ESI Group Releases VA One 2012

By DE Editors

ESI Group has released VA One 2012, its solution for simulating noise and vibration across the full frequency range. It combines Finite Elements, Boundary Elements (BEM), and Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) in a single model. This new release includes a Design Optimization module that is fully integrated within the VA One environment, along with enhancements to the solution's Boundary Element solvers that deliver faster solution times, the company said.

The solution provides a fully integrated Design Optimization module within the VA One environment. Parameter Variations, Parameter Optimizations and Monte Carlo simulations can all be performed quickly and easily using the Graphical User Interface.

It includes built-in support for solving BEM models in parallel on multi-core desktop machines, remote Linux machines, departmental networks, clusters and clouds. Automotive and aerospace BEM models, that previously required overnight execution on standard clusters, have been solved in minutes using Cloud computing (using over 800 parallel cores, while incurring negligible hardware costs), the company said. A new flexible "surge" licensing option is being piloted to support this functionality. The BEM solvers have also been enhanced with a new adaptive integration scheme for standard BEM, and a new preconditioner and iterative solver for Fast Multipole BEM.

For more information, visit ESI Group.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.