Virtual Product DevelopmentSIMULATE, UNDERSTAND, OPTIMIZE: Create.

What?

Modeling of

• Electric coils
• Permanent magnets
• Ferromagnetic materials with non-linear B-H curves and hystereses
• DC and AC processes
• Electrothermic coupling
• Electromagnetic coupling

With What?

• Ansys 
• Comsol 
• CST/Opera

What For?

• Electric and magnetic fields
• Thermally induced deformation and stress
• Forces and torques from electromagnetic fields
• Skin effects and motion-induced eddy currents
• Magnetization of materials

What?

• Modelling of complex, geometric structures
• Simulation of various strains
  • Continuous or variable external forces
  • Accelerations such as gravitational or seismic accelerations
  • Temperature shifts including thermal expansion or tensions

• Simulation of interactions between objects
  • Screw connections
  • Frictionless contacts
• Taking various material properties into consideration
  • Linearly and non-linearly elastic
  • Elastic-plastic
  • Viscoelastic
  • Isotropic and anisotropic
• Coupling in multi-physical calculations

With What?

• Ansys Mechanical

What For?

• Calculation of deformations and tensions of structures
• Structural optimization
  • Comparison of variants
  • Parametric optimization
  • Structural optimization for additive manufacturing
• Quake protection of machines and plants
• Coupling in multi-physical calculations
• Calculation of deformations and tensions of structures
• Structural optimization
  • Comparison of variants
  • Parametric optimization
  • Structural optimization for additive manufacturing
• Quake protection of machines and plants
• Coupling in multi-physical calculations

What?

Modeling and simulation with

• Finite Element Method (FEM)
• Multi-body simulation (MBS)

The following are taken into consideration building on the possibilities of static simulation:

• Time-varying loads and constraints
• Inertia effects
• Speed and acceleration-dependent behavior

With What?

• Ansys Mechanical
• Matlab/Simscape

What For?

• Time-varying deformations and stresses in components
• Matching stiffnesses and damping in case of dynamic stimuli
• Speeds, accelerations and bearing forces in mechanisms

What?

Evidence as per FKM

• Static strength
• Fatigue strength (N>104)
• Endurance limit

With What?

• Ansys - FKM Toolbox

What For?

Guideline-based strength verification for

• Steel structures
• Cast parts
• Weld seams

What?

• Modeling and simulation of dynamic processes
  • Integration and coupling of different physical processes
  • Mechanic
  • Thermal
  • Electrics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Hydraulics
  • Thermal fluid flow
  • Multi-phase fluid flow
  • Gas flow
  • Vacuum
• Programming of libraries for the
  • implementation of special physical processes
  • creation of user-specific elements
• Development of standalone applications with
  • integrated dynamic models
  • variable parameters
  • custom GUI

With What?

• Simulink and Simscape

What For?

• Investigation and optimization of dynamic processes, such as
  • The motion sequence of mechanisms/robots
  • The course of pressure in the hydraulic systems
  • The development of the fluid temperature in cooling systems
  • The pump-down behavior with different vacuum pumps
• Development of suitable control models and their parameters
• Provision of independent applications for independent calculations

What?

• Stationary and transient thermal processes
• Simulation of heat transfer through
  • Free and forced convection
  • Heat radiation
  • Thermal conduction of non-linear and anisotrophic material
• Modeling of complex structures, including
  • Heater
  • Radiant sheets
  • Coolers
• Physical interactions, such as
  • Thermal expansion
  • Heat development from electric current
  • Thermal lift of air

With What?

• Ansys
• Simulink and Simscape

What For?

• Temperature distribution in machines with heat source and cooling
• Calculation of heat-up processes with temperature curves and maximum achievable temperatures
• Adaptation of the heater arrangement and design to optimize the temperature homogeneity

With What?

• Solver: Ansys CFX, ANSYS fluent, OpenFOAM, PICLas
• Meshing: Ansys Meshing
• Post-processing: CFX-Post, paraView

What For?

• Flow optimization, for example in cooling channels or tempering furnaces
• Calculation and optimization of heat transfer coefficients
• Mechanical loads on components due to flow
• Speed distribution in flowing media
• Pressure distribution and coating processes in vacuum chambers