Welcome to the May edition of the SIMULIA newsletter.
This month, we explore how advanced simulation connects innovation, validation, efficiency and system-level engineering across complex industries.
We highlight how structural simulation advances Medtronic heart valve development, alongside critical R2026x software enhancements and output filtering techniques. In electromagnetics, you can discover new approaches to modeling antenna-human interactions, apply BioEM to develop safer medical devices, and validate advanced defense systems.
In fluid dynamics, we examine the rise of the Lattice-Boltzmann method and explain how PowerFLOW has earned trust in demanding defense aviation applications. We also cover multibody dynamics and model-based systems engineering applied to fast vehicle dynamics assessments.
Additionally, learn how a unified MODSIM approach on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform accelerates engineering decisions for stamping dies, connected defense ecosystems, packaging, quantum hardware and BMW electric drivetrains. Finally, explore upcoming regional industry events and our latest technical resources detailing the Living Heart Model, spacecraft simulation, infrastructure materials and power generation solutions. Read on to discover how these tools help your team design safer, high-performance systems.
We also feature an upcoming seminar on designing modern AI data center infrastructure to manage the convergence of high-performance compute, power delivery and thermal cooling. By reviewing these resources, you will build integrated engineering workflows to ensure reliable, scalable and sustainable operations for your most complex systems.
Webinars, Tech Talks, Articles & Blogs
Fast and Accurate Vehicle Dynamics Assessments Discover how SIMULIA Simpack and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform help automotive teams speed vehicle development. This article explains how engineers apply robust multibody simulation, real-time capabilities and streamlined data management to validate performance faster. Read the post to learn how an integrated approach to vehicle dynamics reduces design iteration loops and helps you deliver safe, high-performance vehicles. |
Optimizing Antenna Performance: Simulating Human Body Interaction for Safe and Efficient Designs In this webinar, we explore how engineers apply electromagnetic simulation to model antenna-human interactions. You'll learn to accurately capture electromagnetic fields to meet RF safety limits, reduce design errors and accelerate the development of body-centric wireless devices. Join this session to optimize antenna performance and ensure regulatory compliance for safe, efficient products. 📆 May 28, 2026 |
BioEM Simulations for Improved Medical Diagnosis and Treatment This webinar explores how to apply bioelectromagnetic simulation to model antennas interacting with the human body. You'll learn to predict energy absorption and evaluate specific absorption rates to identify safety risks early. Join us to improve medical device safety, ensure regulatory compliance and optimize product performance. 📆 June 2, 2026 |
EM Simulation in Defense Explore how SIMULIA Electromagnetics powered by CST Studio Suite enhance validation, cut risk and improve integration for defense systems through advanced 3D EM simulation. 📆 June 23, 2026 |
Simulating Precision: How Medtronic Engineers Advance Heart Valve Innovation Medtronic applies SIMULIA Abaqus structural simulation to model the extreme crimping of transcatheter heart valves. By accurately capturing complex nonlinear material behavior, engineering teams improve design confidence and reduce costly physical testing. This virtual approach generates vital evidence to support regulatory validation, cut development time and accelerate safer medical device innovation. |
Structures Simulation Enhancements in the R2026x Release The R2026x release delivers critical updates for structural simulation to improve analytical accuracy and workflow efficiency. Engineering teams can apply automated geometry idealization, advanced meshing techniques and reusable model-based contact definitions to solve complex structural problems. New capabilities also support braided composite modeling and detailed model quality analysis to resolve geometric conflicts before they affect solver convergence. |
Mastering Output Filtering in Abaqus/Explicit & Abaqus/Viewer Are high-frequency oscillations masking true results in your simulations? Output filtering in Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Viewer reduces noise, prevents aliasing and ensures your simulation data is accurate and reliable. |
Proven at Altitude: How PowerFLOW Earned the Aerospace and Defense Industry’s Trust The SIMULIA PowerFLOW Lattice-Boltzmann simulation has earned industry trust by validating results against experimental data, excelling in AIAA workshops and partnering with NASA to analyze airframe noise. This approach delivers reliable predictions for complex aerospace and defense applications. |
