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CAE Survey
An anonymous survey for CFD & FEA users. Aimed on their behavior, opinions & wishes. Results will be shared with those who leave their contact email.
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How much of your job has to do with CAE simulations?
Including all the related work: CAD, CFD, FEA, design, preprocessing, setup, run, testing, postprocessing, reporting, processing tons of coffee, ...
Full time - 75% - 100%
Part time - 50% - 74%
Part time - 25% - 49%
Part time - 0% - 24%
Clear selection
CFD vs. FEA
CFD associated time spent vs. FEA associated time spent.
CFD takes 80+% of my CAE time.
CFD takes 50-79% of my CAE time.
CFD takes 20-49% of my CAE time.
CFD takes less than 20% of my CAE time.
Clear selection
Repeating vs. Disposable (New) projects
A portion of projects that are reasonably similar to each other and repeat in time.
Repeating projects take 80+% of my CAE time.
Repeating projects take 50-79% of my CAE time.
Repeating projects take 20-49% of my CAE time.
Repeating projects take less than 20% of my CAE time.
Clear selection
How much of your workload is PRODUCTIVE WORK versus testing, research & playing around?
By productive work is meant the portion of work which produces or contributes to the final results.
Productive work makes 80+% of my work.
Productive work makes 50-79% of my work.
Productive work makes 20-49% of my work.
Productive work makes less than 20% of my work.
Clear selection
How long takes your typical CAE project?
One day.
Two days.
One week.
Two weeks.
One month.
More than one month.
My project is a never-ending story.
Clear selection
For what purpose do you use CAE simulations?
Basic research
University teaching & diploma projects
Commercial projects
Design better products in my organization
Consultancy business for third parties
Other:
What workflow parts do you find excessively TIME CONSUMING?
PROJECT DEFINITION incl. theory, analysis, goal setting, tools choice, ...
MODEL DESIGN incl. creation, simplification, cleaning, ...
MESHING incl. creating simulation ready meshes for both CFD and FEA, ...
SIMULATION SETUP & RUN incl. testing & tuning, ...
POSTPROCESSING incl. results evaluation, visualization, ...
REPORTING incl. comparisons, conclusions, presentation, application, ...
What parts do you find ENJOYABLE?
PROJECT DEFINITION
MODEL DESIGN
MESHING
SIMULATION SETUP & RUN
POSTPROCESSING
REPORTING
What parts do you find ANNOYING?
PROJECT DEFINITION
MODEL DESIGN
MESHING
SIMULATION SETUP & RUN
POSTPROCESSING
REPORTING
Other:
What part do you think is a BOTTLENECK?
Part that above all needs improvements.
PROJECT DEFINITION
MODEL DESIGN
MESHING
SIMULATION SETUP & RUN
POSTPROCESSING
REPORTING
Clear selection
What would significantly help you in your projects?
Additional hardware
Additional software licenses
More engineers
More time, more tests & deeper analysis
Better understanding of the problem & theory
Training from experts in the field
Source-code available to see what is really inside
More integration of different software pieces
More software capabilities
Other:
Which trends do you find interesting?
Potentially helpful in your projects.
Automated CAD model creation from parameters
Parametric optimization
Adjoint optimization
Machine learning (large databases of pre-computed results)
AI for CAE
GPU Computing
Cloud Computing
LBM (Lattice Boltzmann methods)
FSI (Fluid Strucutre Interaction)
Advanced heat transfer options
Combustion
Advanced multiphysics (phase change, erosion, chemical reactions, ...)
Acoustics
Immersed Boundary
Automaticaly created high fidelity meshes
Local Mesh Refinement
Single one, highly integrated user interface
Other:
On how many PROCESSORS (cores) do you most typically run your simulations?
1-4
5-16
17-48
49-99
100-1000
1000+
Clear selection
Of how many elements is the most typical CFD mesh for your productive simulations?
1-500.000
500.001-2.000.000
2.000.001-5.000.000
5.000.001-10.000.000
10.000.001-20.000.000
20.000.001-100.000.000
100.000.000+
Clear selection
Of how many elements is the most typical FEA mesh for your productive simulations?
1-5.000
5.001-20.000
20.001-50.000
50.001-100.000
100.001-200.000
200.001-1.000.000
1.000.000+
Clear selection
How are you satisfied with the level of ACCURACY of your results?
Not at all.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Absolutely satified.
Clear selection
How are you satisfied with the ROBUSTNESS of your CAE software?
Not at all.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Absolutely satified.
Clear selection
How much are you satisfied with the TECHNICAL SUPPORT of your CAE software?
Not at all.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Absolutely satified.
Clear selection
What feature do you value most about CAE software in general?
Which one is above all important for you?
Accuracy
Robustness
Speed of convergence
Technical support
Clear selection
What would you like to get improved about your current CAE process?
What capabilities are you missing?
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