MECHANICAL EVENT SIMULATION MORE VERSATILE WITH AUTOMATIC INPUT OF HEAT TRANSFER RESULTS

MECHANICAL EVENT SIMULATION MORE VERSATILE WITH AUTOMATIC INPUT OF HEAT TRANSFER RESULTS

PITTSBURGH, PA – JULY 19, 2000 – Algor, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced that its Mechanical Event Simulation is now more tightly integrated with its heat transfer analysis capabilities.

Algor’s Accupak family of products is ideal for engineers working with temperature-dependent materials because it allows automatic application of results from a steady-state or transient heat transfer analysis to a Mechanical Event Simulation. This multiphysics capability provides engineers with great versatility because they can let the software determine any unknown heat flow and temperatures for use as input in MES.

"By providing engineers with a means to determine thermal conditions on a part or assembly and automatically transfer them as input for MES, Algor makes the engineer’s job easier," said Michael L. Bussler, president of Pittsburgh-based Algor.

The Algor software automatically adjusts for data from an earlier heat transfer analysis for engineers working with temperature-dependent materials. An engineer who has known temperature-based loads may apply them directly to the model in the Accupak family of products. If such loads are unknown, the engineer can perform a heat transfer analysis, determine the temperatures and turn those results into input data for MES. The results can be applied even if the capture rate differs between analyses.

This direct connection between Accupak and heat transfer works with all available temperature-dependent material models, including thermoplastic and viscoplastic, both of which are available in two-dimensional, brick and tetrahedral elements.

The enhanced Accupak capabilities work with Windows NT/95/98/2000. Algor customers with current technical support and maintenance agreements can request a complete software update, including Accupak/NLM, Accupak/MES and Accupak/VE, through Algor’s Web site (www.algor.com) or an Algor account representative.

Algor has been a leader in the engineering software industry since introducing FEA for PCs in 1984 and interfacing with CAD systems in 1985. The company provides innovative, affordable and easy-to-use software products that have enabled 20,000 engineers in 60 countries to create safe, efficient, cost-effective designs. Algor also offers superior educational support and customer service that includes the use of state-of-the-art Internet audio/video technology for "Web Courses," which provide step-by-step software instruction, and free public "Webcasts" in live demonstration format.

Algor’s product line features FEA-based Accupak/VE Mechanical Event Simulation software. Accupak/VE reduces the need for physical prototyping and eliminates the need to input dynamic loads by determining the motion, flexing and resulting stresses of a part or assembly at each instant of an event. Algor’s proprietary kinematic element technology makes performing Mechanical Event Simulations using CAD solid parts and assemblies practical for realistic, accurate results. Engineers can use Algor’s InCAD^Plus and InCAD DesignPak products to seamlessly capture exact CAD geometry from popular CAD systems within Algor. The company also offers linear stress, vibration, heat transfer, electrostatic, fluid flow, composite materials and piping systems analysis tools. Algor’s software interchanges data with products from ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANSS), Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK), CADKEY Corporation, MSC.Software Corporation (NYSE:MNS), Parametric Technology Corporation, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:UGS), SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY) company, and others.