MSC.Software Acquires Network Analysis, Inc.

By DE Editors

MSC.Software (Santa Ana, CA) expanded its thermal solution portfolio through its acquisition of Arizona-based Network Analysis, Inc. (NAI; Chandler, AZ;), developers of SINDA/G advanced thermal modeling software. The acquisition includes all of NAI's technical staff, allowing continuity of NAI's business while concurrently complementing MSC.Software's move to strengthen its multidisciplinary (MD) strategy with advanced thermal simulation.

SINDA/G is a thermal design system comprised of a proven thermal solver that can quickly solve large complex nonlinear thermal models involving temperature-dependent thermal properties, radiation, and orthotropic material properties. SINDA/G comes with specialty connections to major thermal radiation codes such as THERMICA, NEVADA, TRASYS, TSS, and NAI's fast new radiation solver, SINDARad — enabling critical orbital heating effects to be included in satellite simulations that can be chained with subsequent thermal/stress predictions.

In addition, SINDA/G comes with plug-in capabilities to enable seamless integration into existing thermal modeling environments, allowing transparent access to SINDA/G's advanced thermal capabilities and automatic synchronization between the finite element and network thermal representations of a given system.

When combined with MSC.Software's thermal management solutions such as P/Thermal, Marc thermal, and Nastran thermal, the SINDA/G thermal solutions solidifies MSC.Software's ability to open access to broader thermal management markets such as mechatronics and electronics cooling, as well as re-emerging markets such as commercial and defense satellites.

For further details, contact Network Analysis, Inc. and MSC.Software Corporation.

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