Shock absorbers are used in many industrial applications to decelerate loads, prevent impact damage, dampen noise, increase equipment speeds and improve overall product performance. A major objective in the design of shock absorbers is to achieve a linear deceleration, and hence reduce the shock and damage to equipment and machine. The capability of the ADINA System to solve problems of fluid flow with structural interaction has been used effectively to help designers in such applications.

When ACE Controls engineers were told to redesign their company's shock absorber, improve its performance by 50%, and constrain its size, they turned to software analysis. To locate the best program, 11 different FEA software vendors were contacted with a test problem. ADINA was selected!