- Features
- SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
- HVAC module
- Electronic Cooling Module
SOLIDWORKS Simulation is fully embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD for ease of use and data integrity. Ensure quick user familiarity by using the same user interface (UI) mode as SOLIDWORKS, including toolbars, menus, and context-sensitive context menus. Built-in tutorials and searchable online help facilitate learning and troubleshooting.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation supports SOLIDWORKS materials and configurations for easy analysis of multiple loads and product configurations.
- Multi-parameter optimization
Use Design of Experiments and Optimization Parametric studies to perform optimization studies for multiple input variables. Run a design point calculation and find the optimal solution.
- SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 功能
1、Compressible gas/liquid and incompressible liquid flows 2. Subsonic, transonic and supersonic gas flows 3. Ability to take into account heat transfer due to conduction in fluids, solids and porous media. Can be with or without conjugate heat transfer (fluid-solid) and with/without thermal resistance (solid-solid)。
1、SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation:A customizable engineering database allows users to model and include specific solid, fluid and fan behaviors. 2. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and HVAC Module: The HVAC Engineering Database extension adds specific HVAC components. 3. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and Electronics Cooling Module: The Electronics Cooling Extended Engineering Database contains specific electronic components and their thermal characteristics.
Calculate the impact of fluid flow in your product.
Calculate the impact of fluid flow around your product
By default, all calculations are performed on the full 3D domain. Where applicable, simulations can also be performed on a 2D plane to reduce runtime without compromising accuracy.
- heat conduction in solids
The calculation of temperature changes in the solid geometry of the product is an optional option. Conjugate heat conduction through convection, conduction, and radiation can be created. The calculation can include thermal contact resistance.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation:In the absence of a fluid for a fast solution, calculate the pure heat transfer in the solid to determine the problem.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and HVAC Module: Include materials that are translucent to radiation for accurate solutions when the product's thermal load is affected by transparent materials.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and the Electronics Cooling Module: Simulate the effect of specific electronics on thermoelectric coolers
heat pipe
Joule heat
PCB 片材
Contains fluid buoyancy critical to natural convection, free surface and mixing problems.
Ability to simulate moving/revolving surfaces or parts in order to calculate the effects of rotating/moving equipment.
Allows you to simulate flows with freely moving interfaces between two immiscible fluids (such as gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, gas-non-Newtonian liquid).
By taking advantage of symmetry, simulation solution time can be reduced.
Cartesian symmetry can be applied to the x, y, or z plane.
The frozen sector period allows the user to calculate the sector of the cylinder flow.
Gases: Calculate ideal and real flows for subsonic, transonic, and supersonic conditions.
Steam: For flows containing steam, water vapor condensation and relative humidity are calculated.
Liquid flows can be described as incompressible, compressible or non-Newtonian (eg oil, blood, spices).
For water flow, the location of air pockets can also be determined.
- Boundary layer description
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Laminar, turbulent, and transitional boundary layers are calculated using a modified wall law strategy.
- Mixed flow, flow conditions
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Mixed Flows: Immiscible Mixtures: Perform flow on any combination of fluids between gases, liquids, or non-Newtonian liquids.
Flow Conditions: Problems can be defined by velocity, pressure, mass or volume flow conditions.
Determine the flow behavior of non-Newtonian liquids, such as oil, blood, spices, etc.
- Thermal conditions, wall conditions
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Thermal Conditions: Thermal characteristics of fluids and solids can be set locally or globally for accurate settings.
Wall Conditions: Local or global wall thermal and roughness conditions can be set for accurate settings.
Ability to treat some model components as porous media (with fluid flow inside) or model them as fluid cavities (with distributed resistance to fluid flow)。
Visualize assembly stress and displacement using customizable 3D plots. Animate the response of an assembly under load to visualize deformation, vibration modes, contact behavior, optimization overrides, and flow trajectories.
Provides standard result components for structural analysis, such as von Mises stress, displacement, temperature, etc. Intuitive, equation-driven results plots allow you to customize post-processing of structural analysis results for better understanding and interpretation of product behavior.
- Communication and reporting
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Create and publish custom reports to communicate simulation results and collaborate using eDrawings®.
- Two-phase (fluid + particulate) flow
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Ability to calculate (using a post-processor) the motion of specified particles in the fluid flow (particle studies) or the flow of specified excess fluids (tracer studies) in the acquired results field—without affecting this fluid flow.
- Noise prediction (steady-state and transient)
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Noise prediction, performed using the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, converts time signals into the complex frequency domain for transient analysis.
Use materials that are semi-permeable to radiation in order to perform accurate thermal analysis.
- Tracker Study
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HVACThere are many variations of the application. To meet thermal performance and quality requirements, airflow optimization, temperature, air quality, and controls need to be considered.
- comfort parameter
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Use thermal comfort factor analysis to understand and evaluate thermal comfort levels for multiple environments.
- electronic condition
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1. Heat pipe; 2. Hot junction; 3. Double resistance parts; 4. Printed circuit board; 5. Thermoelectric cooler