoustics model starting from a shell model of the structure including baffles, pipes, coils, The volumize mesher will add thickness to the input shell mesh and duplicate every wall in the model, while appropriately taking care of all junctions that are present in the model. In the resulting surface mesh, all void volumes in the model are well defined. Each shell element is also part of the surface of only one volume. This new volumized surface mesh is therefore ideal to use as input for the tetrafiller tool to create the volume meshes. 1.3.6 New parallelization of solvers Multi-core systems are getting more and more present (from dual-core laptops to large linux clusers). Taking advantage of these hardware ressources can lead to very significant performance improvement when solving large vibro-

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acoustic problems. Rev 11 features several improvements for optimal parallelization of the computational effort. Different types of parallelization are available: multi-threading, frequency level and matrix level. A new combined Matrix/frequency level is also available where user only needs to specify the total number of processes that can be launched. Solver will then automatically drive the parallelization operation (number of frequency processes and number of matrix processes) for optimal performance. Specifically for the Fast Multipole BEM solver, the frequency level parallelization is now available on top of the matrix level. LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 now also supports submission of jobs via job schedulers (pbs, torque, lsf and loadleveler). 1.3.7 Ray Acoustics extensions ATV case In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, ATVs (Acoustic Transfer Vector) can also be computed in the Ray Acoustics workbench. ATVs represent the transfer relations between vibrating panels and microphones pressure responses and are a system characteristic. They can be used whenever the response needs to be computed for a multitude of vibrating panel load cases or whenever you are interested in contributions from different panel groups. In the Ray Acoustics workbench, the ATVs are computed using a Ray Tracing technology, which allows to easily compute up to high frequencies with good accuracy and speed. The ATV and ATV reponse cases can therefore be used for instance to compute cabin acoustics (aircrafts, trains, cars) at high frequencies with panel vibrations as a boundary condition. The panel vibrations can be for instance measured displacements on a discretized membrane of a loudspeaker or a full door. Another example can be high frequency vibrations of windows due to broad spectrum turbulent boundary layer loads. Source model From now on coherent point sources can be defined as a frequency dependent complex sources. In previous release, only the amplitude of the frequency dependent signal was taken into account. Rev 11 takes also the phase of the source into account. For audio design applications, this means the effect of a (e.g. DSP) signal filter that is applied before the audio signal reaches a loudspeaker, can be incorporated by modelling the source as a complex one. A background noise source has been added. In contrast with the incoherent point source which has a location dependent amplitude, the background noise source has the same frequency dependent or independent level for all locations. This source is added to the computed pressure results of coherent sources. It is also accounted for in the computation of STI (Speech Transmission Index).

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Reflection model The absorbent panel property could already be defined as a frequency (in)dependent angle dependent reflection model based on impedance or admittance. From these the reflection and absorption can be derived as a function of angle (and frequency). From LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 onwards, you can also directly specify a frequency (in)dependent absorption or reflection coefficient which will be used for all rays independent of their angle of incidence. In the absorbent panel poroperty, you can also choose to reflect have a part of the incoming ray reflected in a diffuse manner. The remaining part will be reflected specularly as before. The diffuse relfection sends reflected rays from the panel in all directions (on one side of the panel) and allows to use a more accurate representation for reflection from non ideally flat surfaces. Air Absorption The absorption effect of air (dB/distance travelled) cant be taken into account by using the new Air Property in Rev 11. Based on the ambient pressure, temperature and the humidity provided by the user, this property adds the correct frequency dependent attenuation for all rays in the model. The absorption coefficients are derived from a Harris model. HRTF library In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, the Head Related Transfer Function library, used to create Binaural Impulse Response Functions, includes more samples. These BIRs are used for aurilisation in order to hear the sound played by a set of loudspeakers as a listener would perceive it. The effect of the environment (car cabin for instance) is added by convolving the original sound with the BIRs. The increased amount of samples in the HRTF, increases the quality of the BIRs and therefore also quality and reaslism of perceived sound after convolution. 1.3.8 Coupling of non compatible meshes It can be sometimes useful to couple several acoustic cavities which are physically connected (directly or indirectly by a heat exchanger or filter for example). These cavities might have different node distributions at the interface and it is therefore required to use specific techniques to coupled these cavities. Rev 11 features new techniques in Finite Elements Acoustics to couple non-compatible acoustic meshes either directly (acoustic continuity) or with a specific relation (transfer admittance matrix). When solving a direct vibro-acoustic case, it is also needed to couple the structure with the acoustic cavity and this interface might be non-compatible. In Rev 11, it is possible to couple these 2 meshes even if they are not compatible.

