Call for Papers for the PERMAS Users' Conference 2024 extended until December 15th!

INTES celebrates its 40th anniversary and cordially invites you to the PERMAS users’ conference at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart.

You are cordially invited to give a presentation on your applications of PERMAS or VisPER and on your experience in using the software in different simulation workflows. Both new applications and proven simulation technologies are valuable topics to be presented to a broader audience. We are happy to receive your proposals and to discuss ideas with you. Please provide your proposal until December 15th!

INTES will do its best to create a pleasant atmosphere at the conference. We hope for an interesting and stimulating event and are looking forward to welcome you to Stuttgart.

The complete Call for Papers with all details is available here: Call For Papers.


For questions and further information please use: uc2024@intes.de

Invitation for the PERMAS Users' Conference 2024 (April 25th and 26th, 2024)

INTES celebrates its 40th anniversary and cordially invites you to the PERMAS users’ conference at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart.

The lecture program represents a broad spectrum of interesting applications. The new PERMAS release, version 20, and its new features will be presented. Moreover, the event is a unique opportunity to exchange experiences among the participants for networking and to get in contact with the developpers.

INTES will do its best to create a pleasant atmosphere at the conference. We hope for an interesting and stimulating event and are looking forward to welcome you to Stuttgart.

Moreover, the event is a unique opportunity for a face to face exchange of experiences among the participants and by a direct contact to the software editors.

The complete Call for Papers with all details is available here: Invitation.


For questions and further information please use: uc2024@intes.de

Call for Papers for the PERMAS Users' Conference 2024 (April 25th and 26th, 2024)

INTES celebrates its 40th anniversary and cordially invites you to the PERMAS users’ conference at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart.

You are cordially invited to give a presentation on your applications of PERMAS or VisPER and on your experience in using the software in different simulation workflows. Both new applications and proven simulation technologies are valuable topics to be presented to a broader audience. We are happy to receive your proposals and to discuss ideas with you.

INTES will do its best to create a pleasant atmosphere at the conference. We hope for an interesting and stimulating event and are looking forward to welcome you to Stuttgart.

Moreover, the event is a unique opportunity for a face to face exchange of experiences among the participants and by a direct contact to the software editors.

The complete Call for Papers with all details is available here: Call For Papers.


For questions and further information please use: uc2024@intes.de

Our Online PERMAS training courses in English will start on October 17th. You can register online!

1. PERMAS Online Training in autumn
   We are offering three of our standard training courses in autumn on fixed dates in English and online. The online training courses take place in the mornings (CET), with a classic training day always being divided into two mornings. The dates of these training courses can be seen in our training calendar and on the training page on our Homepage. Our training program provides detailed information on the content of all available training courses.
   The training dates:
   • October 17-20: PERMAS Basics
   • October 24-27: Dynamics I + II
   • November 14-15: Contact Analysis Basics
   In addition to the training program, you will find the online registration on our homepage as well as a registration form. You can flexibly choose between the two registration options. If you are interested in a training course, we ask you to register at least 2 weeks before the respective training date.


2. New Dynamics Special Topics
   Due to the ongoing specialization and the constant expansion of topics in the field of dynamics, we are now offering three additional half-day training courses on special topics:
   • Rotating Systems
   • Random Vibrations
   • Nonlinear Dynamics / Harmonic Balance Method
   These can be booked as individual online training courses in German or English. We would be happy to advise you on the new training topics. We look forward to your inquiry. The dynamics training courses I and II will continue to be offered and serve as basic training for PERMAS in dynamics.


3. Individual Training Overview
   We offer individual training courses throughout the year, either in German or English, online or at our office in Stuttgart. The dates are coordinated individually. We offer these training courses starting from 2 participants for EUR 980 per training day. We will be happy to quote prices for more participants and for training courses at your site upon request.
   • PERMAS Basics Training
   • Contact Analysis
   • Contact Analysis Advanced
   • Dynamics I
   • Dynamics II Advanced Applications
   • Dynamics – Special Topics
     • Rotating Systems
     • Radom Vibrations
     • Nonlinear Dynamics / Harmonic Balance Method
   • Fluid-Structur Acoustics
   • Nonlinear Statics
   • VisPER Basics
   • Design Optimization
   • Topology Optimization
   • Advanced Modeling Features
   • Heat Transfer
   • Substructure Technique
   Our training program provides detailed information about the content. We would be happy to advise you if you require special training topics.

In addition, detailed information and all forms are available on the training page of our Homepage. English training courses for PERMAS can be arranged on an individual basis. Therefore we offer the courses at any time convenient to you, provided that an instructor is available. We need to know about the date 6 weeks in advance for planning. So please suggest a date that suits you. Usually, the training takes place in our office in Stuttgart.

We regularly offer regular training courses for PERMAS in the fall. These are then carried out online.

