PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Extends Usage of MSC.Nastran
November 22 2004 - 3:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Extends Usage of MSC.Nastran PSA PEUGOT CITROEN
Uses MSC.Nastran to Meet New OEM Design and Performance
Requirements, Reduce Development Time and Develop Better Prototypes
MUNICH, Germany, 2004 EMEA Virtual Product Development Conference,
Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp. (NYSE:MNS),
the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD)
products including simulation software and services, today
announced that the second largest European car maker, France-based
PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, has extended the exclusive usage of
MSC.Nastran for all its linear structural simulations and will
purchase the new MSC.Nastran Implicit Nonlinear solution (Sol 600).
"In today's competitive automotive industry, the major OEMs are
working hard to meet and exceed customer demand for performance and
reliability and that requires increasing investments in virtual
product development technologies and techniques," said Frank Perna,
chairman and CEO, MSC.Software. "Within VPD, the simulation of
structural stress and deformation is the cornerstone of the testing
process and MSC.Nastran is the best product on the market for
performing these types of simulations easily and effectively. The
best way for automotive companies to develop new cars and make
money in the process is to decrease costly physical testing and
increase the use of simulation technology like MSC.Nastran." In the
past, engineers performing simulations of structures that involve
contact, large displacement or material nonlinearity had to work
with programs outside of MSC.Nastran to solve nonlinear problems.
This creates an inefficient engineering process that requires
manual reworking and conversion of a model into another format
suitable for nonlinear simulation. By integrating the MSC.Marc
nonlinear technology into MSC.Nastran, engineers can now run
nonlinear simulations without leaving the MSC.Nastran environment.
Simulating models containing 3D contact or deformable-deformable
and rigid-deformable structures with basic nonlinear materials
using MSC.Nastran inputs and outputs increases engineering
efficiency by using a single model format and eliminating time and
cost-intensive model recreation. In addition to the functionality
of MSC.Nastran and Sol 600, the increasing number of MSC.Software
solutions embedded in or interfaced with other PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN
software suppliers, including Dassault Systemes CATIA, are also of
interest to PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN. About MSC.Nastran MSC.Nastran is
the simulation solution of choice in virtually every industry,
including automotive, aerospace, medical, heavy machinery,
electronic devices, and consumer products. Engineers around the
globe rely on its powerful tools to simulate the performance of
products and structures. MSC.Nastran's capabilities include: *
Linear and nonlinear static analysis * Linear and nonlinear dynamic
transient response * Steady state and transient thermal analysis *
Linear and nonlinear buckling * Acoustic Analysis * Aeroelasticity
* Design Optimization For more information on MSC.Nastran and other
MSC.Software products, please visit
http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/. About PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN
Automobiles PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN ranks among the world's leading
automotive groups. A business with significant technological,
industrial, financial and commercial presence, the Group draws its
strength from its two volume brands, PEUGEOT and CITROEN, from the
skills of its 200,000 employees around the world, and from a stable
shareholder base. In 2003, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN reported stable
sales volumes with 3,286,100 cars sold worldwide and consolidated
its position as Europe's #2 car manufacturer. Over the next few
years, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN will actively pursue a strategy of
growth, driven by products, innovation and international expansion.
The Group will continue to innovate, design and manufacture cars
daily in order to meet the needs of customers the world over and to
make the PEUGEOT and CITROEN brand names synonymous with progress.
About MSC.Software Corporation MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the
leading global provider of simulation software, with related
services, that helps companies make money, save time and reduce
costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products.
MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of
industries to develop better products faster by utilizing
information technology, software, services and systems.
MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 22 countries. For
additional information about MSC.Software's products and services,
please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/. DATASOURCE: MSC.Software
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