Greg and Justin. sorry for the slow answer. Yes, there are specific modules for creating tires in several different packages. There are also modules for setting up non-linear suspension springs. Once the tires are set up you can define its contact with the ground and it’s pretty fast. You...
Justin,
you should look at a few alternatives that are still commercial grade and cheaper than Adams (generally) I list them in decreasing cost order based on best guess. As Greg said, it just depends on what you need to solve. Some are better than others at contacts or flexible or...
I think for the basic package you are looking around $40k. If you want the plus points, that's harder. Easy one - MSC Adams is biggest player in the market. It just seems that improvements have been slowing for years because they think they are the only game in town.
I'm looking for any information on the accuracy of simsolid. Is it like discovery live where you can make adjustments to increase accuracy at the expense of speed? How accurate is it? Looking for validation studies from users, not vendors.
since you are bending the wire, it needs to be modeled as a flexible body and you will have to use multibody dynamics for modeling the contacts and flexible bodies at the same time. It also depends on how much transient behavior you want to see. Maybe you can do it with FEA, but not easily...
