LMS OPTIMUS will allow engineers at Snecma to explore the design space widely, and to accelerate their simulation processes
LMS International announced that Snecma has chosen LMS OPTIMUS to form the core of their strategic optimization project. LMS OPTIMUS will drive the diverse application codes from Snecma’s design divisions for aircraft, rocket and helicopter engines. In addition to streamlining the design process, LMS OPTIMUS will provide enhanced visualization tools for data interpretation and make reporting easy and flexible. Snecma’s objective is to reduce the design time for new engines.
Snecma’s commitment to a corporate-wide culture of improvement means methodically upgrading their product technologies and their internal processes. Snecma will use OPTIMUS to integrate and optimize the numerous types of software and systems that contribute to their jet engine development cycle. OPTIMUS will drive a combination of in-house code and off-the-shelf software that presently operate separately for structural calculations, aerodynamics, combustion, acoustics and thermal analysis. OPTIMUS will allow Snecma to run and optimize in a single process.
In the highly competitive aerospace industry, efficient CAE simulation and analysis is vital to improving an engine design and increasing the cost-effectiveness of the development process. Snecma’s optimization strategy will contribute significantly to improved product development by providing the platform needed to free their engineers for value-added analysis and decision-making.
Engineers at Snecma will be able to investigate and diagnose a design by selecting from the widest range of analytic methods available, and then display multiple viewpoints on the data. They will meet target specifications and regulations more quickly and reliably by quickly generating and ranking the results of engine performance simulations.
“LMS OPTIMUS was chosen primarily for its usability and the quality of its functionalities such as design of experiment, response surface modeling, optimization algorithms and post-processing.”, said David Monteiro-Fernandes, project leader of the Snecma Optimization project. “The versatility of OPTIMUS appealed to us. LMS OPTIMUS will drive both in-house codes and off-the-shelf software. LMS OPTIMUS will allow to explore the design space widely and provide multi-physic solutions. We also expect LMS OPTIMUS to accelerate our processes as well as to improve our products.”
As the LMS OPTIMUS implementation progresses, Snecma will fully consolidate their systems in such a way that as designs improve, their process will continue to shorten, and maximum advantage can be derived from the IT investment that has already been made.
About Snecma
Snecma is one of the world’s leading aerospace corporations, specialized in propulsion, equipment and associated services, with annual sales of 5.6 billion Euros (2000). Customers include Airbus, Arianespace, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter and other leading prime contractors, plus more than 1,700 airlines, armed forces and helicopter operators.
About LMS International
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
LMS International announced that Snecma has chosen LMS OPTIMUS to form the core of their strategic optimization project. LMS OPTIMUS will drive the diverse application codes from Snecma’s design divisions for aircraft, rocket and helicopter engines. In addition to streamlining the design process, LMS OPTIMUS will provide enhanced visualization tools for data interpretation and make reporting easy and flexible. Snecma’s objective is to reduce the design time for new engines.
Snecma’s commitment to a corporate-wide culture of improvement means methodically upgrading their product technologies and their internal processes. Snecma will use OPTIMUS to integrate and optimize the numerous types of software and systems that contribute to their jet engine development cycle. OPTIMUS will drive a combination of in-house code and off-the-shelf software that presently operate separately for structural calculations, aerodynamics, combustion, acoustics and thermal analysis. OPTIMUS will allow Snecma to run and optimize in a single process.
In the highly competitive aerospace industry, efficient CAE simulation and analysis is vital to improving an engine design and increasing the cost-effectiveness of the development process. Snecma’s optimization strategy will contribute significantly to improved product development by providing the platform needed to free their engineers for value-added analysis and decision-making.
Engineers at Snecma will be able to investigate and diagnose a design by selecting from the widest range of analytic methods available, and then display multiple viewpoints on the data. They will meet target specifications and regulations more quickly and reliably by quickly generating and ranking the results of engine performance simulations.
“LMS OPTIMUS was chosen primarily for its usability and the quality of its functionalities such as design of experiment, response surface modeling, optimization algorithms and post-processing.”, said David Monteiro-Fernandes, project leader of the Snecma Optimization project. “The versatility of OPTIMUS appealed to us. LMS OPTIMUS will drive both in-house codes and off-the-shelf software. LMS OPTIMUS will allow to explore the design space widely and provide multi-physic solutions. We also expect LMS OPTIMUS to accelerate our processes as well as to improve our products.”
As the LMS OPTIMUS implementation progresses, Snecma will fully consolidate their systems in such a way that as designs improve, their process will continue to shorten, and maximum advantage can be derived from the IT investment that has already been made.
About Snecma
Snecma is one of the world’s leading aerospace corporations, specialized in propulsion, equipment and associated services, with annual sales of 5.6 billion Euros (2000). Customers include Airbus, Arianespace, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter and other leading prime contractors, plus more than 1,700 airlines, armed forces and helicopter operators.
About LMS International
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
