MSC Software Corporation, the leader in multidiscipline simulation solutions that accelerate product innovation, announced the new release of Dytran 2013, software program for simulating and analyzing extreme, short-duration events involving the deformation of structural materials and the interaction of fluids and structures.

Dytran is an explicit finite element analysis (FEA) solution for simulating short-duration events like impact and crash, and to analyze the complex nonlinear behavior that structures undergo during these events. Dytran enables you to study the structural integrity of designs to ensure that final products stand a better chance of meeting customer safety, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

Dytran delivers a structural, material flow and coupled FSI analysis capabilities in a single package. Dytran uses a unique coupling feature that enables integrated analysis of structural components with fluids and highly deformed materials in one continuous simulation.

Dytran 2013 is the latest and most comprehensive version of Dytran released by MSC Software, bringing new simulation technology and improved performance.

Dytran 2013 includes major new capabilities that are primarily focused in the areas of High Performance Computing (HPC) for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) applications resulting in dramatic performance improvement for CPU intensive simulations. These are:

- 1-D to 3-D Spherical Symmetry and 2-D to 3-D Axial Symmetry Remapping for blast loads
- Enhancements to Coupling and Clumping algorithms to improve the Distributed Memory Parallel performance of FSI applications.
- New interface to USA code for Underwater Shock Explosion applications.