Across industries, engineers face a familiar challenge: designs that look perfect in CAD often behave differently under real-world conditions. Physical testing is costly and slow, and product performance depends on complex nonlinear and coupled physics at scales that traditional engineering analysis tools aren’t able to address.
Abaqus changes that.
Whether used standalone or powering structural simulation in the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, Abaqus delivers advanced, scalable linear and nonlinear simulation and realistic material modeling. When accessed through the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, teams also benefit from seamless links from design to validation. Together, these capabilities help predict product behavior, reduce the need for prototypes, optimize performance, and innovate without compromise.
WHAT ABAQUS CAN DO FOR YOU
 | Nonlinear Structural AnalysisChallenge: “Complex deformations and contacts are critical to the behavior I’m trying to simulate.” Solution: Abaqus captures large deformations, contact, and nonlinear material behavior with unmatched accuracy, so your models mirror reality. |
 | Multiphysics CouplingChallenge: “Interactions between structures, fluids, electrical, and thermal loads are hard to analyze.” |
 | Cloud SolutionChallenge: “I need a comprehensive, scalable environment for structural simulation.” Solution: Abaqus on 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud combines class-leading FEA and cutting-edge results |
| Advanced Material ModelingChallenge: “Material responses have complex dependencies on time, stress, temperature, and other fields.” |
 | Linear DynamicsChallenge: “Legacy tools for NVH and durability don’t scale or accurately account for nonlinear base states.” |
 | Implicit/Explicit InteroperabilityChallenge: “My workflows rely on both implicit and explicit FEA simulation” |
WHAT’S NEW AND BETTER IN ABAQUS
Nonlinear Materials | Mechanics & Contact | Performance & Scalability |
|---|---|---|
| Elastomer and Polymer Modeling Enhancements | Surface wear | Explicit GPU Acceleration |
| Material Cure Modeling | Improved Submodeling | DMP Eigensolvers for Frequency and Buckle Analyses |
| Frequency and Field Variable Dependent Damping | Surface Tension | GPU Iterative Sparse Solver |
| Paperboard | Coupled Battery Multiphysics | Fourier and Inverse Fourier Transform for Modal Analysis |
THE REAL-WORLD PAYOFF: WHAT ABAQUS MEANS FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE
Reduce Physical Prototypes
Validate designs virtually to reduce costly prototype iterations.
Accelerate Product Development
Identify performance issues earlier to reduce redesign cycles and keep projects on schedule.
Design with Confidence
Capture real-world behavior with high-fidelity simulation to support confident engineering decisions.
Unified Simulation Environment
Connect design and simulation workflows to improve collaboration and continuity.
WHY ENGINEERS CHOOSE ABAQUS
What Slows You Down | How Abaqus Makes It Easier |
| Disconnected CAD–CAE workflows cause data loss and delays | Maintain design–simulation continuity with 3DEXPERIENCE |
| Simulations don’t scale on high-core CPUs | Solve larger models faster with scalable CPU and GPU performance |
| Simplified models reduce prediction accuracy | Improve prediction accuracy with realistic material and multiphysics behavior |
| Different simulation tools with multiple models | Reuse models across simulation approaches to reduce setup time and complexity |
Integrated with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Abaqus extends simulation beyond analysis by connecting design, engineering, and validation workflows in a single collaborative environment, helping teams innovate faster and with greater confidence.
Abaqus—Simulate Reality. Engineer Confidence. |
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