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The Methods Development Group (MDG) develops and supports software for engineering simulation. A historical focus has been nonlinear explicit and implicit finite-element codes for dynamic and quasi-static structural mechanics and heat transfer analyses. Newer efforts are also including other field theories, e.g., surface chemistry. The emphasis is now on several three-dimensional codes: DYNA3D, ParaDyn (the parallel version of DYNA3D), NIKE3D, TOPAZ3D, and Diablo (a parallel, multimechanics code uniting functionalities of NIKE3D and TOPAZ3D). MDG also develops and supports the Griz post-processor and Mili I/O library. The suite of two-dimensional applications (Maze, DYNA2D, NIKE2D and Orion) are available but supported only on an ad hoc basis. The Methods Development Group is a part of the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED). |
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