Please note that the language for the regular courses in spring listed on the training page is German and that they take place in Stuttgart unless denoted differently.

We would be pleased to advise you on the ideal selection of training courses.

Organisation and information:
Claudia Krauss
Tel.: +49 711 78499-0
E-Mail: Claudia.Krauss@intes.de

Our PERMAS Technology Day will take place again on April 27th in Stuttgart. You can register online! All information can be found on our event page.

We cordially invite you to our PERMAS Technology Day on April 27th, 2023 at 9.30 Uhr a.m. in Stuttgart.

The event will be held in German and will take place in our office in Stuttgart. For our international users, the PERMAS Users' Conference will take place again in 2024. Contact us today if you would like to contribute to our 40th anniversary in 2024.

In lectures we show a variety of technical applications on current PERMAS and VisPER topics. The event will take place in the office of INTES at Breitwiesenstrasse in Stuttgart. Approximately 30 minutes are planned for the presentations with a short discussion. Questions are welcome directly after the presentations and in one-to-one discussions.

As a further part of the technology day, we would like to talk to our guests about questions and concerns of software users in a TechTalk. We will reserve time for this in the afternoon. We encourage you to participate by giving us your points for the TechTalk on the attached sheet or by email up to one week before the event. We are happy to answer your questions and suggestions.

Participation in the PERMAS Technology Day is free of charge for you, including meals. Registration closes on Monday, April 17th.

We look forward to your participation.

You can register online! All information can be found on our event page.

English training courses for PERMAS can be arranged on an individual basis. Therefore we offer the courses at any time convenient to you, provided that an instructor is available. We need to know about the date 6 weeks in advance for planning. So please suggest a date that suits you. Usually, the training takes place in our office in Stuttgart.

We regularly offer regular training courses for PERMAS in the fall. These are then carried out online.

Please note that the language for the regular courses in spring listed on the training page is German and that they take place in Stuttgart unless denoted differently.

We would be pleased to advise you on the ideal selection of training courses.

Organisation and information:
Claudia Krauss
Tel.: +49 711 78499-0
E-Mail: Claudia.Krauss@intes.de

INTES will be represented at numerous events with specialist lectures in the spring of 2023.

The topics range from generative design, additive manufacturing, sampling, harmonic balance method and fast contact solvers to fatigue life calculation.

This are the lectures in detail (events):

• 13./14. March 2023: NAFEMS Seminar "Robust Design & DoE mit realen Defekten" in Munich : "Advanced Sampling Techniques for Synchroneous Whirl of a Rotor subjected to uncertainties" und "DoE To Extend Knowledge about NVH Behavior of Braking Systems" vertreten.
• 15. - 18. May 2023: NAFEMS World Congress in Tampa, Florida, USA: "Design Space Exploration and Optimization of Structures under Consideration of Buckling Conditions", "Contact Analysis in EV Applications", "Generative Design - Topology Optimization from CAD to CAD", "Standardized Testing with Simulation Support in Structural Dynamics", "The Harmonic Balance Method and its Applications in Structural Dynamics", "Product validation with High Performance Simulations", "Benefits from Integrating Fatigue Analysis into the FEM Solver" and "Weight Optimization of Transmission Housings" vertreten.

As the year draws to a close we would like to express to all our customers and friends our gratitude for sharing business with us and for your commitment to our company.

As every year we have tried to virtually work on a seasonal topic.

Harmonic Balance is the topic of this year:

A Christmas bell is rung by a harmonic bouncing of a clapper onto the bell surface considering nonlinear contact conditions. The clapper excites the bell due to a prescribed sinusoidal movement which constant frequency lies near the first resonance frequency of the bell at 110 Hz. All deformation and acoustic results are analyzed by Harmonic Balance Method combined with Time History analysis.

The animation on the left side shows the proportion of acoustic sound radiation power for the forth harmonic vibration of all single frequencies in a range between 90 Hz to 130 Hz.

The animation on the right side shows the ringing of the bell in time domain. Therefore all considered harmonics are proportionately superimposed in one period for the selected excitation frequency at 110 Hz.

In order to contribute to environmental protection, we donate to the WWF for the "Stop the Plastic Flood" project to reduce plastic waste in the seas.

We wish you a healthy, peaceful, and secure new year 2023.

INTES GmbH

Do you have any questions about simulation or the pictures?
We look forward to your email.
E-Mail: info@intes.de

INTES will be represented at numerous events with specialist lectures in the second half of 2022.

The topics range from generative design, additive manufacturing, sampling, harmonic balance method and fast contact solvers to fatigue life calculation.

