Tosca
Topology Optimization based on FEA and CFD simulations
Reduce Development Time
Easy setup of the optimization task, and a shorter time-to-market with fewer prototypes and physical tests.
Quality Simulation Results
Benefit from more realistic results, automatic validation, and handling of complex manufacturing requirements.
State-of-the-Art Designs
Achieve weight, material, and design space savings, and create the most economical design possible.
Seamless Integration
Tosca integrates seamlessly with leading FEA & durability solvers such as Abaqus, Ansys and MSC Nastran.
Tosca Solutions
Tosca Structure
This is the market leading technology for rapid and reliable design of lightweight, rigid, and durable components and systems. Using topology optimization, you obtain optimal design proposals already during design concept. Specific detail improvements through shape and bead optimization respectively make your designs ready for production.
Tosca Fluid
This is the only system for topology optimization of channel flow problems. Starting from an initial design space, an optimized design of a flow channel is determined automatically. Using only one CFD solver, run an optimized structure with, e.g., significantly reduced pressure drop, or where homogeneous flow is derived. This allows for the first time an economic topology optimization of industrial large scale flow applications.
What Can You Do with Tosca?
Tosca Structure Key Features:
- Topology Optimization: Conceptual design for lighter and stiffer structures.
- Sizing Optimization: Best static and dynamic behavior through optimized sheet thicknesses.
- Shape Optimization: Improved designs for more durability and strength.
- Bead Optimization: Efficient bead patterns for increased stiffness and reduced noise.
- Optimization module in Abaqus CAE: Define optimization tasks interactively on 3D Abaqus/Standard models.
- Tosca Extension for Ansys Workbench: Define topology optimization tasks interactively on 3D ANSYS Workbench models and author.
- Tosca Ansa environment: Define optimization tasks interactively from within the Ansa environment on predefined 3D models.
- Graphical User Interface: A standalone graphical user interface which supports Abaqus, ANSYS, MSC Nastran FE models.
Tosca Fluid Key Features:
- Generate reduced pressure drop and enhanced flow uniformity: Profit from full design flexibility to create a design proposal in the initial design phase.
- Powerful graphical user interface: Intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface allows for fast setup and direct execution of optimization tasks.
- Mass flow balancing: Generate design concepts for a desired flow split ratio with multiple given outlets.
- Reduction of flow instabilities, induced noise, and vibration: Used for components such as climate control components, hydraulic systems, pneumatic components, and cooling-ducts.
Main Technologies
Design Concept
Concepts in a Virtual Product Development
Automatic generation of optimized design proposals reduces the number of product development cycles and the number of physical prototypes. All you need is the definition of the maximum allowed design space.
Design Improvement
Simulation-Driven Design Improvement
Existing designs often need small changes to adapt the design to changes in the external boundary conditions. Using optimization methods, design changes can quickly be applied, and all relevant product requirements can be considered.
Decision Support
Product Knowledge and Decision Support
The modern product development process cannot be driven solely by traditional analytical, experimental, and simulation methods. SIMULIA provides intuitive and user interactive methods to analyze existing datasets from simulation and physical testing.
