FEA and CFD Analysis
Design 1st engineering analysis tools and experienced engineering team allow us to get technically challenging product designs right, through low cost simulations before expensive prototyping.
Thermal Design
We are specialists in keeping products from overheating using fans and thelatest in liquid cooling and microchannels to cool products. We are also experts in natural convection cooling of outdoor and portable products that are fully closed and need to stay cool.
Stress Analysis
Reducing the amount of materials in a product design saves cost. The latest simulation and analysis tools allow our design team to reduce part size and weight through analyzing stress and motion of a part in a system. Better designs at lower cost are a competitive advantage..
Design 1st engineering analysis services complement the new product research and development process. These engineering analysis solutions are used to de-risk product design while following the industry standards for design requirements. Today, where time to market and cost are crucial factors in the product development phase, simulation engineering is seen as the key ingredient for successful products.
By simulating the product early on the Design 1st team provides information to make informed decisions before prototyping; mitigating project risks, shortening lead time and reducing overall development costs. These solutions are provided through Finite Element Analysis (FEA) , computer flow dynamics(CFD), enabling design engineers to test the structural integrity, reliability, thermal and fluid flow characteristics and physical motion of products while the designs are still in the computer. The cost and time to prototype and iterate a design solution is very high compared to the latest alternatives.
FEA and CFD - the objective in all early analysis is to get it “Right the First Time”
At Design 1st engineering analysis simulation tools are used to perform systems engineering analysis with the following characteristics:
- Can be incorporated during the design analysis phase to select the best design for any type of modeling analysis.
- Economical and faster product development by cutting prototype developments and expensive testing.
- Detailed failure analysis engineering can be carried out in advance to study failed designs
- Can be used at any phase of the product development lifecycle to pinpoint anomalies and establish performances
- Provides a platform for simulation analysis to continuously upgrade and develop an optimum product
- Utilizes world-class software including Ansys, MSC Nastran, Algor, IcePack, Cosmos, and Floworks
Design 1st engineering analysis capabilities include are extensive and include finite element thermal, stress and vibration analysis, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and test support. Design 1st can run quasi-static, mode shape, harmonic response, random vibration, shock loading, transient, building airflow and non-linear analysis.
Electronics Cooling & Thermal Analysis
- Design 1st cooling products are used for various purposes, including electronics cooling, medical, aerospace, defence and industrial applications.
- Electronics & thermal analysis includes evaluating temperatures, measuring heat generated and providing product efficiencies.
- Whether a client’s requirement is for a custom heatsink, fansink, heatpipe, coldplate or a liquid cooling system, Design 1st has the manufacturing and engineering capabilities to help design and procure your product in small or large quantities.
Structure Design for Survivability
- Structural testing and analysis is a basic requirement for engineers in every industry
- Design 1st structural analysis solutions increase the longevity of products, lowering the overall cost of ownership, increasing product longevity and insuring a successful final product design.
- Structural design uses FEA analysis & simulation methods to identify product structural safety margins and optimize product configuration for cost, deflection & weight
Vibration Analysis
- Vibration and shock testing enables the early detection of faults before breakdown on components and assemblies, helping ensure that the new product design will survive its intended environment.
- Vibration isolation & analysis helps identify a products natural frequencies and response, under vibratory loading, whether it be sinusoidal or random.
- Undergoing shock and vibration analysis in advance of prototyping reduces field return costs and improves overall product reliability.
Stress Analysis:
- Stress analysis helps define and maximize component life based on low or high cycle fatigue and creep & crack propagation
- Through 3D digital analysis solutions hotspots of components are detected including displacements and fractures.
- Our clients use stress analysis solutions for complex material structures such as frames, interfaces, microstructures and a variety of electronic components
Moving Parts Design
- Moving parts design and mechanism analysis helps determine how components will interact and whether the parts will clash or interfere with one another, improving overall product performance.
- The design testing simulates moving parts and assemblies to evaluate such properties as velocity, part angular acceleration, part mass properties, point position, point velocity, point acceleration, net force, separation speed, mechanism redundancies, and kinetic energy.
Material Options Specifications
- Material selection and specification is driven by performance potential, ease of processing, reducing the development cycle and minimizing scrap.
- Test data helps confirm the attributes necessary to deliver the appropriate level of design flexibility, strength, clarity, and chemical resistance—key attributes for devices and packages with maximum integrity.
- Comparing data makes material selection simpler. Material properties are also matched to application performance, secondary operations, and regulatory guidelines.
Wind Tunnel Analysis
- Our in-house wind tunnel (14 foot long) allows our team to examine designs and conditions in pre-estimating parameters for simulation.
- Wind tunnel analysis displays contours of pressure and velocity vectors throughout the flow field without affecting (corrupting) the flow field - nearly impossible to achieve using physical modeling.
- Wind analysis optimizes product designs by evaluating flow and aerodynamic influences, such as; pressure drop, drag and lift.
Reverse Engineering Analysis
- Design 1st can examine a product after use so design features can be evaluated for durability and reliability, providing higher quality, lower maintenance costs and improved performance for future product generations.
- For existing products where original documentation is lost or manufacture no longer exists, reverse engineering can duplicate the existing product and create a 3D CAD model for all custom physical parts and assemblies. Scanning techniques allow for quick build of even the most complex parts.
- Reverse engineering can also help provide patent protection through analysis of competitor products and compliance with third party audits.
Call Us toll free at 1.877.235.1004 and let's discuss how we can help you realize your product simulation, verification and prototyping objectives.
