SIMULATION CONSULTING
Expert engineering simulation delivering insight, innovation and confidence
Simulation Consulting expertise
PDSVISION is focused on transforming businesses through the effective use of engineering simulation, including delivery and technology transfer of Ansys, Moldex3D and DEFORM software. However, we also understand you may not always have the time, resources and capabilities to undertake simulation projects inhouse.
Consequently, we offer quality-assured simulation consulting services through our team of Chartered Engineers using Ansys and other industry-standard software, helping to both validate the performance of your products and processes while also providing fresh insight and ideas to optimize your designs.
Experienced and professional Simulation Consulting
- Simulation services undertaken since 1980
- Quality assured, delivered to ISO9001:2015
- Fixed price and reimbursable project options
- Staff secondments
- Expert witness & mentoring
Our simulation consulting services are responsive and flexible, built on over 40 years of experience, working in partnership to improve design and deliver quality and value.
Simulation with PDSVISION
Simulation Consulting services include:
- Finite Element Analysis
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Electromagnetics Simulation
- Thermal Management Analysis
- Plastic Injection Molding Simulation
- Metalforming and Heat Treatment Process Modeling
- System Level Analysis and Mathematical Modeling
Examples of simulation services
Structural Analysis (FEA)
Our experienced technical team has helped companies assess thousands of structures for integrity and performance. When applied correctly, FEA provides many benefits over hand calculations and prototype testing for productivity and innovation.
We have a large consulting team for structural analysis project work and to help our clients expand their FEA capacity and skills at short notice.
Fluid Dynamics
We have a dedicated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) team with extensive experience in both 1D and 3D simulation. With expertise in the fundamental mathematical modelling of fluid flow problems, including development of scripts and user routines, we offer a complete solution of Ansys CFD software, practical training and consulting.
Electromagnetics
We provide consulting services, together with expert partners in Radio Frequency (RF) design and Electromagnetic Compatability (EMC) assessment.
This includes integration with our Thermal Management, Drop & Vibration and Design for Reliability capabilities to ensure electronic products and systems not only perform to specification but are also sufficiently robust for their intended design life.
Thermal Management
Understanding thermal behaviour and the structural response of your designs is crucial for creating reliable products.
Our dedicated FEA, CFD & manufacturing simulation capabilities and reliability engineering experience support component selection and packaging decisions to avoid heating issues while minimising product cost.
Plastic Injection Molding Simulation
We provide flexible and fast-response injection molding simulation consulting services to clients without the time, skills or resources in-house – from single day plastic design assessment to long-term product and mold development projects.
Our services are typically employed to screen for and detect voids & sink marks, gas traps and weld lines with the objective to optimize fill patterns.
We are internationally recognised through our Moldex3D Expert Certification.
Metal Forming & Microstructure
Process modelling of metal forming operations can be an extremely cost-effective application of simulation. We have 35 years research and industrial experience helping companies improve product performance & quality and reduce tooling & energy costs through the optimisation of a wide range of forming processes.
Wind Engineering
If you require a wind study to assess the urban environment near buildings and its impact on pedestrian comfort, safety and air quality, our CFD consulting services will support your early design, planning application and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) requirements. We have developed efficient methodologies and workflows for cost-effective evaluation and risk management of new developments.
Building physics & HVAC
Comprehensive building physics consulting services and industry-standard simulation software for improving internal and external environments while satisfying the requirements of planning and building design.
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
With extensive experience in assessment and optimisation of air flow and thermal modelling, we can support your HVAC objectives, including energy management, contamination control and thermal comfort, through the supply of simulation software and consulting services.
Daylight, Sunlight & Right to Light
We can help support your planning application through analysis of both direct and ambient natural light in and around your building to widely-accepted guidelines. Our light consulting services can assist you meeting both developmental and environmental objectives, enabling efficient and low energy designs.
Cleanroom & Hygienic Zone Design – Air Flow Modelling
If you are involved in proposing, designing or modifying cleanrooms and hygienic zones (within manufacturing facilities), we can help you either develop your own inhouse air flow modelling capabilities or support your engineering activies through our comprehensive simulation consulting services.
Geotechnical Engineering
We provide geotechnical consulting services in conjunction with a range of technical partners.
We have in-depth knowledge of soft soil, hardening soil, small-strain stiffness, jointed rock and creep behaviour, including Mohr-Coulomb, Hoek-Brown, Modified Cam Clay and Sekiguchi-Ohta materials.
