Battery Thermal Management - 13 March 2019

This webinar focuses on the design of electric motors and will show how multiphysics simulation and optimization allow to innovate and reduce costs, while considering multiple design constraints. Spin Applicazioni Magnetiche, a company creating innovative solutions of rare earth free synchronous reluctance motors for various power levels and applications will present a practical use case, including a detailed comparison between simulation and test results, considering electromagnetic, thermal and vibration responses.

The path towards electrification requires significant investment, changes to technologies, development processes and even organizational structures. This introductory webinar will reveal Altair's simulation- and data-driven design tools to accelerate all electrification projects by helping to make good decisions early. The session will cover solutions for the design of the various parts of electric drive systems, from the battery to the wheels; while considering system integration and the architecture changes that must be made at vehicle level to build innovative energy efficient electric mobility solutions.

Lars Fredriksson introduces Altair development support strategies for e-mobility and provides examples to showcase how these strategies help companies develop e-powertrain systems with an increased level of innovation in reduced time.

Radomes are a key part of antenna systems, which can seriously degrade transmitted and received signals. Modeling and simulation time for complex radomes can extend from days to weeks, and that also includes FSS structures embedded into them.

Learn how to reduce motor control code development time with Altair Embed and STMicroelectronics. Embed provides ready-to-use libraries for motor control strategies combined with a fast debugging capability. The visual environment uses block diagrams to design, simulate, analyze, and automatically generate efficient code that can be downloaded, executed, and validated directly on target hardware. Deep support for the on-chip peripherals of the STM32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers reduces errors and iterations while lowering costs.

Safe and compliant electronic system design is important across all industries. Conforming to EMC regulations while reducing development costs and time requires the implementation of simulation throughout the product design lifecycle. With increased adoption organizations reduce design iterations and costly laboratory testing while meeting targets. Learn how Altair PollEx and Feko are used to simulate EMI/EMC at the board, subsystem, and system level.

Meshing is a time-consuming process yet critical to obtain high-quality results. In this webinar we introduce Altair’s automated meshing technologies and end-to-end workflows for meshing of complex parts.

Contents:
- Introduction to Altair
- Automated Meshing in Altair Hyperworks: BatchMesher, Rebuild, Midmesh, Replicate
- Summary
- Q&A

Duration: 55 minutes

In this workshop, you will learn how Altair Compose and Altair Activate can be used to represent mechatronic systems using holistic functional simulation and will get insights in various case studies. One tool for performing calculations and manipulating and visualizing data, including CAE and test results, is Altair Compose - an all-in-one environment that enables a wide range of mathematical operations. It also supports process automation and scripting for recurring calculations. Using multidisciplinary system simulation, Altair Activate enables customers to understand the overall system behavior of their product earlier and evaluate important interactions between components and subsystems. The combination of signal-based and physical modeling forms the basis for end-to-end use throughout the development lifecycle - from early concept through detailed design to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.

Even in the age of fast and accurate EM simulation solutions, developing complex passive microwave components remains a challenging task. A novel hybrid solver solution is now available to address this design challenge and significantly shorten the development cycle for RF components. Offering a significant advantage over general solvers solely relying on 3D-FEM, this webinar will cover the rapid synthesis and optimization of such components using typical filter and horn antenna design examples.

Altair offers wide ranging multi-physics solutions spanning across various disciplines. Altair Feko is a comprehensive computational electromagnetics (CEM) software used widely in the telecommunications, automobile, aerospace, and defense industries. Hybridization of full wave and asymptotic methods enables the efficient analysis of a broad spectrum of EM problems, including antennas, microstrip circuits, RF components and biomedical systems, the placement of antennas on electrically large structures, the calculation of scattering as well as the investigation of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). During this presentation, an overview of Altair along with capabilities of Feko are presented along with recent updates. Topics such as Characteristic Mode Analysis (CMA) and use of Machine Learning (ML) for antenna design are also discussed.

Using simulation to predict, analyze, optimize, and plan the coverage given by radio and radar systems is key to reduce development and planning times together with costs. Also, in some cases, this is the only feasible approach to identify and fix communication issues. This webinar overviews simulation strategies for propagation analysis in complex environments, including among others large-scale terrain, cities, or buildings with interior detail. Additionally, the effects of interference and jamming will be covered and how the frequency allocation for a system with many transmitters can be optimized automatically.

