Welcome to Adams MaxFlex

Adams MaxFlex is the Adams flexible body's nonlinear option which allows for the representation of geometric nonlinearity (that is, large deformations), material nonlinearity and boundary condition nonlinearity. It is based on implicit nonlinear finite element analysis. There is no intention of providing broad finite element pre or post processing capabilities within the Adams environment. Rather, the focus is on providing a solution for those problems where the nonlinear behavior of some parts and the motions and loads of the rest of the multibody dynamics (MBD) model influence each other and, therefore, accurate results are impossible or impractical through separate MBD and FEA analyses.

If you’ve never used Adams MaxFlex before, this guide is a good place to start learning about Adams MaxFlex. As you work through the two tutorials that we have provided, you will learn most of the basic concepts and tasks that you can perform using Adams MaxFlex.

Before doing these tutorials you should be familiar with the basic features of the Adams View or Adams Car interface. For information about the Adams View interface, see the guide, Getting Started Using Adams View. For information about the Adams Car interface, see the guide, Getting Started Using Adams Car.