Seismic hazard and risk
Natural catastrophes, particularly earthquakes, have been one of Principia’s key areas of activity. Over the last 40 years we have worked on a couple of hundred projects dealing with seismology and/or earthquake engineering.
Engineers specialised
in Consulting and Simulation Software
40 years of experience helping businesses innovate
At Principia, we combine more than 40 years of experience in consulting with our extensive knowledge in design and simulation software to offer our clients:
- Assistance for solving complex problems in applied mechanics
- Advice on innovation and improving product development processes by implementing numerical simulation tools for design and validation.
Consulting
We solve complex problems for clients worldwide from a wide range of industrial sectors in areas that include structural mechanics, earthquake engineering, fluid mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
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Business Partner of Dassault Systèmes for marketing, technical service and training in SIMULIA and CATIA CAE and CAD products in Spain and Portugal: structural and multiphysics simulation, fatigue, fluid, design support tools, etc.
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Principia holds the “Education Partner” certification by Dassault Systèmes and offers standard and customised training courses taught by staff with a sound theoretical foundation and extensive user experience in different products.
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SIMULIA is the leading numerical simulation software on the market. SIMULIA solutions enhance innovation by optimising the number of design cycles with the associated reduction in physical prototypes.
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CATIA is the worldwide reference software for 3D design. Leading companies from different sectors use it to develop many of the products we see and use in our daily lives..
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- Our consulting experience in various sectors means we can offer a broader vision in the search for integral solutions.
- Our pursuit of quality and our constant concern with customer satisfaction, both before and after implementing the CATIA and SIMULIA solutions.
- The fact that we work with the most innovative companies in each sector.
Latest news
Numerical simulation, in debt with the nuclear sector
An interminable list of technical fields have benefitted from the sheer size of the efforts and investment contributed by the nuclear sector over the years. Numerical simulation is not an exception.
Finite element analysis for container approval
With adequate software one can design a virtual container and carry out virtual tests for approval purposes in a couple of hours, sometimes in minutes, with the added advantage that shapes and materials can be easily modified.