New technologies such as 5G, V2V-communication, e-mobility and IoT increase the number of electromagnetic field sources in the environment. When designing such electronic systems, compliance with electromagnetic radiation hazard standards (e.g., ICNIRP 2020) must be ensured. This webinar will discuss the hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel, ordnance, and fuel and how this can be mitigated through numerical field calculations with Altair technology. Defense, automotive and telecommunications case histories will be presented.

Innovation and digitization are key factors when designing advanced detection systems, autonomous vehicles, and stealth technology, where electromagnetic simulation has become essential. In this webinar, we will cover central concepts important to Radar Cross Section (RCS) and scattering calculations. This will include the exploration of various applications, highlighting some of the newest capabilities helping customers to solve challenging problems leveraging established and industry-leading solutions.

A radome is a structural enclosure that protects antennas and electronics from harsh weather and environmental factors without degrading electromagnetic signals to the radar. It is designed to have minimal impact on the electrical performance of the antenna and to withstand structural and wind loading performance requirements. They are used across multiple industries, including aerospace, defense, electronics, and telecommunications. Radomes, especially those containing multiple layers and curved FSS elements, are complex and the modeling and simulation of these systems can commonly take days and even weeks to complete. Altair’s streamlined radome simulation solution reduces this time to minutes. This webinar will overview Altair’s radome simulation solution and its application to design a radome system. Who Should Attend? This webinar has been designed to address the needs and challenges of engineering managers, EMC engineers, antenna engineers and designers, RF engineers, and Radio site engineers from military contractors (OEMs and their suppliers), defense governmental organizations (including navy, air force, army), and aerospace companies (OEMs and their suppliers).

Discover The New Altair HyperWorks 2021 Transition to New User Experience

ESS & Altair invites you to an engaging webinar on next-generation Robotics and Controls Lab. In this webinar, we will be demonstrating a unique visual approach to robotics by using a combination of Altair Digital-Twin technology & Altair Hardware-in-Loop Modelling environment. During this webinar, you will learn how to design & develop cutting-edge Robotics applications using Altair’s fail-safe Digital-Twin technology, Acrome Ball-Balancing Table Robot & Altair Model-Based Development tools. By adopting technologies like Digital-Twin, Multi-Domain Modelling and 1D to 3D Co-Simulation using Modelica interfaces and Hardware-in-loop modelling, the Indian R&D sector can eliminate catastrophic failures of systems downstream.

Join us for this OnDemand webinar, where Northrop Grumman engineer Keith Snyder demonstrates Altair Feko simulations to compare with measured patterns of a slant 45-degree omni directional antenna on a rolled edge ground plane. Advantages of using sampled nearfield currents in combination with large element physical optics (LE-PO) solution in Altair Feko in determining the far fields will be presented.

Improving the ESL using Complete Vehicle Correlation In the previous webinar, the development of an ESL has been shown based on a complete vehicle simulation. In order to validate this new approach, a comprehensive correlation work has been performed. Using the dynamic distortion in all closure body openings as correlation criteria offer a unique possibility to increase the understanding of the load from both the engine and the wheel suspension. This webinar presents this correlation where a test vehicle is driven on different test tracks both in reality and virtually. Presenter: Jens Weber | CAE Engineer, CEVT

Wireless electronic devices these days often support both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi frequency band is very close to the Bluetooth operating frequency. The co-existence of these two technologies within the same device lead to interference issues. This webinar presents Altair’s EM solution to solve the coexistence and interference issues in smart devices.

ESL Development Based on Simulation - Application example The body stiffness has a major impact on the Squeak & Rattle performance of a car. Since the body structure of electrical/autonomous cars will differ clearly from traditional bodies, an enhanced requirement is needed to limit the distortion in the closure openings. This webinar presents a new approach of defining a requirement based on closure deformations using an equivalent static load (ESL), which considers both the reduction from a complete vehicle to a BIG and from a dynamic load to a static load. In addition, an example is shown how ESL can be used as input for body optimization. Presenter: Viktor Jonsson | CAE Engineer (Consultant), CEVT

