Multiphysics for Nastran Users

Historically, Nastran has been used as the standard analysis tool in a wide range of industries. While Nastran provides powerful structural analysis features, today's competitive markets require multiphysics analyses. Hence, Nastran users may be interested in complementing their analysis tools with the advanced multiphysics capabilities of ADINA.

• ADINA offers advanced structural, CFD and heat transfer capabilities that provide a natural complement to the existing offerings from Nastran.
  
  

       
  
  
  

• ADINA can import Nastran input files. The imported input files can be further modified in ADINA and used in nonlinear structural analysis, CFD, heat transfer and multiphysics.
  
  

         
  
  
  

• ADINA is tightly integrated with Femap. Hence, for Nastran users who regularly use Femap, ADINA provides a natural tool to extend Nastran's analysis capabilities for solving advanced nonlinear and multiphysics problems, all within a familiar user interface.
  
  

         
  
  
  

• ADINA offers a comprehensive array of multiphysics capabilities:
  • Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
  • Thermo-mechanical coupling (TMC)
  • Structural-pore pressure coupling (porous media)
  • Thermal-fluid-structural coupling
  • Electric field-structural coupling (piezoelectric)
  • Thermal-electrical coupling (Joule heating)
  • Acoustic fluid-structural coupling
  • Fluid flow-mass transfer coupling
  • Fluid flow-electromagnetic coupling
  
  
  

         

Keywords:
Nastran, Femap, Multiphysics, Structures, Thermal, CFD, Electromagnetics