For which industries and applications is FEM suitable?

FEM is not a “nice-to-have”, but often a “must”. It enables well-founded decisions to be made early on in the development process, risks to be minimized and products to be brought to market faster. FEM is already used intensively in the following sectors:

Mechanical and plant engineering
Component strength, service life assessment, vibration analysis of machine components.

Automotive industry
Crash simulations, lightweight structures, NVH (noise-vibration-harshness), thermal behavior, plastic components.

Aerospace
Structural behaviour under extreme loads, topology optimization, material selection.

Medical technology
Implants, surgical tools, biomechanical simulations - all with a view to safety and function.

Civil and structural engineering
Stability analyses for buildings, bridges and tunnels.

Energy technology
Simulation of turbines, heat exchangers, wind turbines - including static evaluation and fatigue strength assessment, including under thermomechanical alternating loads.

Electronics & electrical engineering
Electrothermal loads, housing deformations, EMC analyses.

Wherever components are subjected to mechanical, thermal or dynamic loads, FEM provides decisive insights long before a real component exists.