Our geotechnical analysis software and services help:
- Predict ground movement, structural deflections and loads with accuracy
- Reduce conservatism within designs
- Understand performance changes due to loading & material uncertainties
Additive Manufacturing
We help companies implement the appropriate tools in-house for their specific additive/3D printing design and manufacturing requirements, drawing upon our extensive resources in process simulation training and technical support.
Furthermore, we provide specialised consulting services for clients who are not yet ready to invest in these tools but have immediate requirements or are looking to undertake technology benchmarking
Design, Materials and Testing
Overview
We regularly work directly with our clients to improve their designs through the use of simulation, through experimental design and optimisation techniques. Through strategic partners, we can also support concept and detailed design requirements together with the project management of material and physical testing, including the development and application of constitutive models within simulation software.
Industrial and mechanical design
Our engineers focus on providing support to clients to overcome their existing design challenges, combining the insight generated by simulation methods with engineering know-how. For companies also looking for aesthetic and functional design services from initial concept, through to detailed design drawings in preparation for manufacture, we team up with specialist associates to provide a complete solution.
Material data testing
Accurate simulation results depend on the quality of the material data used. We have undertaken projects to acquire, data-fit and test hyperelastic material models on behalf of our simulation clients. For plastics, we have access to the Moldex3D Test Laboratories and materials database.
Structural and vibration testing
We can work with partners to verify simulation results through physical testing.
Fluid flow and wind tunnel testing
We have partnerships with specialist fluid research centres to provide additional expertise and testing services.
Design Code Assessment
We regularly undertake design assessments regarding compliance with regulatory standards and codes, including all types of static, dynamic and buckling simulations for fabrication and assemblies. We also perform the bespoke assessment of designs not in-line with conventional codes and standards.
We are very familiar with PD5500, Eurocode and ASME VIII & ASME V Design by Analysis for pressure vessel and related equipment, including stress linearisation. Furthermore, we have undertaken fatigue life predictions within many industries for over 30 years, from mixing vessels and ship-based rotating equipment to speciality bridges subject to multiple crossings, applying relevant codes such as PD5500, Eurocode and DNV CN30-7.
Through our long-term relationship with the off-road vehicle industry, we are highly experienced in transient dynamic analysis such as the assessment of falling object protective structures (FOPS) to BS EN ISO 3449:2008.
Impact or blast simulations have included mobile phone drop tests to regulatory requirements and explosion-resistant safety enclosures for ATEX certification, together with shock testing for marine applications to recognised standards such as BV 0430.
Other design codes we have assessed against include DEF STAN 08-123, BR 3021, MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160 and DN-RP-F112.
Project options
Overview
With an experienced and highly qualified technical team, we can undertake projects on your behalf while maintaining close contact with your in-house operations regarding progress and technical issues. Our flexible project options enable you to control your budgets and avoid the risk of overspend while assured of a timely, reliable and quality solution.
Flexibility
Flexibility is key to our services.
We run projects as short a half a day for a straightforward verification exercise to multi-year contracts to support and optimise new product development.
Communication
Close communication ensures we deliver to your requirements.
You are allocated an account manager who works alongside our consulting staff to ensure both your commercial and technical objectives are met.
The scope of any project is clearly agreed and defined upfront and we ensure that you are kept informed of progress. This includes any discoveries, issues or concerns that arise from intermediate results that may influence the direction and duration of the project.
Project meetings are important and encouraged, particularly for complex assignments or design optimisation services. These can take place either at our headquarters or your offices. In addition, to minimise your project costs and delivery times while adhering to our Environmental Management policy, we promote web conferencing as much as possible.
Reporting
Clear and meaningful presentation of results is an essential way for us to add value. Various levels of reporting are available to suit your requirements
- Extensive – often required for regulatory authorities
- Standard – Full report, but without the detail of the Extensive report
- Summary – Limited to basic facts and important conclusions, often presented in a slide format
If you would like to continue the project in-house, we can also deliver the results databases from any analysis tools used to enable you to recreate the analysis and further investigate the results. This can include the provision of appropriate software licenses.
Pricing
After agreeing a scope of work and timescales, we can structure the pricing of your project in many ways.
- Fixed Price, against fixed quotation.
- Reimbursable.
- Reimbursable, against target price.
- Call-off contracts
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