Analysis
Crash simulations use a method of analysis called the finite element method to solve complex problems by dividing a surface into a large but still finite number of elements and determining the motion of these elements over very small periods of time. Essentially, using this method, one can solve many smaller problems instead of one larger one. Pam-Crash started crash simulation and together with LS-DYNA is a software package which is widely used for crash simulation.
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