With over 20 years of FEA experience you can profit from our long term expertise
in many mature engineering industries. In addition, you can benefit from our
continued investment in the latest engineering disciplines, such as Biomedical
& MEMS applications.
Example projects and non-confidential case studies will show you the
breadth of our expertise. Some areas are described briefly here.
Whatever your application, simply contact us to find out if we can
help you.
Transport
Aerospace, automotive & rail industry experience includes FEA of reinforced
composite components for aircraft, transient dynamics analysis of vehicle
structures, fatigue assessment of automotive components & structural integrity
of earth-moving equipment.
Defence
Many military related projects have been undertaken for the MOD &
subcontractors, conforming to the necessary security and confidentiality
requirements for this type of work.
Process & Nuclear
Projects for the petrochemical, offshore and nuclear industries have included
pressure vessel assessment to BS5500 and ASMEVIII, thermal & dynamic pipe
stressing, & the seismic analysis of buildings & mechanical plant.
Electrical Equipment and Electronics
Thermal and dynamic analysis of PCBs & electronic components has been
undertaken for high integrity applications in the aerospace & defence
industries.
Failure Assessment
Failure assessment & expert advice for use in arbitration is often provided.
FEA has been used to predict stress concentrations, plastic strains & crack
initiation & subsequent propagation.
Design Optimisation
Services to optimise designs in conjunction with FEA are available. Previous
optimisation projects have targeted manufacturing costs, production techniques,
strength/stiffness, weight & material selection.
Reliability Engineering
Building on our wide experience, we offer services to help define requirements and implement an effective reliability strategy focused on reducing lifecycle costs.
Typical reliability activities are root cause analysis, FMEA, failure prediction and design optimisation.
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Civil & Structural Engineering
Extensive experience has been obtained from linear, non-linear & dynamic
analysis of reinforced concrete structures, geotechnics including tunnelling
and excavation, soil structure interaction & masonry structures. Civil and
structural design & analysis services are also available.
Biomedical Engineering
FEA is a key tool in the development of the latest biomedical technology.
Significant skills, backed by industry leading software, are offered in this
area.
Manufacturing
Simulation of forming processes, involving the deformation of metal or other
manufactured materials, can be extremely cost-effective. Previous consulting
work includes the investigation of cold forming die failures, the prediction
of distortion of forged railway components during cooling, & the formability
assessment of automotive pressed components.
Rotating Machinery
With an established reputation in this specialised field, numerous projects
have included investigating structural failures & foundation design & modelling
machine dynamics.
Program Development
Software has been developed specifically for clients & software suppliers,
utilising expertise in many programming languages. All sizes of project have
been undertaken such as the creation of macros to automate parametric studies &
the development of interfaces between solvers.
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