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CSM++

by Metacomp Technologies

Finite element structural and thermal analysis, coupled to CFD++ for fluid-structure interaction.

What it is

CSM++ is Metacomp's finite element code for static, modal and transient, structural and thermal analysis. Integrated with CFD++, CAA++ and MIME through the MetaFSI interface, it enables coupled fluid-thermal-structure interaction (FTSI) simulations with independent meshes for each domain.

Key capabilities

  • Analysis types

    Static, eigenvalue (modes and frequencies) and transient; structural with or without thermal stresses, or purely thermal.

  • Nonlinearities

    Large displacements through a corotational formulation, large strains, hyperelasticity (neo-Hookean, Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden), J2 elastoplasticity with hardening and frictionless contact.

  • Element library

    Solids, shells, membranes, beams, trusses, rigid and interface elements, point masses and springs, in linear and parabolic formulations.

  • MetaFSI coupling

    Transfers loads from CFD++ to CSM++ and morphs the fluid mesh to follow the structure; meshes do not need to match at the interface.

  • Loads and restraints

    Forces, moments, pressures, heat flux, convection and radiation; MPCs enforced directly, by penalty or Lagrange multipliers, and automatic glued contact.

  • Import and results

    Imports MSC Nastran, Abaqus and models (BDF, OP2, STL, LS-DYNA), predicts flutter in real time with the Matrix Pencil method and exports results to Tecplot.

Examples

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Linear statics: stress contours on the internal structure of a wing (CRM reference aircraft model).
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Stresses

Stresses in the wing internal structure under flight loads.

Linear statics: stress contours on the internal structure of a wing (CRM reference aircraft model).

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Applications

  • Wing aeroelasticity and flutter
  • Wind turbine blades
  • Aircraft structures under aerodynamic load
  • Components under thermal stress

Vendor videos and training

ICSM++ Product Presentation

What ATS offers

  • Evaluation license

    Try CSM++ on your own case before buying, with an ATS engineer alongside.

  • Training

    Courses taught by engineers who use CSM++ on real aerospace, mining, oil and gas and industry projects.

  • Support and first project

    Local technical support and help setting up and validating your first project.

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Tell us about your case. An ATS engineer will get in touch to show CSM++ running on a problem similar to yours.

Related software

  • CFD++

    General-purpose CFD for incompressible and compressible flows, on any mesh type.

  • CAA++

    Computational aeroacoustics: noise generation and propagation from flow simulations.

  • EnnovaCFD

    CAD repair and CFD meshing in one platform.

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