Electromagnetics

Modeling the behavior of high speed alternators has allowed for the evaluation of standard global characteristics of short-cut circuits and no load conditions. Predicting the different operating conditions has been essential to improve the in-service performances and has helped eliminate the needs for repetitive prototyping and testing. SYSTUS, with its SYSMAGNA module enables engineers to take into account advanced electromagnetic phenomena.

Thermo-mechanics

Simulation-based design in the coupled mechanical and thermal fields has improved technical solutions and confirmed final design choices. Correlating experimental testing and numerical results has allowed Flow Control Technologies to validate and simulate knowledge transfer. SYSTUS provides engineers with a wide range of advanced capabilities in mechanical fields:

• Stactic analysis
  
• Geometrical non-linearities
  
• Fracture mechanics
  
• Modal analyses
  
• Material behavior
  
• Codes and standards
  

Heat transfer

Predicting temperature distribution in this floodlamp is crucial for understanding the involved physical phenomena. Having poor thermal conductivity and being submitted to steep thermal gradients, the external glass breaks. By optimizing the thickness of the glass and its material, virtual prototyping ensures that in-service requirements are met.

Coupled analysis

Accidental situations can be accurately analyzed by performing simulations with suitable models. Lightning striking an airplane wing implies taking into account physical phenomena such as electrodynamical, thermal and mechanical interactions for material ablation modelization.