Integrated, multidiscipline pre / post processing
At the heart of Simcenter 3D is a centralized working environment for pre-/post-processing of all Simcenter 3D solutions for structural, dynamics, composites, durability, acoustics, thermal, flow, motion, optimization and electromagnetics. This integrated environment helps you to achieve faster CAE processes and streamline multidiscipline simulations that integrate any of the Simcenter 3D solutions together, like thermal-mechanical, vibro-acoustic or other more complex analyses. Simcenter 3D’s pre/post helps you to:

Quickly and intuitively edit, defeature and abstract geometry

Build any kind of mesh with comprehensive meshing tools

Efficiently create and manage finite element (FE) assemblies

Create, run and evaluate simulation models for multiple common third-party CAE solvers

Efficiently launch and monitor simulations remotely

Structural analysis
Simulate structures to understand how they perform for stress, deformation and more. Structural analysis solutions within Simcenter 3D are powered by the well-known Simcenter Nastran solver and can help you accurately simulate the following types of solutions:

Linear analysis

Multistep nonlinear analysis

Structural Dynamics
Understand, analyze and improve structural dynamics response. Simcenter 3D structural dynamics solutions help you to efficiently understand and avoid excessive vibrations and stresses. Dedicated capabilities available within the structural dynamics solution include:

Structural dynamics

Noise, vibration and harshness (NVH)

Rotor dynamics

Response dynamics

Acoustic Simulation
Minimize noise and optimize sound quality through acoustic simulation. Simcenter 3D includes dedicated acoustic modeling capabilities, efficient solvers and easy-to-interpret visualization and auralization tools that allow you to quickly gain insight into a design’s acoustic performance for uncoupled acoustics, coupled vibro-acoustics and aero-acoustic applications. Specific acoustics capabilities include:

Finite Element Modeling (FEM) and Boundary Elements (BEM) solutions

Aeroacoustics and aero-vibro-acoustics

Ray acoustics

Durability & Fatigue analysis
Perform in-depth fatigue and lifing analysis through an integrated suite of tools to support fatigue design in all stages of development. This includes easy-to-use wizards for strength and fatigue in the design phase; fatigue information on the current simulated part; detailed analysis of complex load scenarios, including weldments and connections; and new materials and manufacturing processes. Specific capabilities for durability include:

Fatigue strength analysis

Weld fatigue

Composite fatigue

Motion Simulation
Simulate multibody dynamics to engineer performance for moving mechanisms. Simcenter 3D includes a complete and robust set of capabilities to support all aspects of advanced dynamic, static and kinematics motion simulation. The early use of motion simulation is key to evaluating mechanism performance to increase design confidence and reduce risks. Specific capabilities include:

Rigid body and flexible body dynamics

Control system integration

Drivetrain, transmission and gears

Interference checking

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)

Time waveform replication

Driving dynamics

Tire model integration

Electromagnetic Simulation
Integrate low-frequency and high-frequency electromagnetic solutions to achieve excellent performance. Simcenter 3D includes a comprehensive set of capabilities that provide insight into diverse design challenges, such as the performance of electromechanical components and energy conversion, antenna design and siting (small to large scale), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Materials Engineering
Increase confidence in developing advanced materials and enhancing their product performance. When predicting behavior in advanced materials, Simcenter 3D helps you accelerate the product development lifecycle of materials by accurately accounting for microstructural details, defects and manufacturing-induced variations. With Simcenter 3D, you can implement advanced materials into your designs to make products lighter, stronger and more durable. Specific capabilities in Simcenter 3D for advanced materials include:

Multiscale material modeling

Automatic microstructure generation and optimization

Laminate composites modeling

Manufacturing variability and imperfections

Thermal Analysis
Simcenter 3D is a complete solution for modeling nonlinear and transient heat transfer phenomena. Dedicated thermal modeling capabilities help you rapidly create thermal connections, select the right physical model and define the right loads and boundary conditions. Simcenter 3D thermal analysis solutions include these specific capabilities:

Conduction heat transfer

Convection heat transfer

Radiation heat transfer

Conjugate heat transfer

Space-systems thermal

Multiphysics
Integrate domain solutions to solve real-world problems. Simcenter 3D streamlines multiphysics simulation through a common engineering desktop that is used for pre- and post-processing of multiple disciplines. Through this integrated platform, you can more easily perform multiphysics simulations such as thermal-fluid, thermo-mechanical, fluid-structure interaction, vibroacoustics, aero-vibro-acoustics, electromagnetic-thermal and electromagnetic-vibro-acoustic. Simcenter 3D also supports both weak and strong coupling depending on the physics types involved. Simcenter 3D performs multiphysics simulations using these different methods:

One-way data exchange

Two-way data exchange

Integrated coupled solutions

Additive manufacturing build simulation
Print your part right the first time. Simcenter 3D additive manufacturing capabilities can help you predict distortions and defects before you ever print any parts, thereby reducing the number of test prints and improving the quality of your final print. Specific capabilities in the additive manufacturing solution include:

Simulate powder-bed fusion build process

Geometry compensation based on results

Design space exploration & optimization
Improve and optimize your product designs. Simcenter 3D software optimization solutions relieve the burden of improving product designs by automating the iterative process. This enables you to compare your design’s performance against specifications. It also enables you to start at topology optimization and extend to design space exploration with more classical parametric optimization capabilities. Specific design space exploration and optimization capabilities include:

Integrated design-space exploration

Topology optimization

FE parameter optimization

Seamless Data management
Trace all of your team’s simulation work and data in a product development context. You can use Simcenter 3D in a seamlessly managed environment integrated with Teamcenter software. When Simcenter 3D is used with Teamcenter integration, you can create, store and access your product simulation data in a Teamcenter database. It combines the power of Simcenter 3D in multiphysics modeling with the power of Teamcenter in storing and retrieving data in a controlled fashion. Capabilities include:

Integration with Teamcenter simulation

Rules-based assembly management

Flexible pipes, hoses & cables
Understand how flexible pipes, hoses and cables will react when your part moves. Simcenter 3D includes applications dedicated to helping you simulate the behavior of how flexible pipes, hoses and cables will move and bend within your moving assembly. This application helps you determine and simulate mounting scenarios and calculate initial positions of flexible pipes. Specific capabilities supported include:

Rubber-like hoses

Electric cables and wire harnesses

Mounting scenarios

Initial and operating positions

Forces and moments

Collision and interference checking

Optimize position and orientation

Linear and nonlinear dynamics