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1.3.9 New Aeroacoustic Dipoles LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 supports a new type of aeroacoustic dipole sources allowing to solve the problems more efficiently and more accurately. These dipoles are still based on the aeroacoustic analogy which allows to first define the sources from compressible or incompressible CFD data and then to propagate these sources and compute the radiated acoustic field including scattering effects. The novelty of this approach consists in the transformation of dipole amplitude into equivalent acoustic velocity boundary conditions. Once these velocity boundary conditions are found, the problem can then be solved using any solving technique like Indirect BEM or FEM. So, as opposed to previous versions of LMS Virtual.Lab, where distributed dipole sources could only be defined in Direct BEM analysis, the new dipoles can now be used in Indirect BEM and FEM analysis leading to much better performance. Also for non-compact source surfaces, these new dipoles lead to improved accuracy by better capturing the scattering effects. 1.3.10 ATILA coupling In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, the coupled electro-vibro-acoustical simulation of piezo transducers is made possible with a combination of LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics and ATILA (Analysis of Transducers by Integration of Laplace equatiuons). The goal is to quantify the performance of transducers used in underwater applications, typically SONAR applications, where one is interested in predicting the TVR (transmitted voltage response) or directivity or a single transducer or a complete SONAR array. ATILA is used to provide electro-mechanical modes and modal forces corresponding to unit Volt loads for instance. These are picked up by LMS Virtual.Lab and used in a vibroacoustic simulation to compute the TVR and directivity. 1.3.11 JMAG coupling Radiated noise from electric motors is mainly caused by vibrations of the stator and stator housing. These vibrations can be mechanically induced, as a result of forces caused by imperfect balancing of the shaft and rotor or by bearing defects, but a substantial part of the vibrations is caused by forces which are electromagnetically induced. The JMAG software package (from the JSOL company) provides an electromagnetic simulation code to predict such EM forces acting on the stator. In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, such forces from a JMAG simulation can be imported. All necessary tools are available to convert the loads from time to frequency domain and map them from the EM mesh to the structural mesh. Afterwards the forces can be applied on the stator mesh to compute the vibration response of electric motor. The latter result is used as boundary condition for computing acoustic radiation (FEM or BEM Acoustics). 1.3.12 Modeling of Shear layers LMS Virtual.Lab already featured a number of functionalities allowing to simulate acoustic performance of aeroengine inlets: duct modes to represent
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the fan excitation, Flow solver to capture convection effects, Myers impedance to capture the absorption effects from the wall liner in the presence of flow. LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 now also allows to model the acoustic refraction happening when acoustic waves cross a shear layer. This effect is particularly important when simulating the acoustic radiation from the aeroengine exhaust. A new property is available in LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 to model the shear layer. The shear layer is assumed to be infinitely thin and well identified. On this layer, continuity of pressure and normal displacement is automativally imposed by the solver, allowing to capure the refraction effects. 1.3.13 User DLL for the crosspower set Random crosspower load functions can be retrieved with a user-defined routine, to have full control over the spatial correlation of the loading, e.g. using a Corcos model. This process is made faster by taking advantage of the hermitian character of the matrix. Using an extended new interface, the process can even further be sped up by reading blocks of functions at once (rather than one-by-one). Note: The previous interface will still work.

1.4 LMS Virtual.Lab Noise & Vibration and Correlation 1.4.1 Kinematic Connections for System Level NVH For System Level NVH scenarios the assembly modes / FRFs are computed based on component modes / FRFs and the type of the connections. Up till now the connections could be either flexible (stiffness and damping) or rigid. In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11, a new type of connection property has been included. The General MPC Connection Property allows to create a kinematic relation between up to 6 DOFs of one master node which will define the vibration or rotation of 1 DOF of a slave node. This type of connection is ideal to represent connections like a CV (constant velocity) kinematic joint, screw or rack-pinion connection, or gear ratios between two axles. 1.4.2 Rigid Coupling to Ground The modification prediction product now also allows a rigid connection to the ground. The user can choose which DOFs to fix in global or local axis systems. The FRFs or modes of the modified model are computed afterwards based on the FRFs or modes of the original component. If the components are used in assembly context, this feature allows to connect the assembly to the ground. 1.4.3 Inverse Load Identification with missing DOFs Inverse Load Identification (deterministic version) now supports better response functions which are expressed in local axis systems. The case now includes the option to interpret the response functions in local axis systems and to detect and skip missing DOFs.

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1.4.4 Vector Loads for Modal Based Forced Response The modal based forced response case now also support load vector set loads. Both force load vectors as pressure load vector are supported. The support for force load vectors has been included to be able to apply forces coming from a JMAG EM simulation.

