Case Study: Georgia Institute of Technology advances virtual prototyping with Dassault Systèmes

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology's Aerospace Systems Design Lab (ASDL) faced the challenge of reducing the expensive and time-consuming process of designing and testing physical prototypes for complex unmanned aerial systems (UAS). They needed a way to bring more information into the concept phase to manage risk and development time, requiring a virtual environment to design, analyze, and test UAS configurations efficiently while maintaining traceability of requirements.

Dassault Systèmes implemented its Winning Program Industry Solution Experience on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, which provided an integrated framework using CATIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA applications. This solution from Dassault Systèmes enabled the lab to virtually prototype, analyze, and test UAS designs, significantly reducing design time, ensuring requirements were met, and providing the confidence that concepts would perform as expected before physical prototyping. The platform also allowed for knowledge capture and component reuse for future projects.

Georgia Institute of Technology