Optimizing Performance, Stability & Robustness in Defense Aviation with Advanced CFD Simulation This webinar explores how engineers apply Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD to high-speed, unsteady flow and vibration analysis across defense aircraft, drones, missiles and launch vehicles. Join the session to learn how to simulate complex aerodynamic workflows and resolve critical geometric details faster than traditional solvers. 📆 June 2, 2026 |
From Particles on a Grid to the Wind Tunnel’s Digital Rival: The Rise of LBM in Defense Aviation Discover how the Lattice-Boltzmann method evolved from a theoretical concept into a practical computational fluid dynamics approach for defense aviation. This article explores the method's core strengths, including unsteady flow simulation, automatic meshing and its expansion into transonic and supersonic flight regimes. Read the post to learn how engineers apply these advancements to develop modern military aircraft. |
Work Smarter: Process Automation on the Cloud Discover how SIMULIA Process Automation on the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud streamlines workflows, automates tasks, and enhances collaboration. Learn how to scale simulation and deliver consistent results efficiently. |
Improving E-NVH Test-Simulation Correlation With MANATEE NVH isn’t getting harder because of physics. It’s getting harder because we’re still modeling system interactions in isolation. Explore how engineers improve electromagnetic noise, vibration and harshness (E-NVH) test-simulation correlation using MANATEE software. You will learn to accurately model magnetic forces, analyze acoustic signatures and optimize electric motor designs. Improve your acoustic engineering workflows today. Read the full post to learn more. |
Designing Stealthier Submarines With Design-Driven Simulation Tools Discover how engineers use simulation tools to design quieter submarines by optimizing propeller geometry and minimizing noise. This article highlights workflows that improve acoustic stealth and boost hydrodynamic performance—essential advances for modern naval engineering. |
Designing the Future of Shipping: Wind-Assisted Ship Propulsion Explore how wind-assisted ship propulsion (WASP) is revolutionizing sustainable shipping! This eBook highlights how unified modeling and simulation (MODSIM) tackles challenges like aerodynamic optimization, structural integrity, and regulatory compliance, accelerating innovation and reducing risks for greener maritime solutions. |
Composites in Aerospace & Defense: A Success Story Explore the transformative role of composites in aerospace and defense at this event. Learn how advanced materials and simulation technologies are driving innovation, improving performance, and shaping the future of these industries. |
Wind Turbine Noise Reduction: Innovative Solutions |
Integrating Aerodynamics into Early Design Stages Discover how incorporating aerodynamics early in the design process enhances performance and efficiency. This blog explores the use of SIMULIA tools to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and optimize designs in industries like aerospace and automotive. |
Events
SIMULIA EuroNorth Regional User Meeting 2026 - Nordics This free in-person conference in Göteborg brings together engineers, researchers, academics and experts to share insights and explore the latest simulation technology. Join the event to learn about advancements across structures, fluids, electromagnetics and multibody dynamics. 📆 May 28, 2026 |
CANSEC 2026 Visit Dassault Systèmes Systèmes at Booth #1911 to explore how virtual twin technology and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform support defense modernization, collaboration and operational excellence. You will learn how to apply Model-Based Systems Engineering to create virtual twin experiences that optimize strategies and improve outcomes across the defense lifecycle. 📆 May 27-28, 2026 |
SIMULIA EuroMed Conference 2026 This in-person conference in Padua brings together simulation experts, customers, and R&D and technical teams to share strategic insights. Join the event to participate in hands-on learning and technical sessions covering structures, electromagnetics, computational fluid dynamics and motion. Please note the newly updated event dates below. 📆 June 8-9, 2026 |
Dassault Systèmes & NIAR Reason To Believe Hands-On Workshop This hands-on workshop in Wichita focuses on additive manufacturing and lightweight design. The session guides technical practitioners through an end-to-end digital engineering workflow. You will learn to execute topology optimization, validate designs through simulation and prepare for manufacturing. Experts also demonstrate printing distortion analysis and production execution. 📆 June 9-10, 2026 |
SIMULIA Regional User Meeting—EuroCentral 2026 This event in Darmstadt brings together SIMULIA users, R&D teams and technical experts to share knowledge across major simulation disciplines. Join the meeting to participate in focused workshops, watch customer presentations and receive direct technology updates. You'll network with peers and learn how to apply advanced simulation methodologies to your engineering workflows. 📆 June 16-18, 2026 |
AI-Powered MODSIM & Cloud
