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During product development, you receive support through early and efficient analysis of your designs. If necessary, we can provide you with state-of-the-art strength calculations and deliver standard-compliant technical reports for the approval of your products.

Technical Analyses

An important analysis is the structural analysis of your design. The basis for this is a finite element model created by us - preferably based on your CAD data. We use the model to show how forces act on your component, where excessive stresses arise and where any weak points are located.

Almost any material - whether metal, plastic or of biological origin - can be analyzed. If non-linear material behavior, contacts or large deformations lead to non-linearities, we include these in the calculations.

Jacobs offers the following analyses:

Deformation analyses
Stress analyses
Strength analyses (static, fatigue)
Stability analyses (buckling, buckling)
Dynamic analyses (vibration, resonance, modal analysis)
Thermal analyses (temperature distribution)
Thermal-mechanical analyses (thermal expansion)
Coupled flow and thermal analyses (CFD)

An important analysis is the structural analysis of your design. The basis for this is a finite element model created by us - preferably preferably based on your CAD data. We use the model to show how forces act on your component, where excessive stresses arise and where any weak points are located. are located.

Almost any material - whether metal, plastic or biological origin can be analyzed. If non-linear material behavior, contacts or large deformations or large deformations, we include these in the calculations. these into the calculations.

Jacobs offers the following analyses:

Deformation analyses
Stress analyses
Strength analyses (static, fatigue)
Stability analyses (buckling, buckling)
Dynamic analyses (vibration, resonance, modal analysis)
Thermal analyses (temperature distribution)
TThermal-mechanical analyses (thermal expansion)
Coupled flow and thermal analyses (CFD)

Strength verification

We are familiar with the relevant, current standards and regulations and can draw on many years of experience. The result is a well-founded, legally compliant verification of static strength as well as fatigue and fatigue strength

If your component meets the requirements, we prepare a detailed report in accordance with the regulations with all the necessary proof of strength and all the required data. This forms the basis for product approval.

We are happy to consider customer and industry-specific regulations such as EN 1993 (Eurocode), AD 2000 and ASME.

The basis for the strength verification is the prior finite element analysis. This is because machine parts made of steel, cast iron and aluminum can usually be calculated using methods in accordance with the FKM guideline with local notch stresses, which can be efficiently determined using such analyses. If your component meets the requirements, we prepare a detailed report in accordance with the regulations with all the necessary proof of strength and all the required data. This forms the basis for product approval.

We are happy to take customer and industry-specific regulations such as EN 1993, AD 2000 and ASME into account.

From analysis to approval

Jacobs accompanies you from the start of the design process through to product approval - or during individual stages as required.
We help you to interpret the results and look for

with you to identify optimization options. In doing so, we take the applicable standards and regulations into account. If your component meets all requirements, we will document this with a technical report. If you wish, we will take care of the further approval steps. Years of experience and ongoing training in standards guarantee that we will reach our goal together quickly and efficiently.

Jacobs accompanies you from the start of the design process through to product approval - or during individual stages as required.
We help you to interpret the results and look for with you to identify optimization options. In doing so, we take the applicable standards and regulations into account. If your component meets all requirements, we will document this with a technical report. If you wish, we will take care of the further approval steps. Years of experience and ongoing training in standards guarantee that we will reach our goal together quickly and efficiently.

From component optimization to 3D printing

New 3D printing processes, which are already being used in the aviation and automotive industries, are suitable for manufacturing such 3D designs. This applies to structures made of plastics as well as aluminum and steel alloys and other metals. We will be happy to support you in your search for a 3D printing solution for your component and provide the necessary geometry model data in the appropriate format (STL).

What shape should your component have so that it has as little mass as possible but is still sufficiently rigid and strong? Jacobs calculates the optimum structure for you using modern special software for the appropriate finite element model. Just like bones in nature, the structure should only have material where it is needed to withstand the stress. We then examine the new optimized 3D design for its strength and robustness with regard to possible manufacturing and assembly tolerances and, if necessary, provide evidence. New 3D printing processes, which are already being used in the aviation and automotive industries, are suitable for manufacturing such 3D designs. This applies to structures made of plastics as well as aluminum and steel alloys and other metals. We will be happy to support you in your search for a 3D printing solution for your component and provide the necessary geometry model data in the appropriate format (STL).

Stets angemessener Aufwand

Calculation of dynamic analyses with non-linearities, such as those resulting due to large deformations, frictional contacts and plastic material behavior.

No component is too complex: Jacobs is your specialist for complicated calculations. Non-linear finite element analysis is one of our core competencies. In doing so only the effort that is necessary. This ranges from simple formula calculations to the calculation of dynamic analyses with non-linearities, such as those resulting deformations, frictional contacts and plastic material behavior.

The finite element analysis

For machine parts and supporting structures with more complex geometries, stresses can no longer be determined using manual calculations. Numerical simulations are required here in order to gain knowledge about the strength. This is exactly what finite element analysis (FE analysis) makes possible: It can be used to determine the strength of components with sufficient accuracy. A 3D CAD geometry model is preferably used as the basis.

The stresses on the components can be determined with the help of the 3D geometry and the boundary conditions. Whether temperatures or strains, pressure or tensile forces: FE analysis provides information about the physical processes in a solid.

This makes it possible to quantify the stresses that occur and the heat distribution in a solid.

It is common practice to display the results of the analysis in color. Critical areas of a component are immediately recognizable by means of the colouring. It is customary to mark the critical areas in red. These areas are also called hotspots. At such "hot" zones, the strength is definitely no longer sufficient.

Based on these findings, components can be optimized as early as the design process - which saves time and reduces development costs! The results of the analysis also serve as proof of the safety of a component.

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