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MSC Nastran

Trusted FEA simulation and results

With over 50 years of real-world experience in finite element analysis (FEA), MSC Nastran is the most trusted FEA solver for industries such as aerospace and automotive. MSC Nastran is a multidisciplinary structural analysis application used by engineers to perform static, dynamic, and thermal analysis across linear and nonlinear domains. It is complemented by automated structural optimization and award winning embedded fatigue analysis technologies, all enabled by high-performance computing.

The key benefits of using MSC Nastran are:

Benefits And Features

Trusted multidisciplinary structural analysis

Virtual testing and prototyping

Create virtual prototypes early in the design process to reduce costs traditionally associated with physical prototyping.

Ensure structural integrity

Remedy structural issues that may occur during a product’s service to minimize downtime and lower costs.

Optimise product performance

Optimise the performance of existing designs or develop unique product differentiators to gain competitive industry advantages.

What's New

Learn about the latest in MSC Nastran 2024.2

Hexagon is proud to announce the release of MSC Nastran 2024.2. This update brings revolutionary capabilities for topology optimization workflows with SOL 200, high-performance computing improvements, enhanced non-linear capabilities in SOL 400 NLPERF, and powerful new NVH analysis tools.

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Support

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