Dassault Products Used in Electric Vehicle Design
The Formosun research team of National Taiwan University has designed electric vehicles using CATIA for virtual design and Abaqus Finite Element Analysis (FEA) from Simulia for virtual testing. Since 2000, the engineering department at National Taiwan University has been researching and developing electric vehicles for a sustainable future. From the ground up, undergraduate and graduate students of the Formosun team have designed and developed three solar cars, one hybrid fuel-cell scooter, an intelligent personal lightweight electric vehicle (iPLEV) and an electric passenger car.
Beyond fundamental structural and thermal analyses with Abaqus FEA, the team utilised an optimisation tool to streamline the analysis process for future designs and leverage the open functionality in Abaqus/CAE for improving usability by less experienced students. CATIA for virtual design and Abaqus for realistic simulation have been used to create lightweight designs of electric vehicle chassis, structures and electric motors.
Beyond fundamental structural and thermal analyses with Abaqus FEA, the team utilised an optimisation tool to streamline the analysis process for future designs and leverage the open functionality in Abaqus/CAE for improving usability by less experienced students. CATIA for virtual design and Abaqus for realistic simulation have been used to create lightweight designs of electric vehicle chassis, structures and electric motors.
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