This are the lectures in detail (events):

• 14 September 2022: At the 23. Bayreuther 3D-Konstrukteurstag at the University Bayreuth, Germany, INTES is contributing the presentation "Generative Design for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing"
• 25 - 28 September 2022: At the SAE Brake Colloquium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, INTES is contributing the presentation "Sampling of Parameters to Predict and Consider their Variation During Application by Simulation"
• 27 - 29 September 2022: At Car Body Parts - from development to production des Automotive Circle in Bad Nauheim INTES is contributing the presentation "Generative design for hybrid additive manufacturing from CAD to CAD"
• 4 - 6 October 2022: At the NAFEMS DACH Regionalkonferenz 2022 in Bamberg, Germany, INTES is contributing the presentations "Die Methode der harmonischen Balance in der Strukturdynamik" and "Formoptimierung bei statischen Spannungen und Schallabstrahlung"
• 22 - 23 November 2022: At the VDI SimVEC in Baden-Baden, Germany, INTES is contributing the presentations "Kontaktlöser der nächsten Generation, Rechengenauigkeit und Performance auf einem neuen Level" and "Reduktion der Prozesskomplexität durch Integration der Lebensdauerberechnung in die FEM-Simulation"

At this year's PERMAS Web Conference, we were able to welcome up to 120 guests worldwide online. On the regular dates, each on two Wednesday/Thursday combinations, individual subject areas were presented with in 90 to 150 minutes.

The industry lectures and the presentation of the latest PERMAS technologies met with great interest. A wide range of topics was covered, which alone the titles for the seven dates illustrate:
- PERMAS V19
- Nonlinear Analysis
- Dynamics
- V19 Highlights

Of particular note among the innovations presented for PERMAS V19 are the two completely new subject areas Harmonic Balance Method and Lifetime Calculation.

In the subsequent discussions and through e-mails, we were able to take up many suggestions from our customers.

After this successful web conference we look forward to the next events!

This were the topics on each day in detail (complete program):

• Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): PERMAS V19
• Thursday, June 30, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): Nonlinear Analyses
• Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): Dynamics
• Thursday, Jule 7, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): PERMAS V19

Invitation for the 2. PERMAS Web-Users' Conference (June 29 - July 7 2022)

We cordially invite you to our web conference series where users and developers together present a varied program at four dates, inviting you to a vital exchange. The current version of the program is visible here: Program Web Conference. It is still subject to change.

Starting from June 29th, we will discuss on Wednesdays and Thursdays a dedicated topic at 9:30 am (CEST) for about 1.5 hours and look forward to your participation as well as a lively exchange with you.

Participation is free of charge. We kindly ask you to register informally by email to: uc2022@intes.de - for all dates in a single email or individually for each date. Registration closes on Monday before the respective web conference date. You will then receive an invitation to the current date with a link to the conference. The number of participants is limited for technical reasons. We will use the order of registrations.

In order to take part in the discussion, you need a microphone - in addition there will be a chat option.

Here is a brief overview of the topics on each day (complete program):

• Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): PERMAS V19
• Thursday, June 30, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): Nonlinear Analyses
• Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): Dynamics
• Thursday, Jule 7, 2022, 9:30 AM (CEST): PERMAS V19

For questions and fourther information please use: uc2022@intes.de

The lecture "Is Bolt Loosening Based on Advanced Pretension Functionality Predictable?" shows the ability of PERMAS to provide detailed results for bolt thread connections with simple bolt modeling. The new method is intended to be used with multi bolt models.
The presentation is now available in an edited version on YouTube: Is Bolt Loosening Based on Advanced Pretension Functionality Predictable?.
Do you have any questions about the lecture or PERMAS?
We look forward to your call or email.
Tel.: 0711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

News about PERMAS for Education from GACM.

Die German Association for Computational Mechanics reports on PERMAS for Education.

The German Association for Computational Mechanics (GACM) is a non-governmental association. The objective of GACM is to stimulate and promote education, research and practice in computational mechanics and computational methods in applied sciences, to foster the interchange of ideas among various fields contributing to computational mechanics, and to provide forums and meetings for the dissemination of knowledge about computational mechanics in Germany.

Call for Papers for the 2. PERMAS Web-Users' Conference (June 29 - July 14 2022)

The next PERMAS Users’ Conference will also take place as a virtual meeting.

We cordially invite you to talk about your applications and experiences with PERMAS/VisPER. Whether new or proven simulation topics, every area of application offers interesting aspects that deserve it to be exposed. We look forward to each of your suggestions.

We ourselves would also be curious to learn more about your experiences with e.g.:

• Contact (multigrid),
• Optimization,
• Dynamics and fluid-structure acoustics,
• Design of electric vehicles or
• Nonlinear material.

A lively exchange of experiences is driven from your contributions. INTES will do its best to create a pleasant atmosphere during the event.

The complete Call for Papers with all details is available here: Call For Papers.

