<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
engineering	O
simulation	O
software	O
program	O
that	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
worldwide	O
by	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R	O
&	O
D	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Bentley	O
Systems	O
acquired	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R&D	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
in	O
industry	O
and	O
academia	O
to	O
solve	O
structural	O
,	O
fluid	O
,	O
heat	O
transfer	O
,	O
and	O
electromagnetic	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
solve	O
multiphysics	B-Algorithm
problems	O
,	O
including	O
fluid-structure	O
interactions	O
and	O
thermo-mechanical	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
's	O
nonlinear	O
structural	O
analysis	O
code	O
is	O
offered	O
as	O
the	O
NX	O
Nastran	O
Advanced	O
Nonlinear	O
module	B-Architecture
,	O
Sol	O
601/701	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
was	O
started	O
in	O
1974	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Klaus-Jürgen	O
Bathe	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
he	O
finished	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
principal	O
developer	O
,	O
the	O
finite	O
element	O
programs	O
SAP	O
IV	O
and	O
NONSAP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Bathe	O
founded	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R	O
&	O
D	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
USA	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
continues	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
as	O
technical	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R	O
&	O
D	O
performs	O
all	O
developments	O
of	O
the	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
program	O
in-house	O
,	O
and	O
focuses	O
on	O
reliable	O
and	O
efficient	O
finite	O
element	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R	O
&	O
D	O
sponsored	O
twelve	O
bi-yearly	O
academic	O
conferences	O
at	O
M.I.T.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
R	O
&	O
D	O
signed	O
an	O
OEM	O
agreement	O
with	O
EDS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
agreement	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
's	O
nonlinear	O
structural	O
analysis	O
capabilities	O
are	O
now	O
offered	O
with	O
NX	O
Nastran	O
by	O
Siemens	O
PLM	O
Software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Nonlinear	O
module	B-Architecture
,	O
Solution	O
601	O
/	O
701	O
,	O
for	O
implicit	B-Algorithm
/	I-Algorithm
explicit	I-Algorithm
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADINA	B-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
acronym	O
for	O
Automatic	O
Dynamic	O
Incremental	O
Nonlinear	O
Analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
program	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
core	O
modules	B-Architecture
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
modules	B-Architecture
can	O
be	O
used	O
fully	O
coupled	O
together	O
to	O
solve	O
multiphysics	B-Algorithm
problems	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
response	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
interaction	O
of	O
several	O
distinct	O
physical	O
fields	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
suite	O
of	O
programs	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
User	O
Interface	O
,	O
or	O
AUI	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
solid	O
modeler	O
,	O
ADINA-M	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
pre	O
-	O
and	O
post-processing	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AUI	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
import	O
solid	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
finite	O
element	O
models	O
in	O
Nastran	O
format	O
,	O
providing	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
many	O
CAD	B-Application
and	O
CAE	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
suite	O
,	O
Femap	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
pre	O
-	O
and	O
post-processing	O
of	O
ADINA	B-Algorithm
data	O
in	O
structural	O
,	O
CFD	O
,	O
and	O
FSI	O
analyses	O
.	O
</s>
