Patents by Inventor Willem Roux

Willem Roux has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for distinguishing effects due to bifurcation from effects due to design variable changes in finite element analysis
    Patent number: 7386425
    Abstract: A method, a software product and a system for distinguishing effects due to bifurcation from effects due to design variable changes in finite element analysis is disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, 1) a plurality of design experiments is analyzed with finite element analysis (FEA) software; 2) a metamodel is constructed from the FEA responses using the least squares fitting technique; 3) any FEA response that is not predicted by the metamodel is classified as outlier, which is the high likelihood candidate for bifurcation; and 4) verification of the bifurcation is then to be confirmed. The method is implemented in a design and probabilistic analysis software product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Livermore Software Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Willem Roux