Engineering Analysis Consultancy

Not every engineering company has the necessary resources to undertake all the analysis it may require. For this reason Desktop Engineering offers an analysis consultancy service. Our consulting engineers have the experience and expertise to convert your requirements into practical analysis models and results - quickly and cost-effectively enabling you to get on with the engineering.

Analysis methods
Our engineers can address a wide range of different problem types through the use of finite element analysis (FEA) software. State of the art meshing and solving processes are used to ensure the validity of the results. Analyses may be coupled to solve multi-physics problems.

Areas for analysis include:

• Linear Structural analysis to isotropic, orthotropic, fully anisotropic or composite material definitions.
• Thermal analysis : steady state and transient
• Dynamic analysis investigating the effects of forced vibrations. These include base excitation (including time and frequency dependent forces), shock loading and random vibration. Gaps, friction, and damping can all be included within the models.
• Non-linear analysis: Material non-linearities such as plasticity, hyperelasticity viscoelasticity and progressive ply failure in composites
• Shape Optimisation: Problem geometry can be parametrically defined and then automatically optimised for a range of problem types including dynamics, heat transfer and static stress.
• Fluid flow analysis, for laminar and turbulent flow, modelled in 2D and 3D flows, for incompressible and mildly compressible fluids.
• Electromagnetic analysis, predicting electromagnetic and electrostaticfields in and around components.
• Crack and fracture analysis, establishing design sensitivity and predicting fatigue life.

Typical industrial applications
The benefits or FEA - verifying and optimising designs, reduction in prototyping costs and timescales, performance prediction and failure analysis - can be applied across the whole range of engineering sectors.

At Desktop Engineering, our consultants have already worked for clients involved in the aerospace, automotive, process, marine, mechanical, and civil engineering industries, as well as for government and research projects including the Health and Safety Executive, Joint European Torus and NASA.

By developing a thorough understanding of each design problem, we have been able to propose solutions which offer real cost and time savings. We have also been able to provide confidence in designs which are otherwise difficult to prove, such as the effects of failure in super-cooled components or offshore constructions.

The software used by Desktop Engineering is used extensively throughout industry, and has a proven track record in a broad cross section of industries.

The way we work
Each analysis is handled on a project basis. We start with a discussion with you to determine the nature of the problem, and to agree the aims and goals of the analysis. It is important to start with a clear definition of the project if your expectations are to be met.

From these discussions a project specification is generated and agreed together with a fixed price, before commencement of the work. At the conclusion of the analysis the results are presented with, where appropriate, advice on how designs could be improved further to address areas of concern highlighted by the results. Our consultants also check the results and feasibility of analyses undertaken internally.

Outsourcing
For customers who have a longer term requirement for FEA analysis, but do not feel that it justifies acquiring the technology in house, we can organise an outsourcing arrangement. With this we can streamline the process to reduce the overhead compared to a one off job, lowering the cost and allowing us to work with you as if we were an extension of your own organisation. Internet and Web based tools allow the easy transfer of information, diminishing distance barriers.

For more information, contact the analysis consultancy sales department at Desktop Engineering.