Short Introduction to SIMULIA Opera Simulation Software

The foundations of Opera were laid in the late 1970s when the Rutherford Appleton (Particle Accelerator) Laboratory needed simulation capabilities to design the latest generation of high-field magnets, for steering and focusing charged particle beams. The software was commercialized in the early 1980s as demand grew among the accelerator community for the accuracy that the design process demanded—and Opera could deliver. In common with particle accelerators, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners require