20 Years of Innovation with OptiStruct

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In 2014 Altair celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the first release of OptiStruct, the award-winning optimization software for structural design. In this brief retrospective, Mr. Jeffrey Brennan, originator and early product manager for OptiStruct, will discuss the origins of this innovative technology, the maturation, key milestones and development progress made working with customers all over the world over 20 years and how the technology is impacting product design today. Mr. Brennan will also look toward the future of OptiStruct and how current efforts and future advancements, as well as synergies with other emerging technologies, will impact the future of simulation driven design.

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Welcome to the

7th European ATC Jeff Brennan

CMO

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Agenda Day 2

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20 Years of Topology Optimization Birth and Maturation of a Disruptive Technology

Jeff Brennan

June 26, 2014

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Topology Optimisation: Origins

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Mimicking the laws

of bone growth…

to identify the optimum

material layout

Design Space

F1 F2

F3

applied to design

principles…

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OptiStruct was born

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December 1994

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Maturation

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Original

Design

Optimized

Design

3 Months

9.15 Kgs 3 Weeks

7.5 Kgs

Product Design Process

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Manufacturing constraints

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Topology Manufacturing Constraints

• Min/Max Member Size

• Draw Direction

• Extrusion

• Symmetry

• Pattern Repetition

• Cyclic Repetition

• No Hole Casting

• Stamping

Without Maximum Member Size

WITH Maximum Member Size

Material

Concentration

Eliminated

Hollow section

Ribs

Without Draw Direction

With Draw Direction

Without Extrusion

Design Space

With Extrusion

Without Pattern Repetition With Pattern Repetition

Without Pattern Repetition With Pattern Repetition

No symmetry XZ, YZ symmetry

YZ symmetry XZ symmetry

Sy

mm

etr

y

5 Repetitions

No

Sy

mm

etr

y

20 Repetitions

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Composites

Free Size Optimisation

Size Optimisation

Shuffling Optimisation

Optimised Component

Output-Component

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Advanced Functionality

Topology Optimization for MBD using ESL

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Multi-Diciplinary

Optimisation Studies

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Future

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Additive Manufacturing and Optimization

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The age of optimisation

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Over 50 optimisation specialists in Europe alone

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