Benefits of ViewFlex
By integrating flexible bodies into the model, the user can:
■Capture inertial and compliance properties during dynamic simulations.
■Predict loads with greater accuracy by allowing Adams to account for flexibility during simulations.
■Study deformations.
■Examine the linear system modes of a flexible model when you use ViewFlex with Adams Linear.
■Investigate stresses due to dynamic loading for durability assessments.
Using ViewFlex along with Adams products supersedes external finite element analysis (FEA) programs. Flexible bodies can be generated within the Adams environment, and then be analyzed using Adams Flex. The results listed above can be obtained without having to build a model in an external FEA environment, which has to be imported into Adams.
Another key advantage is the automatic detection of required attachments and the generation of the associated static correction modes.
With ViewFlex flexible bodies can be generated quickly, without requiring more than a basic understanding of finite element (FE) and specific external FEA coding.