IPS Bellows & Grommets and IPS Flat Cables

Simulate flexible, moving bellows and grommets with fine structures using a fast FEM-based approach. Flat Cables is a tool for fast and realistic simulations of flat cables. Flexible objects are defined by their physical dimensions in 2D, along with a thickness parameter for the third dimension, and material parameters.

Other flexible parts

The dedicated software module for bellows and grommets is based on a FEM shell solver developed by the Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre and delivers fast simulation times. The module offers possibility to create and import motions, analyze reaction forces, von Mises stress, and distance to surrounding geometries.

Benefits & Functions

Fast simulation of bellows and grommets
Bellow finder to make CAD geometries flexible
Simulate selfcontact and contact with other rigid parts
Vary material parameters and contact stiffnesses for the flexible parts
Make flat cables flexible to solve industrial use cases in electronics industry