Mathematica Solution for Mechanical Engineering

Design and simulate your mechanical systems with interactive applications using built-in surface-modeling capabilities and sophisticated optimization routines—one system, one integrated workflow.

Underlying the Mathematica mechanical engineering solution is the world's most accurate symbolic and numeric engine, with highly automated superfunctions for differential equation solving and large-scale eigensystem computation, all with self-checking high-precision arithmetic.

Building interactive applications into your everyday workflow

Prototyping a four-stroke radial engine

KEY CAPABILITIES

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KEY CAPABILITIES

WHY CHOOSE MATHEMATICA

WAYS TO USE

Compare Mathematica to your current tools. Do they have these advantages?
Built-in industrial-strength surface-modeling primitives for modeling highly customized surfaces, such as medical implant devices, automobile bodies, and more
Competitor note: Matlab does not have built-in surface-modeling primitives
Highly optimized superfunctions analyze your equations and automatically select the right algorithms to get you accurate results quickly—sometimes switching mid-calculation for further optimization »
Competitor note: Non-Mathematica computation systems make you analyze your equations manually to determine which function to apply—e.g., where in Mathematica you use NDSolve, in Matlab you must correctly choose among ode45, ode23, ode113, ode15s, bvp4c, pdepe, and so on or risk wrong answers
Analyze and optimize mechanical assemblies in one system, using built-in constrained and unconstrained optimization routines
Competitor note: Matlab requires an extra-cost toolbox for optimization; Pro/Engineer requires the extra-cost Pro/Mechanica add-on for design optimization
Automated precision control and arbitrary-precision numerics produce accurate results for large-scale finite element analysis problems »
Competitor note: Matlab relies on finite-precision numerics, which can cause serious errors due to lack of precision

Automatically compute higher-order differential equations using Mathematica's mixed symbolic-numeric architecture »
Competitor note: Matlab requires you to manually rewrite higher-order differential equations into first-order equations for computation
Instantly build interactive applications to prototype dynamic systems »
Competitor note: Unique to Mathematica
Write functions that generate other functions using Mathematica's functional programming capabilities for nonstandard applications, such as creating FEA code that is independent of space dimensions
Competitor note: Matlab does not support functional programming

KEY CAPABILITIES

WHY CHOOSE MATHEMATICA

WAYS TO USE

Surface modeling of complex surfaces, including automobile bodies, gas turbine blades, medical equipment, and more
Predicting failure of moving components by computing eigenfrequencies
Calculating free and forced vibrations of linear damped, lumped-parameter, multi-degree-of-freedom models of mechanical systems
Design-parameter optimization for mechanical systems like rack-and-gear mechanisms, piston-crankshaft assembly, and more
Model building and system simulation in multiple domains, like mechanics, electronics, hydraulics, and control systems, via the MathModelica System Designer Professional application package