1. SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION

3. WELCOME TO ADAMS TRAINING
What’s in this section:
Course Objectives
What is Motion Simulation?
What is Adams?
Adams Applications
Why Build an Adams Model?
SimCompanion: Technical Articles, Documentation & Forums
Organization of Manual
Getting Help

4. COURSE OBJECTIVES After taking this course you will be able to:
Create Factors and Responses in your model
Understand how Design Variable range settings work
Create complex Response definitions in Adams
Understand DOE Screening/Response Surface Strategies
Be comfortable with DOE output statistics
Create Monte Carlo variation studies
Effectively create and run large design variation studies.

5. WHAT IS MOTION SIMULATION?
Also called:
Mechanical Systems Simulation (MSS)
Multi-Body Dynamics (MBD)
Equations of motion generated from the model
CAD-like graphical interface or text file input
Large angles, large displacements, nonlinear forces
Differential and algebraic equations integrated directly
Result is system animation and plotting of all kinematics (displacement, velocity, etc.) and dynamics (reactions, etc.)

6. WHAT IS ADAMS? Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems
Development started in 1974 at the University of Michigan
Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. started with Adams/Solver
MDI was acquired by MSC in 2002
Euler-Lagrange method to create equations of motion
Predictor-corrector methods to solve equations
Integrated animation and plotting
Powerful parametric, scripting and post-processing abilities

7. ADAMS APPLICATIONS
The general purpose graphical user interface is Adams/View
Model building, simulation submission, some animation
Equations are built and integrated with Adams/Solver
Solver is a standalone application, but typically used seamlessly from within Adams/View
Plotting and animation done with Adams/PostProcessor
Tightly integrated with Adams/View
Industry verticals (e.g., Adams/Car) for model templates

8. WHY BUILD AN ADAMS MODEL?
Verify Motion Performance (~60%)
“Will it work?”
Example: will landing gear fully deploy in these conditions?
Compute Detailed Loads in a Mechanism (~30%)
“Will it break?”
Example: what are the cyclic loads on a wind turbine driveshaft?
Examine Clearances in a Complex Mechanism (~10%)
“Will it fit?”
Example: will launch vehicle fairing deploy without hitting the payload?

9. SimCompanion http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com
One stop for full online support
Find answers to your questions
Search across ALL content
Subscribe to notification
Single sign-on to ALL content
Access to other support resources
Case Management Portal
Discussion Forums
Training Information

10. SimCompanion Personalized Support via the following channels Web Email
Submit a Case Online
Manage My Cases
List of Addresses in Support Contact Information
Phone
List of Phone Numbers in Support Contact Information

11. SimCompanion
Product Info and Docs
Access to all Product Documentation

12. SimCompanion simcompanion.mscsoftware.com Access to Communities
VPD Community Discussion Forums
Subscribe to discussion communities of interest
Encourage the students to register for relevant Discussion Forums as part of the class
Select Adams to view the Adams discussions.

13. ORGANIZATION OF MANUAL
This manual is organized into modules that get progressively more complex. Each module focuses on solving an engineering-based problem and covers mechanical system simulation (MSS) concepts that will help you use Adams most optimally. The earlier workshops provide you with more step-by-step procedures and guidance, while the later ones provide you with less.
Each module is divided into the following sections:
Problem statement
Concepts
Workshop
Optional tasks
Module review

14. GETTING HELP – ONLINE HELP
To access the online help, do either of the following:
From the Help menu, select Adams/View Help to display the home page for the Adams/View online help.
On Windows, go to Start->Programs->MSC.Software->MD Adams 2011->Adams Online Help
While working in any Adams/View dialog box, press F1 to display online help specific to that dialog box.
Once the online help is displayed, you can browse the table of contents, use the index, or search for keywords.

15. GETTING HELP – ONLINE HELP
Index/search entire Adams help
Contents of selected tab
Table of contents
Show the students how they can search the guide to find text much as they would search through an index.

16. GETTING HELP – CONSULTING
MSC.Software provides comprehensive engineering consulting services to help you realize the benefits of Virtual Product Development quickly and confidently.
Staff Augmentation
Technology Transfer
Process Capture and Automation
Methods Development
Virtual Build and Test
For more information on MSC Consulting Services, go to:

17. This module includes: Collaboration with ADAMS/Insight
Adams Product Solutions
DOE Theory and Response Surfaces
Recent Design Advances

18. COLLABORATION WITH ADAMS/INSIGHT
Use ADAMS/Insight to explore the design space of a virtual prototype and optimize the design. Share the results with colleagues and supervisors.
Corporations want to:
Cut design cycle time
Predict behavior without
physical tests
Achieve efficient collaboration
between organizations
Designers want/need to:
Get more information up-front,
learn about designs earlier
Have an easy way to share
results

19. COLLABORATION WITH ADAMS/INSIGHT
A solution:
Common
dialog for engineering teams (knowledge)
Inexpensive evaluation of design changes (speed)
Virtual testing of innovations (cost)

20. ADAMS PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
The base is ADAMS/Solver, required for solving equations of motion of mechanical system. Custom components are incorporated for elements such as tires and flexible bodies.
On top of ADAMS/Solver is ADAMS/View, the parametric engine to create ADAMS/Solver models. Customized ADAMS/View products enable analysis of common machine groups, such as automobiles.
ADAMS/Insight drives the parametric engines intelligently, helps interpret results, and simplifies sharing information.

21. DOE THEORY AND RESPONSE SURFACES
DOEs for design space exploration
Minimize the number of design evaluations using DOE theory to discretize the design space intelligently.
Response surfaces for interpretation
Fit results of trial evaluations by assuming design surface continuity, and gain the ability to rapidly predict performance of any model within the design space.
This course does not cover all the steps in the virtual prototyping process.
It covers all steps up through Iterate. It does not cover Optimize or Automate.
Through the course, seek opportunities to use the visual effect of the white board. Map out the process shown here one phase at a time, to emphasize it. Capture the students’ attention by using all the available tools (white board sketches, guide text, demos using ADAMS/View, KBA, online docs, and so on).

22. RECENT DESIGN ADVANCES
Virtual Prototyping
Parametrics
Collaboration

23. RECENT DESIGN ADVANCES…
Virtual Prototyping
Virtual Prototyping (70s - 80s)
Focus on developing ONE model of ONE design.
Evaluation of design changes required modeling expertise; could be time consuming.
Evaluation of design change was error-prone.

24. RECENT DESIGN ADVANCES…
Parametrics
Parametric Modeling (90s)
Preprocessor developed for specific mechanical systems.
Analysts maintained model parameters.
Standard modeling practices leveraged throughout organization.
Attribute specialists no longer needed to be Adams experts to get job done.
Faster A/B comparisons.

25. RECENT DESIGN ADVANCES…
Collaboration
Collaboration (present)
Analyst quickly evaluates design space.
Analyst quickly communicates to organization.
Analyst enables collaboration within organization.