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Livermore Software Technology

78Patents
70Active
78Granted
51Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 17, 2001 → Sep 17, 2018 · 32 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8069017B2 Method of initializing bolt pretension in a finite element analysis Physics 80 Active
US7996344B1 Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based engineering design optimization Physics 35 Active
US7167816B1 Eulerian-Lagrangian mapping for finite element analysis Physics 17 Expired
US7286972B2 Implicit-explicit switching for finite element analysis Physics 16 Expired
US7590514B1 Method and system for simulating inflation of an enclosed volume with flexible boundary using gas particles Physics 15 Active
US8126684B2 Topology optimization for designing engineering product Physics 14 Active
US8612186B2 Numerical simulation of structural behaviors using a meshfree-enriched finite element method Physics 12 Active
US7415400B2 System, method, and device for designing a die to stamp metal parts to an exact final dimension Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7660480B1 Practical fast mesh-free analysis Physics 9 Active
US7392163B1 Method and system for controlling hourglass deformations of solid elements in finite element analysis Physics 9 Expired
US8180605B1 Methods and systems for creating a smooth contact-impact interface in finite element analysis Physics 7 Active
US7499050B2 Method and system for mesh-free analysis of general three-dimensional shell structures Physics 7 Expired
US7640146B2 Method and system for modeling spot welds in a finite element analysis Physics 6 Active
US7308387B1 Method and system for numerically simulating foam-like material in finite element analysis Physics 6 Expired
US7382367B1 Method and system for transferring state variables in adaptive mesh-free analysis Physics 6 Active
US8855977B2 Numerically simulating structural behaviors of a product using explicit finite element analysis with a combined technique of mass scaling and subcycling Physics 5 Active
US8306793B2 Systems and methods of performing vibro-acoustic analysis of a structure Physics 5 Active
US8200464B2 Explosion simulation in finite element analysis Physics 5 Active
US7702490B1 Method and system for adaptive mesh-free shell structures Physics 4 Active
US7395128B2 System, method, and device for designing a die to stamp metal parts to an exact final dimension Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US8898042B2 Multi-objective engineering design optimization using sequential adaptive sampling in the pareto optimal region Physics 4 Active
US7953578B2 Systems and methods of limiting contact penetration in numerical simulation of non-linear structure response Physics 4 Active
US8271237B2 Fully-integrated hexahedral elements configured for reducing shear locking in finite element method Physics 4 Active
US8577656B1 Methods and systems for numerically simulating inflation of an airbag configured with a plurality of connected flexible-boundary volumes Physics 3 Active
US7533577B1 Determination of elastomer material properties for the Mullins effect using a bi-axial test device Physics 3 Active

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