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Leadership in exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons is
achieved in part due to long-standing commitments to R&D and a
strong technology portfolio. Watch the full video to find out more!

Advanced Simulation Technologies in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry

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SIMULIA is more social than ever before, and the lines of communication are wide open! Join in the fun, tell your friends, and chat with us whenever/wherever! As they say, "The phone rings both ways," the same sentiment applies for social media. We want to hear from you! What do you want to see? What do you like? What do you want more of? Tell us!

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Join us on Thursday for this FREE eSeminar and learn how Learn how Isight could be used to:

•Automate a series of functions to create a Sim-flow
•Add components to a Sim-flow
•Execute a Sim-flow
•Visualize Sim-flow results
•Assess the impact of the various design variables on the objectives
and identify significant interactions among the design variables
•Perform material model calibration

No worries! Check out the recording and learn how Abaqus FEA provides proven robust capabilities for modeling bulk fracture and crack propagation in many materials. One of the newest techniques available in Abaqus is the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) whose advantages over alternative approaches include mesh independent crack definition, improved convergence rates for stationary cracks, simplified mesh refinement studies and more!

Find the video here:
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Engineers are under increasing pressure to improve and extend the operating life of structural components. Abaqus FEA provides proven robust capabilities for modeling bulk fracture and crack propagation in composites.

Wouldn't it be great if you could view a 3D model of each patient's heart to analyze the unique intricacies of how it works or fails to work prior to slicing open their chest? Read the recent article in Forbes to learn how simulation software, research and medical professionals are working together to improve healthcare and treatment!

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You don’t need to be a big
company with extensive IT resources to experience the full functionality of the
best in class Abaqus product line within a high performance environment.
Realistic simulation is now more accessible than ever with the brand new IBM
Application Ready Solution for Abaqus. Optimized for key engineering and
technical applications, this solution takes the complexity, guesswork, and risk

As we approach the last few months of 2013, it’s interesting to
reflect upon what took place over the past ten months. Reminiscing can
be fun, but do you know what makes it even better? Sharing memories for
prizes!!! This month we are launching a new contest and here is how it
works…

We're very pleased to announce that Dassault Systèmes has acquired Safe Technology, Ltd., the developer of the fe-safe durability simulation application suite.

Even if you haven’t used their products, you’ve probably heard the name – Safe Technology
has been a partner of ours for over 15 years, providing a fatigue
solution to Abaqus users through fe-safe. As an add-on to Abaqus/CAE,
fe-safe uses proven techniques to accurately determine the fatigue life
of metal components under complex cyclic loading. fe-safe combines

We're very pleased to announce that Dassault Systèmes has acquired Safe Technology, Ltd., the developer of the fe-safe durability simulation application suite.

Even if you haven’t used their products, you’ve probably heard the name – Safe Technology
has been a partner of ours for over 15 years, providing a fatigue
solution to Abaqus users through fe-safe. As an add-on to Abaqus/CAE,
fe-safe uses proven techniques to accurately determine the fatigue life
of metal components under complex cyclic loading. fe-safe combines

Each year our customers look forward to the Contact Update
webinar, and this year we have provided the replay of the webinar right here in
the SIMULIA Learning Community!

http://bit.ly/NunoRebelo

The SIMULIA Regional User Meeting provides an invaluable platform
for industry and academia to join together and learn how the latest simulation
technologies and methods can accelerate and improve product
development.

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to showcase your work.
We encourage all users of SIMULIA including Abaqus FEA, Isight and SIMULIA SLM
to submit an abstract for consideration.

I can't pipe down about this new Tech Brief!

We just can't bottle up this exciting story...

5 Minutes, 100 Mb, but only THREE will win...

If you
have ever created a useful tutorial or if you have ever had a great idea for a
tutorial, but you’ve never had the time to create it - then now is your chance to share your
ideas with other SIMULIA users! Beginning in May and ending in June
we will be accepting submissions of tech-tip tutorials. The winners will be
announced in August and will receive a 3Dconnexion Space Navigation Mouse.

What do
Guitar Strings Have to do With Dynamic Response?

Tightening
guitar strings to change the sound uses the same principle as tightening head
bolts to change the dynamic response of an engine block assembly. This is
stress stiffening and it affects the dynamic response of a structure. One of
the fundamental components in assessing nonlinear static stress is stress
stiffening, but it is also the most overlooked when evaluating the steady-state
dynamic response of engine assemblies.

When designing a permanent magnet machine, one of the most fundamental and difficult goals is to reduce the cogging torque curve. The challenge in reducing the cogging torque is to also decrease the numerical noise generated by the mesh. Finite element analyses and the advanced meshing functionality that is available through Abaqus/CAE allows for a faster and more accurate prototype.