SwRI: Finite element modeling, computational methods, failure analysis. SwRI engineers understand how to constrain a part or system to reflect its actual environment and usage.

  image of PVDF-based auscultation sensor, modeled to predetermine the optimal configuration given the applied force and desired output signal
 

This PVDF-based, auscultation sensor was modeled to predetermine the optimal configuration given the applied force and desired output signal.

Finite element modeling is not just importing a three-dimensional (3D) model into a computer software package and pressing "GO." Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) understand how to constrain a part or system to reflect its actual environment and usage.

 

Not only are we proficient in several third-party software packages, we have also written several custom analysis programs for clients' specific needs.

  • ELECTROMAGNETISM

  • FREQUENCY

  • THERMAL

  • FLUIDS

  • MULTIPHYSICS

  • STRUCTURAL

  • FATIGUE

  • HEMODYNAMICS

For more information about biomedical modeling and analysis capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Heather Hanson at hhanson@swri.org or (210) 522-5798.

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