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Advanced Simulation Environment

A CAD integrated, multi-physics suite of advanced analysis capability

Advanced Simulation is a comprehensive finite element modeling and results visualization product that is designed to meet the needs of experienced analysts. Advanced Simulation includes a full suite of pre-and post-processing tools and supports a broad range of product performance evaluation solutions.

Siemens UGS PLM Software offers an advanced simulation environment that provides solutions for sophisticated analyses, including:

• NX Advanced Simulation: This is a CAE solution set that combines the power of an integrated NX Nastran solver with NX Advanced FEM, a broad set of model creation and review tools. Extensive geometry idealization and abstraction capabilities enable the rapid development of complex mathematical models that enable design decisions to be based on insight into real product performance.
• NX Advanced FEM: NX Advanced FEM is a comprehensive multi-CAD finite element modeling and results visualization product that is designed to meet the needs of experienced CAE analysts. It includes a full suite of geometry creation and editing tools as well as FE pre- and post-processing tools and supports a broad range of product performance evaluation solutions. NX Advanced FEM provides 2-way association to NX design geometry, allowing users to rapidly iterate on design changes. Robust CAD translators along with the embedded industry-standard parasolid 3D modeling kernel enable non-native geometry to be easily imported for use within the NX Advanced FEM environment.
• NX Nastran: This solver is either available standalone or is seamlessly integrated at the core of many NX Digital Lifecycle Simulation products, and defines the world standard for advanced FEA solvers.
• Multi-Solution Environments: The analysis environment is customized for the industry-leading structural solvers (including ABAQUS, ANSYS, MSC.NASTRAN and NX Nastran) and a solution is created based on solver type, analysis type and solution type specified by the user. For each solution, the selected solver determines which options are displayed, as well as the language used on the dialogs. Examples of solver-specific data include loads, constraints, simulation objects, solution options, solution parameters.
  • NX Nastran and MSC.NASTRAN: The Nastran environment provides the tools needed to build models, define Nastran solution parameters and view the solution results. The environment speaks the Nastran language in terms of element definitions, loads and boundary conditions nomenclature, etc. It allows the user to fully leverage NX™ Advanced FEM software’s finite element pre- and post-processing software capabilities to prepare for Nastran analysis. The Nastran environment also enables bi-directional NX import/export capabilities from/to Nastran run-ready input file data.
  • ABAQUS: The Abaqus environment provides the tools needed to build models, define Abaqus solution parameters and view the solution results. The environment speaks the Abaqus language in terms of element definitions, loads and boundary conditions nomenclature, etc. It allows the user to fully leverage the complete range of finite element model building and results visualization capabilities in NX Advanced FEM software to perform an Abaqus analysis. The Abaqus environment also enables bi-directional NX import/export capabilities from/to an Abaqus run-ready input file data.
  • ANSYS: The Ansys environment provides the tools needed to build models, define Ansys solution parameters and view the solution results. The environment speaks the Ansys language in terms of element definitions, loads and boundary conditions nomenclature, etc. It allows the user to fully leverage the NX™ Advanced FEM software’s finite element pre- and post-processing capabilities to prepare for Ansys analysis. The Ansys environment also enables bi-directional NX import/export capabilities from/to Ansys run-ready input file data.
• NX Flow: NX™ Flow software is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution that is fully integrated into the native NX Advanced Simulation environment. It provides sophisticated tools to simulate fluid flow and heat transfer for complex parts and assemblies. The integrated CFD solution allows fast and accurate fluid flow simulations and provides insight into product performance during all design development phases, limiting costly, time consuming prototype testing cycles. NX Flow simulation requirements and applications are typical to these industries: aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high-tech electronics, medical, power generation and process.
• NX Advanced Flow: NX Advanced Flow software is an add-on module to NX Flow. The NX Advanced Flow solver provides a powerful and comprehensive solution to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) problems. Combined with NX Thermal, it solves a wide range of multi-physics scenarios involving strong coupling of fluid flow and heat transfer. NX Advanced Flow simulates internal or external fluid flow including compressible flows, non-newtonian fluids, particle tracking, motion and multiple rotating frames of reference. Applications range from underhood automotive simulation to HVAC systems, aerospace drag/lift computations, nuclear power component cooling and much more.
• NX Thermal: NXThermal is an engineering analysis solution (fully integrated into the NX Advanced Simulation environment) that simulates thermal and heat transfer for complex products and processes within large NX assemblies. It allows for thermal and heat transfer simulations and offers high fidelity simulation of radiative, conductive and convective heat transfer. NX Thermal addresses thermal analysis requirements in industries including automotive and transportation, consumer products and appliances, energy, medical, high-tech electronics and defense. NX Thermal can also be used with NX Flow, an NX-integrated CFD solution, for coupled thermo-fluid simulation.
• NX Advanced Thermal: NX Advanced Thermal extends the modeling and simulation capabilities in NX Thermal to include advanced radiation effects, diurnal environmental solar heating, Electrical (Joule) heating, material phase changes, thermal ablation, charring and duct flow heat transfer. NX’s heat transfer modeling capabilities can be explicitly combined with the NX’s fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions to allow a user to simulate strong and fully-coupled thermo-fluid interactions problems. Resulting temperature results can also be mapped to a separate Nastran finite element model for thermo-elastic analysis.
• NX Electronic Systems Cooling: NX Electronic Systems Cooling software is an industry-specific vertical application that leverages the NX Flow and NX Thermal solvers as well as the PCB.xchange capabilities in an integrated multi-physics environment to simulate 3D air flow and thermo-fluid behavior in densely packed, heat sensitive electronic systems. NX Electronic Systems Cooling helps resolve thermal engineering challenges early in the design process and is a valuable aid in understanding the physics of fluid flow and heat transfer for electronic enclosures.
• NX Space Systems Thermal: NX Space Systems Thermal software is the space industry vertical application that leverages the entire numerical capabilities found within the NX Thermal solver to provide a comprehensive set of tools to simulate orbital heating within the NX Advanced Simulation environment. NX Space Systems Thermal helps resolve thermal engineering challenges early in the design process and is a valuable aid in understanding the physics of orbital heat transfer for all space-bound as well as interplanetary-bound vehicles.
• NX Laminate Composites: NX Laminate Composites software is an add-on capability to the NX Advanced FEM package that enables the evaluation of structures made with laminate composite materials. With easy-to-use ply and laminate definition capabilities, NX Laminate Composites helps the user create and validate composite designs using Nastran, ANSYS or ABAQUS as the solver. Integrated advanced post-processing tools allow engineers to efficiently identify and improve problem areas in a product design.
• NX Response Simulation: NX Response Simulation software is an add-on module to the NX Advanced Simulation environment that predicts the dynamic responses of structural systems under various loading conditions. Augmenting the capabilities of NX Advanced Simulation, NX Response Simulation produces a broad range of XY plot results and color contour results that aid the user in determining the integrity and suitability of product designs subject to dynamic loads. Analysis information can then be used to perform design studies to enhance the new product development process and ensure the quality of designs prior to physical prototyping and production.
• Teamcenter for Simulation: Teamcenter software for Simulation provides flexible, “out of the box” simulation process and data management capabilities that enable companies to cost effectively implement a complete digital product development environment. Extending the core data model and integrating specialist simulation capabilities means that you can efficiently leverage Teamcenter – the world’s leading digital lifecycle management solution and de facto standard for deploying product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives – to automate simulation processes in the broader context of new product development, thereby saving time and releasing resources for other revenue opportunities.

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