1.5 LMS Virtual.Lab Durability 1.5.1 General Multiple calculations in one analysis In LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 11 for one position in the mesh several analysis runs using different material properties and/or fatigue algorithms can be performed in one analysis run. Element Sets used for the definition of the analysis tasks do not need to be disjoint anymore. In the post processing the envelope (i.e. max damage) may be displayed as well as the results of the individual tasks. Easy set-up for parallel computation Parallel computation can now by setup directily in the solver option tab. Up to for parallel threads on one analysis are included in the standard solver license. 1.5.2 Seam Welds General Starting Rev 8B a more general way of defining seam welds in a model was introduced. This allowed arbitrary types of seam welds and a broad spectrum of properties of individual spot welds. It also allows using all types of seam weld analysis approaches (nominal stress based or notch stress based) With Rev 11 a more flexible seam weld detection algorithm was added. This type is now the standard type of seam weld definition. Therefore, the menu and toolbar have been adapted. Seam Weld Detection A new seam weld detection tool was added that broadens the applicability of the tool drastically. More complex local configurations as cross welds and K-welds are supported. Different connection types between the same sheets can now be detected. Individual seam weld types can be put in different sets, which facilitates the use of nominal stress based approaches. Seam Weld Definition file (extended Master Connection File) The extended Master Connection File format can now also be exported containing all parameters added in LMS Virtual.Lab. These definitions can be used on variants of the component allowing a persistent and robust seam weld definition.
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More accurate results for thin sheets The notch stress method uses for thin sheets very sharp notches. Newer research has shown that it is necessary to take size effects into account. The new effective stress approach implanted in LMS Virtual.Lab is able to use Neubers structural length approach automatically. This leads to better results especially for the thin sheets. Automatic scaling approach The methodology of the effective notch stress correction method also allows an automatic scaling of models to any sheet thickness. The standard approach always used a conservative approach. The new method allows more realistic results on one hand, but also the application to very thick sheets. 1.5.3 Combined Events Case Persistent Results The results of combined events cases are stored in files now as the results of individual fatigue analysis cases. This avoids the recalculation of the results after reloading an existing document Run as independent analysis case. The combined events case can be configured as an independent analysis case now. In this case only one analysis run is started instead of the run of all events individually. Especially for large cases that are run on external computers this option reduces file and process handling overhead. For newly created combined events cases this option is the default option. Include ordering effects If the combined events case is configured as an independent analysis case it can optionally also take into account the ordering of the events. New post processing options The individual results of the events can now be analyzed in the results of the combined events case directly. Also the damage taking into account the repetition factors as well as the accumulated damage taking into account the damage of the repeated events before can be displayed and analyzed. 1.5.4 New mean stress Influence method The influence of mean stresses can now be introduced by providing SNcurves for different mean stresses. In this case the mean stress influence is interpolated from the given SN-curves. This allows a more flexible definition of the mean stress influence than the formula based approaches.

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1.5.5 New mean stress Influence method The influence of mean stresses can now be introduced by providing SNcurves for different mean stresses. In this case the mean stress influence is interpolated from the given SN-curves. This allows a more flexible definition of the mean stress influence than the formula based approaches. 1.5.6 Composite Fatigue - Extension of the external material definition The definition of the SN-curves/material parameters and fatigue parameters can use definition for each element individually. In this case the data is provided either by a file or by an external tool. The file interface can easily be used to define localized fatigue data achieved from manufacturing simulation. The tool e-Xstream DIGIMAT provides data for short fiber composites using this interface.

1.6 LMS Virtual.Lab Structures 1.6.1 General Node on geometry When nodes are defined on geometry points, the node definition keeps the link to the definition point. Automation extensions The following functionality is now available for automation o o o o o o o o o o Agraphe, Clip, Bouterolle connection Time history output request (Radioss analysis case) Monitored volume and airbag definition (Radioss) Feature browser Section definition (Radioss) Tie contact (Radioss) Multi-solver composite property Type 1 and type 2 responses for frequency displacement (SOL200) New concentrated mass Radioss material law LAW38

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Mass overview extensions It is now possible to automatically add all visible mesh parts as application region for mass overview. Also, the option portion of mesh calculation is extended to include rigid body and non-structural mass handling. Performance improvements A specific focus was on the performance improvements of the following functionality o o o o o XML based model checker Update of the connections Update of the section definitions Time step treatment Penetration and intersection checking

1.6.2 Fine durability spot weld Enhancements of algorithm The fine spot weld functionality is enhanced by automatic rotation of the spot weld rings to align better to the surrounding mesh, by automatic detection of the most appropriate re-meshing area and by re-development of the transition meshing algorithm. Freeze (ANSA) mesh part during fine durability spot operator If fine spot operation is applied on ANSA mesh parts, the mesh parts are frozen automatically after the fine spot operator. Enable repositioning of spot based on geometry point Possibility to correct spot weld location issues by interactively repositioning the spot weld location, even if based on geometry point. 1.6.3 Nastran pre/post Extensions in vibro-acoustics pre/post The Nastran vibro-acoustics cases support now also the PFMODE, PFPANEL and PFGRID cards for Nastran versions 2008 and higher. This means that also grid contribution is supported now in pre- and postprocessing. For Nastran versions lower than 2008, FLSPOUT card is used for modal and panel contribution (no grid contribution). Align pre/post processing of Nastran vibro-acoustic FRF and Forced Response cases

