Based on latest developments in the field of system reduction this enhancement in terms of analysis accuracy is possible without increasing computational effort significantly.
The software package MAMBA enhances the field of MBS Simulation with the ability to accurately model and simulate the behaviour of flexible structures containing joints. Among other benefits this results in large improvements concerning
Despite detailed consideration of the nonlinear effects inside the joint area, MAMBA requires significant lower computational effort compared with the Finite Element Method (FEM). The modeling of flexible structures is simplified too, because joints need not to be defined explicitly.
Furthermore MAMBA is designed for easy integration into an existing simulation chain. In essential the following STEPS are performed:
At present MSC Nastran is the supported FEM code and MSC Adams is the supported MBS software respectively to perform the steps mentioned above.
The employment of MAMBA in MBS simulation leads to several advantages.
Some major benefits of MAMBA are: