{"id":241481,"date":"2022-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/sin-categoria\/cimne-launches-virtual-lab-an-open-source-software-which-imitates-an-universal-press\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:11:53","slug":"cimne-launches-virtual-lab-an-open-source-software-which-imitates-an-universal-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/es\/cimne-launches-virtual-lab-an-open-source-software-which-imitates-an-universal-press\/","title":{"rendered":"CIMNE launches Virtual Lab, an open-source software which imitates an universal press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimne.com\/cvdata\/cntr2\/spc2\/dtos\/mdia\/News\/virtuallab.png\" alt=\"Virtual lab\" width=\"300\" style=\"float: left;padding-right: 15px\" \/>CIMNE has just launched the Virtual Lab program which simulates an universal press<\/strong> in a very friendly and intuitive graphical environment based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gidsimulation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GID\"><strong>GiD<\/strong><\/a> and in which the user can perform destructive compression, traction, shear and bending tests with normalized or free-form specimens. <span>This code is freely distributed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Both the standardized test pieces<\/strong>, as well as the most common materials, are defined in the program&#039;s database, which facilitates their use. The program also allows the free placement of strain gauges on the specimen.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis is carried out using the <strong>FEM-DEM technique developed at CIMNE<\/strong> and which is capable of adequately capturing the trajectory of the cracks and the behaviour of the material during the cracking process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mesh generation is semi-automatic<\/strong>, leaving its quality to the user&#039;s discretion.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the results obtained,<strong> it is possible to see step by step the levels of cracking, stresses and deformations within the specimen, as well as the graphs that relate the values obtained by the gauges.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00abThis new program can be a very interesting aid for the study and learning of destructive tests in the laboratory\u00bb, explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimne.com\/sgp\/dir\/Profile.aspx?id=596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Francisco Z&aacute;rate\"><strong>Francisco Z&aacute;rate<\/strong><\/a>, researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimne.com\/space\/1149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Structural Mechanics\"><strong>Structural Mechanics<\/strong><\/a> group of CIMNE, <span>who has developed the software, in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimne.com\/sgp\/dir\/Profile.aspx?id=1919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Diego Aguilera\"><strong>Diego Aguilera<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIMNE has just launched the Virtual Lab program which simulates an universal press in a very friendly and intuitive graphical environment based on GiD and in which the user can perform destructive compression, traction, shear and bending tests with normalized or free-form specimens. This code is freely distributed. 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