System-level modelling for logical and physical interactions:
Building complex systems often involves combining physical and logical components in the high-tech industry. Physical components, like structures or heating systems, are modeled with precise geometrical details. Logical components, on the other hand, focus on how things work without exact physical shapes. Software used for engineering analysis, like ABAQUS, typically relies on detailed physical modeling to accurately represent real-world behavior. We can couple DYMOLA and ABAQUS to simulate both physical and logical systems that are crucial for a complete analysis. Understanding how these components work together is essential for designing and building successful systems.
System-level modeling can be used to couple:
- DYMOLA with ABAQUS,
- FMUs conforming to the FMI 2.0 standard with Abaqus,
- multiple FMUs with one another, and
- FMUs with models created using the Physics Simulation apps on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (including structural and computational fluid dynamic models). The models must support the SIMULIA Co-Simulation Services and signal support.
For example: Our reliance on tablets and smartphones keeps growing, and how good they sound is a big deal. These devices typically use speakers that work by magnets moving a coil. This creates sound, but designing these tiny speakers well is tricky. There are some of the challenges engineers face when ensembling sound systems in mobile devices.
To analyze how a speaker works, engineers use two separate software programs. ABAQUS focuses on the tiny movements of the speaker's parts using detailed FE models. DYMOLA handles the electrical side of things. These two programs talk to each other in real-time to get a complete picture of how the speaker produces sound.
Such scenarios are perfect for using ABAQUS and DYMOLA co-simulations to analyze the feasibility of such multi-physics systems.