באיזה אופן אנו מטפלים באתגרים אלקטרומגנטיים ע"י שימוש בסימולציות? מה הצרכים הטכנולוגיים של תחום הסימולציות האלקטרומגנטיות, ולאן הוא מתפתח? כיצד אלטאר ממשיכה להיות מובילה בתחום הסימולציות? מה חדש בתוכנות האלקטרומגנטיות של אלטאר ? סקירת הכלים והחידושים לשנת 2020 במפגש זה נתמקד ביכולות בתחום הסימולציות האלקטרומגנטיות, ונכסה מגוון אפליקציות הנדסיות כגון: החזרי מכ"מ , התפשטות גלים אלקטרומגנטיים, בחירת מיקום והתקנה אופטימאלית לאנטנות, תכן אנטנות ,צימוד אנטנות,בטיחות קרינה, אנליזת כבלים, פגיעת ברקים ,התפשטות גלים, תכנון תקשורת שטחים אורבניים , אנליזות מכ"מ לרכב, PCB , SI , PI , מגנטים, מנועים, חיישני תדר נמוך ועוד. במהלך הפגישה : • יוצגו היכולות של Altair במגוון אפליקציות אלקטרומגנטיות. • יוצג שימוש מתקדם של כלי אופטימיזציה (HyperStudy) יחד עם אנליזת אנטנה ( Feko ) Evolution of EM Simulation Technology - from simple antenna design to complex virtual test scenarios Meet-up with Markus Schick, Electromagnetic Solutions Directeur, Altair -EMEA. Learn about where EM simulation comes from, where we are today and where we are going, industry trends and Altair’s answers to these; how we are expanding solution offering. This is not only a historical overview but also a deeper insight in the development process and how it can be accelerated. See EM and EDA from concept to production, from simple antenna design to complex scenarios involving virtual test flights/drives.

The Marine Engineering and Shipbuilding Industry is becoming even more important in the connected world. The ability to accelerate turnaround time and reduce cost is becoming a key driver to success. The use of simulation technologies to improve design efficiency and reduce physical testing costs continues to be one of the best ways to address engineering challenges in the Marine industry.

Advancements in 3D printing and optimizing parts for additive manufacturing is changing medical industry’s production approaches. Applications include dental implants, bone replacements, prosthetics, surgical instruments and many more. ​ This webinar presents Altair’s solution for designing parts for additive manufacturing for medical applications, reduce design and manufacturing cost, generate efficient designs and predict-fix manufacturing defect early.

Complex devices such as surgical robots, autoinjector etc go through several validation and verification phases that can increase product development time. The interconnected devices also pose a challenge for model exchange and collaboration.​ This webinar presents Altair’s model-based development (MBD) platform to drive fast development for smart connected systems. Explore more by combining mechanical models with electrical models leveraging multi-disciplinary simulation.

Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. As the antennas are becoming more and more complex each day, antenna designers can take advantage of machine learning to generate trained models for their physical antenna designs and perform fast and intelligent optimization on these trained models. Using the trained models, different optimization algorithms and goals can be run quickly, in seconds, for comparison and for types of different studies, such as for example stochastic analysis for tolerance studies etc. This short course presents the process of fast and intelligent optimization by adopting both the Design of Experiments (DOE) and machine learning using Altair FEKO. Examples to showcase the advantages of using machine learning for antenna design and optimization will be presented.

Medical stents are a lifeline for patients with cardiovascular illness and disease. Device manufacturers are required to dedicate large amounts of time and expense to clinical tests to validate safety and performance claims. Simulation can speed up these trials by satisfying the testing of variables virtually. This webinar presents Altair’s process for fast and intelligent stent optimization by coupling simulation, Design of Experiments (DOE) and machine learning algorithm to generate an analytical model.

In this webinar we showcase Altair’s unique electromagnetic simulation solutions combining antenna design and installed antenna performance with radio coverage analysis, including virtual flight and drive tests. We also cover fast modelling of radomes including FSS, speed up of platform model clean-up and meshing, new uses cases and technology for scattering and RCS, prediction of radio frequency interference, radio coverage and planning, spectrum management, additional related solutions on the Altair Partner Alliance and our software delivery models.

Leading design firms join Altair to discuss high-fidelity simulation solutions for all experience levels to realize efficiency gains up to 40%. Today, architectural design firms face two primary and often conflicting challenges: increased project complexity and compressed delivery schedules. Due to the large scale nature of AEC projects, frequent change orders, and on-time delivery pressure, more often than not the ability to use traditional simulation methods for design guidance and validation is simply time and resource prohibitive. This situation is further exacerbated when trying to achieve an aggressive design aesthetic, working with new materials, and balancing form and function with sustainability initiatives and construction safety standards. Recent user experience advancements and the introduction of novel simulation technologies now enable a broader community of designers and civil engineers to confidently and rapidly apply simulation earlier and throughout AEC projects. This webinar will explore this transformational shift and its positive business impact on project timing and costs through the lens of leading AEC design firms and thought leaders at Altair.

