Automotive

Actran is widely used throughout the automotive industry and provides dedicated solutions matching this industry's very specific needs.

From car, trucks or buses OEM to tier-one suppliers, from suppliers of trim components to tyre manufacturers, from exhaust and intake manufacturers to specialized consultants Actran offers the best available tools and unmatched consulting experience in:

• vibro-acoustic of full vehicles;
• sound package (trim) design;
• sound radiation by powetrain and driveline;
• intake and exhaust noise prediction;
• wind noise assessment;
• tyre noise analysis;
• HVAC noise prediction;
• sound propagation in high pressure distribution ducts.

Among the many unique features developed to serve the automotive community are:

• turbulent boundary layer and diffuse sound field  mechanical excitation models;
• direct use of NASTRAN body in white models for trim design;
• ultra-fast acoustic radiation solver;
• wide library of material models (elastic, visco-elastic, poro-elastic, composite);
• support of high-performance computing infrastructures.