Adams

The multibody dynamics simulation solution.

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Adams helps engineers to study the dynamics of moving parts, and how loads and forces are distributed throughout mechanical systems.

Product manufacturers often struggle to understand true system performance until very late in the design process. Mechanical, electrical, and other subsystems are validated against their specific requirements within the systems engineering process, but full-system testing and validation comes late, leading to rework and design changes that are riskier and more costly than those made early on.

Simulate "Real World" physics

As the world's most famous and widely used Multibody Dynamics (MBD) software, Adams improves engineering efficiency and reduces product development costs by enabling early system-level design validation. Engineers can evaluate and manage the complex interactions between disciplines including motion, structures, actuation, and controls to better optimize product designs for performance, safety, and comfort. Along with extensive analysis capabilities, Adams is optimized for large-scale problems, taking advantage of high performance computing environments.

Utilizing multibody dynamics solution technology, Adams runs nonlinear dynamics in a fraction of the time required by FEA solutions. Loads and forces computed by Adams simulations improve the accuracy of FEA by providing better assessment of how they vary throughout a full range of motion and operating environments.

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"Adams simulations permitted us to get different loading conditions to be studied through an FE analysis, putting to evidence the most critical loading combinations,”
Bianchi F - AgustaWestland

Adams Multidiscipline Solutions

Optional modules available with Adams allow users to integrate mechanical components, pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, and control systems technologies to build and test virtual prototypes that accurately account for the interactions between these subsystems.

  • Adams Modeler software displayed on a monitor
    Module

    Adams Modeler allows basic operational tasks to be performed with minimal clicks and picks, making model management easier.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Automated application of physics equations for multi-body dynamics
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  • Adams car simulation displayed on monitor
    Module

    With Adams Car vertical products, teams can build and test functional virtual prototypes of vehicles and vehicle subsystems.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Automated application of physics equations for multi-body dynamics vehicle design and testing
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  • Adams Machinery simulation displayed on monitor
    Module

    Adams Machinery is a powerful simulation suite for mechanical drive systems.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Automated application of physics equations for multi-body dynamics mechanical drives systems
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  • Adams Real Time simulation displayed on monitor
    Module

    Adams Real Time is a hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) solution to combine software models with hardware such as driving simulators.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Automated application to combine software in the loop and hardware in the loop for high fidelity offline dynamics simulations
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  • Adams MaxFlex software displayed on a monitor
    Module

    Adams MaxFlex allows for the representation of geometric nonlinearity (i.e., large deformations), material nonlinearity, and boundary condition nonlinearity

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Automated application of physics equations for multi-body dynamics mechanical drives systems
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