Volvo 3P is the common development company for the Volvo truck brands Volvo, Renault, and Mack, and, as part of the overall Volvo Group, has interest in truck design quality, safety and environmental impact.
Widening European markets are driving high and rapidly changing demand for heavy commercial vehicles, and the pressure for technological innovation is driving Volvo 3P to replace existing truck configurations with ultra-modern and newly competitive designs.
As existing users of MSC.Software’s solver technology, most notably MSC Nastran and MSC Adams, this move will now establish MD Nastran as the standard solution at the major development sites of Goteborg, Lyon and Greensboro, and will rationalize and significantly accelerate the simulation process throughout Volvo 3P.
The deployment of MD Nastran will begin immediately, with applications including linear statics, dynamics, structural optimization, NVH, and interior and exterior acoustics. Return on investment benefits are anticipated within the first six months.
Standardization projects at major automotive producers such as The Volvo Group are further demonstration that integrated multidiscipline simulation is now well beyond the exclusive realm of the early-adopter, commented Amir Mobayen, senior vice president of EMEA operations at MSC.Software.