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The possibilities of the Nastran vibro-acoustic FRF case has been aligned to the possibilities of the Nastran forced response case. Support of new Nastran versions The Nastran DMAPs used by LMS Virtual.Lab were upgraded to support Nastran 2012. 1.6.4 Nastran SOL200 pre/post Support for CONM2 and TOMVAR The Nastran SOL200 functionality now supports pre and post-processing for CONM2 (contrated mass) design variables as wel as pre-processing for the TOMVAR topometry design variable. Improvements to design variable definition and visualization Improvements to design variable defition include the possibility to conveniently define large amount of design variables, e.g. based on group selection or visible mesh parts. Design variables selected in the feature tree are highlighted on the model. Splitting of design variables is improved. During attachement of the optiomization results, the converge information is listed in the log report. 1.6.5 Abaqus pre/post Support of new Abaqus versions Support of Abaqus 6.11 Support of Abaqus spot weld fasteners Support of spot weld connections import from Abaqus .inp file and spot weld detection for Abaqus fastener spot welds for meshes imported in LMS Virtual.Lab Support of non-flat structure Support of non-flat organization of Abaqus file with non-unique numbering. 1.6.6 Radioss pre/post Support of new elements and material The following new elements have been added: o Support of Radioss multi-solver 2D composite (/PROP/SH_COMP) and sandwich property (/PROP/SH_SANDW) Support of Radioss kinematic joint with spring and damper for blocked degrees-of-freedom (/PROP/KJOINT)

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o Support of Radioss pre-tensioner spring for seatbelt pre-tensioner modelling (/PROP/SPR_PRE) Support of Radioss material law LAW38

Additional modelling option for screw connections A new modelization of screw has been added. Relevant for screw with 3 supports, modelling by 2 rigid spiders and 1 spring.

XML model checker extension The XML based model checker can now also check for cascade rigid bodies and rigid connections.

Mass update extensions This functionality has been enhanced so the user can now specify the mass distribution region as a subset of the mass computation region.

1.6.7 Assembly Quality audit visualization feedback & sorting Various usability extensions have been added: o Sorting of the assembly quality audit results with default sorting from worst to best, depending on the quality createria. New quality audit check criteria to detect/list all connections without modelization (connection property) Possibility to correct spot weld location issues by interactively repositioning the spot weld location, even if based on geometry point Visual feedback on model for the assembly quality audit results. Different visualization according to assembly quality criteria.

Extensions to support model cut and model cleanup Extension to model clean-up functionality to delete empty mesh parts and groups and related features. Functionality to clean-up connections by deleting weld points and connections that are empty or unused. These functions help to streamline the process of cutting models (e.g. from full body model to body model for front impact or side impact)

Replace component log report Component log report lists after replacing one component by another which features are impacted, along with the list of features that fail to update (e.g. support cannot be found in the new component)

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1.7 FE Interfaces This version contains bug fixes for LMS Virtual.Lab FE Interfaces and some upgrades: Support of new Abaqus versions Support of Abaqus 6.11 Support of new ANSYS versions Support of ANSYS 14 Support of ANSYS SECDATA ANSYS SECDATA support for ANSYS .cdb file interface has been added for SHELL181, SOLID185, SOLID186, BEAM44, and BEAM188 Support of new Nastran versions The Nastran DMAPs used by LMS Virtual.Lab were upgraded to support Nastran 2012.

1.8 LMS Virtual.Lab Batch Meshing The following new functionality is available: Mesh correction for meshing incl. fine spot The mesh correction functionality piloting ANSA interactively from LMS Virtual.Lab has been extended to support ANSA mesh parts with LMS Virtual.Lab fine durability spot weld patterns. The nodes of the spot weld rings are automatically labelled (named grids) so they can be fixed during automatic mesh correction operations in ANSA. The result of the interactive mesh correction is automatically imported in LMS Virtual.Lab when the user closes ANSA. This functionality is very usefull for remeshing the transition region is quality was not yet sufficient. Extension of QC parameter for LS-DYNA crash time step Support of crash time step quality parameter to enable higher quality mesher for crash. The resulting quality can be visualized on the mesh in LMS Virtual.Lab and the mesh quality report is also updated to include the results of this quality parameter. Support of V13.2 tube parameter Support of a new parameter for solid meshing.

1.9 LMS Virtual.Lab Optimization This version contains bug fixes for LMS Virtual.Lab Optimization.

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