The
brief of increased functionality, reduced footprint
size,
at no extra cost was challenging to all parties involved.
The iterative 'do, check, do' methodology
between the CAD and the FEA environments enabled the
PDL engineers and customer project managers to assess
the validity of new innovative ideas and concepts within
a matter of hours.
Preliminary concept models were imported
into the ANSYS® LS-DYNA™ software to simulate
the effect
of dropping a full and half loaded assembly from a set
height to assess the structural integrity of the internal
component parts. |