Predictive Methods

Multimatic has provided cutting-edge predictive analysis services since 1989, aiding a wide range of customers in the development of optimised product designs. Customers of the Predictive Methods organization benefit from the vast range of practical experience it has acquired from the tightly coupled relationship it enjoys with the testing, design, motorsports, composites and prototype departments of the Engineering Services Group. Modelling and simulation techniques are continually refined via an integrated program of ongoing correlation testing, assuring that predicted results are accurate and relevant.

Full vehicle track simulation provides an indication of how a car will perform before it is built.	Advanced multi-step forming simulation is used to develop and refine production tooling before steel is cut.
Excellent correlation between the simulated and actual full vehicle crash events is achieved through extensive component / subsystem testing and meticulous model definition.

he Predictive Methods organization provides a comprehensive range of simulation capabilities including:

• Structural Analysis
  - linear, non-linear, modal etc.
  - conventional and composite materials
• Impact and Crash Simulation
  - complete vehicle, subsystem and component
  - road and competition vehicles
  - full library of certified barrier models for all jurisdictions
• Metal Forming
  - one-step
  - complete tooling development using multi-step, incremental simulation
• Optimisation
  - size, shape, topography, and topology
  - design of experiments (DOE)
• Kinematic and Dynamic Simulations
• Full Vehicle Dynamics Simulations
  - road car ride and handling assessment and optimisation
  - competition vehicle lap simulation
• Process Automation
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
  - vehicle aerodynamic assessment and optimisation
  - generalized fluid flow simulation