Stamping Die Design With MODSIM Join this webinar to explore how CATIA and SIMULIA on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform optimize stamping die design for automotive sheet metal parts. The session demonstrates a unified Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) approach to evaluate manufacturing feasibility early in the design phase. You'll learn how to perform faster iterations, reduce costly rework and improve overall part quality. 📆 May 27, 2026 |
Package To Pallet: Engineering A Faster Path To Qualification Join this session to explore how virtual twins and MODSIM technology optimize packaging systems across primary, secondary and tertiary configurations. You will learn to apply virtual testing to accelerate packaging qualification, lower costs and create smarter, more sustainable designs. 📆 June 3, 2026 |
MODSIM - Toward Connected Defense Ecosystem Simulation Join this webinar to explore connected, trusted defense simulation through a unified modeling and simulation approach on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The session emphasizes simulation model management, governance and data management to improve collaboration, traceability and decision-making. Learn how to connect diverse engineering tools and data to reduce risk and support faster product development. 📆 June 30, 2026 |
Why MODSIM Matters for Faster Engineering Decisions Watch this on-demand replay of our webinar to learn how MODSIM on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform connects modeling, simulation and decision-making into a continuous workflow. Engineering teams can eliminate fragmented processes, accelerate insights, improve collaboration and support faster, more confident decisions. |
Why Quantum Hardware Will Be Designed in Simulation First Quantum computing is moving beyond laboratory prototypes and facing extreme engineering challenges at cryogenic temperatures. This article explains how a unified Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) approach helps engineers virtually test electromagnetic, thermal and multiphysics behavior. By integrating simulation early in the design process, your team can reduce the cost of physical testing, accelerate design iteration and build scalable quantum hardware. |
BMW Turns to SIMULIA for Managing Complexity in Electric Drivetrains BMW engineers apply SIMULIA Abaqus, Simpack and Tosca to model lightweight electric drivetrain systems. By capturing complex roller bearing behavior through system-level simulation, they prevent issues like excess noise, friction and structural failure. This integrated approach eliminates guesswork early in the design phase and provides a strong foundation for future development on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. |
Resources
SIMULIA Living Heart Model The SIMULIA Living Heart Model provides a high-fidelity cardiac digital twin that supports in silico clinical trials by simulating complex heart-device interactions. You can virtually evaluate medical devices such as valves, stents, pacemakers and defibrillators under realistic physiological conditions. By applying this computational model, engineering teams accelerate innovation, reduce development costs, lower reliance on physical testing and improve confidence in device safety and effectiveness. |
SIMULIA Spacecraft Simulation SIMULIA delivers high-fidelity simulation for spacecraft and satellite design, helping engineering teams validate performance, reduce physical testing and speed development. Integrated with 3DEXPERIENCE, MBSE and MODSIM, it enables multi-domain simulation for reliable spacecraft operation. |
SIMULIA Infrastructure, Energy & Materials Solutions SIMULIA helps infrastructure, energy and materials companies tackle complex engineering challenges through advanced multiphysics simulation. Your engineering teams can analyze structures, fluids, electromagnetics, multibody systems and vibroacoustics to ensure reliable performance. The updated page now features MODSIM workflows that connect modeling and simulation on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This unified approach allows you to improve collaboration, streamline engineering processes, accelerate decision-making and support sustainability goals. |
Simulation for Power Generation SIMULIA helps power generation teams validate performance early, improve compliance, reduce risk and accelerate the delivery of efficient, low-emission energy systems. By applying advanced simulation, virtual twins and MODSIM workflows on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, engineers support faster design iteration and make data-driven decisions. This connected approach drives innovation across various power applications to ensure reliable and sustainable energy operations. |
MBSE for Datacenters and AI Infrastructure: Understanding the Systems Behind the AI Revolution This seminar explores how engineers apply model-based systems engineering to design and optimize modern AI data center infrastructure. You will learn to manage the complex convergence of high-performance compute, advanced networking, power delivery and thermal cooling. Join the session to master system-level thinking and ensure performance, scalability and sustainability for large-scale operations. 📆 June 16, 2026 |
