Contour sitting comfortably with HyperWorks

Altair Engineering has announced that Contour Premium Aircraft Seating has successfully applied the HyperWorks enterprise simulation suite to deliver superior passenger comfort solutions.

Altair Engineering has announced that aircraft business and first class seating manufacturer, Contour Premium Aircraft Seating has successfully applied the HyperWorks enterprise simulation suite to deliver superior passenger comfort solutions.

Contour takes full advantage of the breadth of solutions offered through HyperWorks CAE suite including: HyperMesh and HyperView for finite element pre and post-processing, OptiStruct for structural optimisation, and MotionView and MotionSolve for multi-body dynamics simulation. HyperWorks has helped enable the company to create truly innovative, lightweight seating solutions for its global aircraft carrier customers allowing it to stay ahead of its competitors in a highly competitive market.

“Having prior career experience with HyperWorks, when I moved to Contour to help improve their finite element analysis (FEA) capabilities, it was a natural choice to recommend the CAE suite,” said Huw Jones, senior stress engineer for Contour Premium Aircraft Seating. “We started off using HyperMesh for pre-processing tasks. After realising the model building efficiencies gained from the software, we expanded its use considerably. HyperMesh is the quickest and most flexible FE pre-processor that we've ever used; in fact one of our engineers who had over 10 years experience with an alternate solution was able to complete model creation tasks significantly quicker in HyperMesh and that's including the training period!”

David Mason, managing director, Altair UK added: “I am pleased to see Contour Premium Aircraft Seating fully maximising the power of the HyperWorks enterprise suite. Its deployment has ensured that each passenger aircraft seating solution the company provides is first class and meets or even exceeds the requirements of their customers. The focus on fuel and energy saving within the aerospace market has forced suppliers to make optimisation a core part of the development cycle and HyperWorks has proven to be the tool to deliver.”

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