WoundSim 2026 Release
WoundSim Abaqus 2026-1
We’re excited to announce the release of WoundSim Abaqus 2026-1, now available for download. This update delivers enhancements to streamline your simulation workflows and accelerate design analysis.
New in WoundSim 2026-1:
- Output Request on user-defined Abaqus steps WoundSim output request can now be applied to steps that were defined within Abaqus/CAE and not specified within the WoundSim Loading step.
- COPV Cylindrical Element Remeshing Cylindrical elements are very useful for bending analysis of COPVs. However, Abaqus/CAE often improperly generates the midside nodes such that the model fails in the batch pre-processor. Dramatic performance improvements have been made for the tool in WoundSim that regenerates the COPV midside nodes.
- Liner Cylindrical Element Remeshing A standalone tool has been created for regenerating the midside nodes of liner parts meshed with cylindrical elements.
- 3D Mandrel Creation When generating a mandrel definition from a 3D liner, WoundSim can now handle the axis of the liner part being shifted away from one of the global axes.
- 2D Liner Creation from 3D Part When using the WoundSim Abaqus tool to generate a 2D liner from a 3D liner, the 3D liner part may now be shifted away from the assigned global axis.
- 3D Liner Creation from Sketch The WoundSim tool that generates 3D parts from axisymmetric sketches has been expanded to allow user to specify whether meshing with bricks or cylindrical elements. If meshing with cylindrical elements, it automatically recalculates the midside nodes of the cylindrical elements. An option was also added to allow user to choose whether or not to assign through thickness mesh seeds. This is useful for components in the boss area that don’t make up the liner.
- Meshing improvement Improvements to the meshing algorithm have been made to increase the chance that the assigned number of elements through the thickness is honored. In some cases, a mesh can’t be created with the specified number of elements through the thickness, but those cases have become rarer.