Fibersim

Fibersim 2012 from Siemens PLM Software allows specialists of the space, automobile building and wind power industries to optimize the weight, cost value and utilization properties of products from PCM (polymeric composition materials) due to exact control of orientation of the reinforcing fibers.

Application of Fibersim provides risk reduction due to process optimization of design and production of rugged and easy innovation constructions in space, automobile building and wind power industries. The packet is developed by the Vistagy company purchased by Siemens on December 7, 2011 and which is commercial division of Siemens PLM Software

Fibersim 2012 reduces degree of uncertainty of behavior of composite parts under loadings by the description, transfer and check of required orientation of fibers throughout all product development process, providing exact compliance to the set technical characteristics. Using the convenient tools excluding errors during the work with design data you will be able to reduce risk of design of difficult parts with an excess weight, indefinite properties and the overestimated cost value.

Fibersim is the advanced solution for product development from PKM helping world leaders space, automobile building wind power and other industries it is successful to solve complex problems throughout all production cycle – from development of the conceptual project, detailed design, modeling of the calculation of a layer and creation of production data before quality control. Fibersim can be completely integrated into the commercial 3D CAD systems leading in the market.

Advantages of Fibersim 2012:

• Enhanced capabilities of optimization at a design stage.

Fibersim 2012 helps to lower degree of uncertainty of behavior of products from PKM under loadings thanks to a new Coordinate system on a guide (Spine-Based Rosette) that gives the chance of modeling of laying of materials with orientation along a trajectory. This information can be transferred between all participants of development process throughout all cycle. Ensuring necessary orientation of fiber of the made parts – whether it be a stringer of aviation construction, a frame of the car or a 60-meter blade of the wind turbine – is a crucial factor by optimization of weight and utilization properties of a product.

• Exact modeling of laying of composition materials on irregular shapes

In a packet of Fibersim 2010 functions of expanded modeling of technology processes for multilayer materials, including multiaxial fabrics were for the first time provided. These functions formed the basis of Fibersim 2012 allowing to model a bigger amount of materials and production processes using the first in the history of function of Technology modeling on a guide (Spine-Based Simulation) for parts with a longitudinal bend. The material stacked along forming such parts as an aviation stringer, a rack of an automobile body or directing blades of the wind turbine, will have local waviness and deformations. Determination of the reasons of these phenomena at an early stage of a production cycle allows to make the right key decisions for timely and economic ensuring the expected durability of parts.

Effective transfer of the full description of a part between divisions of designing and calculations The new functionality of exchange of descriptions of multiaxial fabrics and fillers is presented in version 2012. This functionality gives an opportunity of effective interaction between designers and stressmen taking into account the major components throughout all development cycle of a product. For exact calculation of rigidity and durability of parts it is necessary to consider specific characteristics of the multiaxial fabrics and fillers which are often applied at design in space, automobile building and wind power industries.

• Simplification of development process of composite parts and documentation

Fibersim 2012 helps to simplify development process of composition parts using the new, convenient instruments of design and generation of documentation in use created for engineers with different work experience in the PKM area. The most difficult and labor-consuming task in the course of designing is work with specifications of tapers between zones of permanent thickness. In a packet of Fibersim 2012 function of the Visual editor of a profile of the taper (Visual Stagger Editor) for simplification of work with such specifications is for the first time provided. Large space panels, such as wings, stabilizers or tail plumage, have a significant amount of different profiles of tapers. The editor of a profile of the taper facilitates development of profiles and reduces the probability of design errors.

Fibersim can be used separately or as a key component of the software package and services of Aerosuite™ which is suitable for solving of tasks from a stage of preliminary design to a quality control stage, allowing designers and manufacturers of aviation constructions to create the optimized parts and nodes in more short time and at the minimum costs. Aerosuite also includes Syncrofit™ software for design and production of difficult nodes and large aviation constructions, software of Quality Planning Environment™ for plan development of quality evaluation of aviation constructions and a packet of professional services of Vistagy for a space industry.