ESL Structure Optimization


Updated by Altair Forum User
Hello,
I currently started working on my master thesis (I want to optimize a crash structure for a frontal car crash) and would therefore like to perform a topology optimization using the ESL Method.
As far as I am currently informed, it is possible to couple an explicit (crash) calculation using NASTRAN/ABAQUS/LSDYNA with OptiStruct topology optimization.
Since I am quite new to the Hyperworks environment (v14) and didn't find a lot of Information yet, I would greatly appreciate any tutorials/help on how to start with my task.
Do I need to use Hyperstudy for these kinds of tasks?