For questions and fourther information please use: wc2022@intes.de

As reported in the media, there is currently a critical security vulnerability that was discovered in the Java package "log4j" a few days ago.
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) classifies this security gap with the highest warning level.
We have checked our products intensively. Neither PERMAS, VisPER nor our tools use Log4j and are therefore NOT affected by this security vulnerability.

The lecture "PERMAS Computes Highly Nonlinear Structures" was presented at the PERMAS Tech Meeting in April 2021.
The presentation is now available in an edited version on YouTube: PERMAS Computes Highly Nonlinear Structures.
Do you have any questions about the lecture or PERMAS?
We look forward to your call or email.
Tel.: 0711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

A joint process of different disciplines is important for a simulation driven design process. To improve product performance, correct data of different disciplinces may by integrated in a numerical optimization with PERMAS.
Special thanks to STIHL for the permission to release this information.
All information is on our new simulation process chains with PERMAS flyer.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: +49 711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

We are glad to welcome Wuhan Yixingyun Technology Co., Ltd. as new PERMAS distributor in China. We wish best success.

We cordially invite all PERMAS user to our PERMAS Tech Meeting on April 22nd, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.
In three lectures we will show a variety of technical applications on current PERMAS and VisPER topics. The event will be online and compact in one morning. Each lecture will last about 30 minutes. Questions will be highly welcome directly after the lectures. Since all international PERMAS users can also benefit from the information online, the lectures will be held in English.
In a discussion and feedback round after the presentations, the presenters will answer the questions and suggestions from the chat.
Participation in PERMAS Tech Meetings is free of charge for you. We ask for an informal registration by email to: tm2021@intes.de . Registration closes on Monday, April 19th. You will then receive an invitation with a link to the conference.
We look forward to your participation.

Detailed Invitation with all information as PDF.

INTES has started a series of five posts about PERMAS contact analysis on LinkedIn.

Contact Analysis? - PERMAS
Do you want to save modelling time by automatic meshing? Specific interpolation schemes will give good stresses also for coarsed (corner node based) contacts.
Are missing initial penetrations hard to handle? This is a frequent problem of contact solvers.
What about contact and large deformations? See animation for an example.
All five pages with a lot of informationen about contact analysis are on our new contact analysis flyer.
Please check also our flyer about Contact Analysis - Fast and Accurate.
Do you like to get all information by presentation? Here is the video Next Generation Contact Analysis.
This link leads you directly to our INTES LinkedIn page. We look forward to every new follower.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: 0711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

We are glad to welcome Numeritec China technology Co, Ltd. as new PERMAS distributor in China. We wish best success.

On a five pages flyer we present the outstanding performance of PERMAS contact analysis.
All five pages with a lot of informationen about contact analysis are on our new contact analysis flyer.
Do you like to get all information by presentation? Here is the video Next Generation Contact Analysis.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: +49 711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

Have you already seen our interesting projects on ResearchGate?
The projects are related to publications on ResearchGate and show how these are solved with PERMAS. You can calculate all examples with PERMAS4EDU.
You can find more information about PERMAS4EDU on our Flyer PERMAS4EDU or on PERMAS4EDU homepage.
You can find more information about PERMAS4EDU and videos with instructions on YouTube in our PERMAS4EDU Playlist.
Would you like to register for PERMAS4EDU immediately and download it for free? Go straight to our Registration.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: +49 711 78499-49
E-Mail: info@intes.de

On this new flyer we present the outstanding performance and accuracy of PERMAS contact analysis.
Two pages with a lot of informationen about contact analysis are on our new contact analysis flyer.
Do you like to get all information by presentation? Here is the video Next Generation Contact Analysis.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: +49 711 78499-18
E-Mail: info@intes.de

PERMAS4EDU is the ideal tool to become acquainted with the software or to be used in academic coursework on the Finite Element method. You can get to know the outstanding properties of PERMAS and the wide range of applications with PERMAS4EDU. The model editor VisPER is also included. PERMAS4EDU thus covers the entire process chain from the FE mesh to evaluation.
You can find more information about PERMAS4EDU on our Flyer PERMAS4EDU or on PERMAS4EDU homepage.
You can find more information about PERMAS4EDU and videos with instructions on YouTube in our PERMAS4EDU Playlist.
Would you like to register for PERMAS4EDU immediately and download it for free? Go straight to our Registration.
Do you have any questions or you would like to get more information, don't hesitate to contact us:
Tel.: +49 711 78499-49
E-Mail: info@intes.de

We are glad to announce that the new PERMAS/VisPER V18 is now available for our customers.

PERMAS V18 includes new functionalities like

• CAMG, the new generation of contact solvers and
• NLSA, which allows the simulation of hyperelastic behaviour of material,

as well as numerous innovations, enhancements and improvements which have been integrated in a release note.

Furthermore, we offer V18 Upgrade training in order to work with the software efficiently.

We hope you can use our software with pleasure and good success.