This workshop will showcase a process-oriented multidisciplinary simulation environment to accurately analyse the performance of complex rotating machines. The participants would learn about multiple physics analysis of motors; including electromagnetics, structural, thermal, and fluid dynamics using highly automated modelling tasks, helping to drastically reduce the time spent creating finite element models and interpreting results. Unique solution by Altair for rotating machinery process takes setup to a solution, time from hours to minutes which allows engineer to try multiple design iterations in a short time and create a performance curve in the automated environment.

Electromagnetic and Thermal Simulation of PMSM (IPM) Motor

Rated Torque Simulation of IPM Motor Using Altair Flux

In this webinar we showcase Altair’s electromagnetic simulation solutions, which uniquely combine antenna design and wireless connectivity for a broad array of communication technologies, including among others, 5G, IoT, WiFi and RFID. As the trusted solution for smart device manufacturers around the world, Altair's electromagnetic solutions shorten development cycles for higher-performing products by accurately simulating the antenna(s) performance within the physical device and at the same time the performance of the device within the wireless network. The same solution at a communication system level is also used by leading organizations to analyze and design wireless networks, including the effect of the antennas, in complex scenarios like indoor, urban and rural

In this practical workshop we will present both the theory and background of the numerical techniques used, as well as presenting application examples and real-world cases studies on how such a process is used in the industry today. It will be a combination of presentation and demonstration of the best insight in the process. Due to increasing complexity and a higher demand for connectivity for all sorts of products, physical measurements are more and more enhanced by virtual testing, not only on component level but also for full platforms like vehicles, aircrafts, etc. in their environment. Simulation in the design stage is crucial for successful deployment. This workshop demonstrates the development process, from antenna evaluation to placing the antenna concepts on a platform and performing the virtual test drive / flight analysis also using optimization to increase the performance of the system. The numerical methods applied for such types of analysis,like full wave solutions for the antenna design and placement, as well as different wave propagation models like empirical models or dominant path solutions will also be discussed in more detail. Application examples from the automotive and aerospace domain will show time variant results for antenna systems on moving objects e.g. also for MIMO scenarios.

The Aero Utility tools available under User Profile>Engineering Tools>Aerospace options enables Aerospace engineers with unique modelling capabilties required in building Aero models. In this Webinar, we will explore a few of those utilities viz Airframe meshing, Composites Material Orientations, Compare FE contents and so on.

This is an introductory course for using HyperMesh CFD to create and set up finite element (CFD) models for CFD analysis. A combination of lectures and exercises will familiarize students with the HyperMesh environment, process, and suite of tools needed to start using HyperMesh in their work.

The tool allows you to alter finite element models while keeping mesh distortions to a minimum. HyperMorph can be used to: • Change the profile and the dimensions of your mesh • Map an existing mesh onto a new geometry, and • Create shape variables that can be used for optimization

The process would help Engineers to build and manage detailed FE models for multiple domains which involves part level model building and assembly, representation and configuration management. The structure can be shared easily with PLM, PDM or CAD systems.

This tool allows engineering analysts to validate CAD models received from the design teams, automatically identifying potential issues that could slow down the pre-processing stage of the simulation life cycle. The solution identifies part intersections, missing welds and incorrect bolt-nut positions on an entire assembly structure and generates comprehensive reports.

Many problems of electromagnetic compatibility and interference involve cables, which either radiate through imperfect shields and cause coupling into other cables, devices or antennas, or which receive (irradiation) external electromagnetic fields (radiated from antennas or leaked through other devices) and then cause disturbance voltages and currents potentially resulting in a malfunctioning system. Altair offers a comprehensive combined electromagnetic field and cable solution using the Multiconductor Transmission Line (MTL) method, as well as a hybrid solution combining MTL with Method of Moments (MoM+MTL), to solve the EMC/EMI problems involving cables. This webinar covers the cable analysis solution from Altair with a detailed overview of the methodology with examples.

5G is the next evolution of communication networks. With an exponential increase in consumer demands for high-speed data, the existing technologies can only sustain this demand for the next few years. We need a new technology with new capabilities, improved downloading and uploading speeds, and that can enable companies to control devices remotely in much more efficient and faster way than currently possible. This webinar presents Altair’s advanced computational tools for the propagation analysis and network planning of the emerging 5G technologies.