Outsource Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Services

Your concept looks great on paper, but will it stand loading conditions in reality? You are sure that the design you have in mind will withstand the structural loading, but how will the product behave when both thermal and structural loading occur simultaneously? You have a tight budget; would you like to reduce the amount of experimental testing? Optimal Consulting can help you solve these problems and meet your product requirements through detailed product testing.

Optimal Consulting performs vibration analyses not only to determine design life of structures, but also determine how a component failed. Most physical systems vibrate - inherent vibration modes in structures can shorten equipment life, and cause premature failure. Often, these failures are catastrophic.

When a physical system vibrates, it does so at particular natural frequencies - these frequencies and resulting mode shapes can be determined using Modal Analysis. Often, simple modal analysis can be performed, while for more complex systems, finite element analysis is performed to determine to determine the dynamic response.

Optimal Consulting performs materials and metallurgical services, including testing, failure analysis, inspection and repair. We have been performing these services for over 40 years, helping clients solve their structural integrity issues - our services include developing new products, improving component performance, and determing how to extend their fatigue design life.

In product development, it is vital to select the right material and fabrication processes. Manufacturing processes, design configuration, corrosion, vibration, thermal fatigue, thermal ratchetting, creep, fatigue, and fracture all play a part in structural integrity. We have the experience in design, stress analysis, and materials science to minimize size and cost while maintaining part performance and design life. Design life is often compromised through inadequate manufacturing processes (such as welding), thermal/ transient conditions, and high temperature conditions. At elevated temperatures, creep, and component strains occur, especially in welded and bolted joint connections.

Defects often occur in welded, cast and forged parts. Parts with complex geometries often include crack starters such as metallurgical notch effects. Nondestructive testing finds such defects in components with out damaging them:

We have performed materials testing, metallurgy, remaining life assessments, and failure analysis of boilers, turbines, pumps, and valves among many other components, including:

We are a team of experienced, multi-disciplined engineers, with expertise in materials, fabrication,and finite element analysis. Our engineers publish technical reports, develop patents, and are active in Codes and Standards Committes including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The American Welding Society (AWS), the National Association for Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and the American Nuclear Society (ANS).

We have been providing solutions for over 20 years to the aerospace, power generation, manufacturing, automotive, consumer products, materials handling, and construction industries.

Outsource CAD Migration Services

Would you like the companies of your dealers and vendors to be updated with the latest design modifications? Is the flow of technical information seamless within internal teams and with external suppliers? Would you like to better manage product development involving numerous design configurations? Optimal Consulting can help you with technical / engineering data migration.