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Basic Features

• Fast and robust mapping

• Flexible code coupling synchronization

• Open code adapter API

• Distributed Computing

File Formats

Structural Analysis

• Abaqus 6.12 - 6.14

• ANSYS Mech. APDL 12.0 - 16.0

• MD Nastran 2010.1 - 2014

• MSC.Marc 2010 - 2014

Computational Fluid Dynamics

• ANSYS ICEPAK 13.0 - 16.0

• ANSYS Fluent 12.0 - 16.0

• FINE/Hexa 2.10-4

• FINE/Open 2.11-1 - 4.1

• FINE/Turbo 8.9-1 - 9.1-3

• OpenFOAM 1.7 - 2.3

• STAR-CCM+  7.02 - 10.02

• STAR-CD 4.06 - 4.22

System Models

• Flowmaster 7.6 - 9.2

• MSC.Adams 2010 - 2014

• MATLAB R2010b - R2012b

• SIMPACK 9.1.1 - 9.7

Electro-Magentics

• ANSYS EMAG

• Flux 10.2 - 10.3

• JMAG 11.0 - 14.0

Radiation

• RadTherm 10.0 - 11.3Developed by

Independent Code Coupling Environment

The 'MpCCI CouplingEnvironment' has been developed at Fraunhofer SCAI in order to provide an application-independent interface for the coupling of different simulation codes. MpCCI CouplingEnvironment has been accepted as a ‘de facto’ neutral standard for simulation code coupling.

CouplingEnvironment

The only Vendor Neutral Interface for Coupled Multiphysics Simulation

Vendor Neutral Interface for Coupled Simulation

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Thermal Loads on a Ceramic ImpellerIn order to increase micro gas turbine efficiency athigher gas temperatures, it is necessary to consider new material concepts for the high temperature loaded parts. Fraunhofer SCAI has performed a first feasibility study using a thermally coupled FINE/Turbo - Abaqus solution for a new ceramic impeller design.

Life-Time Estimation of Turbine BladesTo estimate the long term behavior and high cycle fatigue in operation it is necessary to know the periodic pressure oscillations of the flow and resulting oscillatory excitations of the turbine blades. A transient coupling of fluid pressure and blade deformation delivers stress oscillations and thus the basis for fatigue analyses.

THERMAL AND VIBRATIONAL LOADS IN TURBOMACHINERY

Driving over ObstaclesSeveral automotive OEMs use a combination of Abaqus and MSC.Adams to model the non-linear behavior of single critical components and their interaction with the complete vehicle system model. Analysis types with a strong dependency on accuracy, e.g. product lifetime fatigue calculations, greatly benefit from co-simulation.

Wading Simulation for Off-Road VehiclesVehicle “wading” refers to a situation where a vehicle drives through deep water resulting in a strong interaction be-tween buoyancy and vehicle dynamics. One of the major challenges is to compute the inertial field of the vehicle while wading. In cooperation with an automotive OEM, Fraunhofer SCAI has developed a new method of co-simula-tion between CFD (STAR-CCM+) and MBS (SIMPACK).

VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND NON-LINEAR COMPONENT BEHAVIOR

Wing and Spoiler DesignThe analysis of deformation and dynamic flutter of wings or spoilers can be performed using �different FEA-CFD combinations. Aircraft industry and Formula1 racing customers�have integrated coupled Fluent-Nastran or Ab-aqus-OpenFOAM solutions in their development process.

Hydraulic Pump LayoutIn cooperation with Gdansk University of Technology, Bandak Engineering developed a new type of axial pump with cam-driven commutation units, so-called PWK pumps. An Abaqus-Fluent coupling was used to determine an opti-mal layout for the different chambers of these pumps in order to minimize noise and vibration.

AEROELASTICITY AND FLUID-STRUCTURE-INTERACTION

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The Calculation of the thermal behavior of automotive vehicles requires simulations of the full complexity of a vehicle’s geometry and thermal transport phenomena including convection, radiation and conduction in fluids and solid bodies. For this specific task, OEMs use a combination of RadTherm with STAR-CCM+ or in-house CFD solvers.

AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Cooling of a 3-Phase Transformer The thermal cooling performance is the critical characteristic for the lifetime of a power transformer. A coupled JMAG-Fluent model has been used to analyze the cooling performance of an oil-immersed power transformer by considering the heat losses in windings and the heat transfer to the coolant.

Electric Arc in Switching DevicesElectric arcs can be modeled using ANSYS EMAG to solve the magnetic field problem and Fluent to solve the fluid dynamics problem – using volume coupling with MpCCI.

ELECTRICAL DEVICES