LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Rev 9 Released for 1D Simulation

LEUVEN, Belgium, Dec 3, 2009 - LMS International, the engineering innovation company, has released the latest version of its multi-domain system simulation solution: LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Revision 9. The new release delivers a straightforward, interactive framework with advanced capabilities for performing 1D system simulation. With improved ergonomics, enhanced data management, ready-to-use simulators – e.g. for hybrid vehicle architectures – and Modelica compliancy, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Revision 9 offers users brand-new features that will drastically improve productivity and efficiency to design innovative and high-quality products.

John Deere Werke Mannheim is one of the first LMS customers to test this latest release and fully supports the solution’s enhanced features.

“At John Deere Werke Mannheim, we use LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim software to build virtual tractor models for model-based design, system integration and validation. The upcoming improvements in the LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Revision 9 interactive environment will help us create a more efficient process from system definition to result analysis. Good responsiveness to software enhancement proposals is important at John Deere. The LMS Imagine.Lab development teams have really succeeded in improving the software based on our requirements. This strengthens our confidence in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim as a valuable simulation solution for our upcoming projects,” stated Dr.-Ing. Julian Baumann, PV&V Dynamic System Simulation Engineer at John Deere Werke Mannheim.

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Revision 9 comes with turn-key simulators for various applications in a wide range of industries: powertrain, hybrid vehicles, comfort and driving dynamics for the automotive sector, fluid actuators for aviation and full-wheel loader simulators for the off-highway industry. With these simulators, users no longer have to build their model from scratch and only need to adapt the model to the architecture. Users can then quickly assess drivability and comfort issues as well as performance and fuel consumption.

The new release features improved ergonomics and data management to optimize productivity. For example, cycle analysis is made easier with 1D and modulo plots as well as multiple 3D animation windows. Users can now easily manage the history of component parameter changes and model architecture changes. Sensitivity analyses can be stored in a unique LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim model file and easily recovered with a specific experiment-load-and-save GUI.

With the new release, Modelica code can be seamlessly written and imported from existing codes as well as combined with standard LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim components in a single tool. The solution also makes it possible to graphically assemble different Modelica models.

“We are thrilled about the new features in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Revision 9. Not only did we improve and extend the global capabilities of the system simulation platform, we also improved the software’s ergonomics and added ready-to-use simulators to considerably increase productivity and efficiency in 1D simulation,” commented Stefaan Goossens, Vice-President Simulation at LMS International.

About LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim

The LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim platform offers a complete 1D simulation suite to model and analyze multi-domain, intelligent systems and predict multi-disciplinary performance. The model components are described by analytical models representing the system’s hydraulic, pneumatic, electric or mechanical behavior. To create the system simulation model in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, users can make use of a large set of validated libraries of pre-defined components from different physical domains. The software creates a physics-based system model, which does not require full 3D geometry representation. Thanks to LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, users can simulate intelligent system behavior long before a detailed CAD geometry is available. The LMS Imagine.Lab software suite provides direct access to dedicated multi-domain simulation solutions for powertrain (transmission and internal combustion engines), vehicle thermal management, vehicle system dynamics, aviation systems, fluids systems, and electro-mechanical systems. Each of these solutions comprises a specific set of application libraries and focuses on delivering simulation capabilities to assess subsystem behavior.

About LMS International

LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. With approximately 30 years of experience, LMS helps customers get better products to market faster and turn superior process efficiency into key competitive advantages. With a unique combination of 1D and 3D simulation software, testing systems and engineering services, LMS tunes into mission critical engineering attributes, ranging from system dynamics, structural integrity and sound quality to durability, safety and power consumption. With multi-domain solutions for thermal, fluid dynamics, electrical and mechanical system behavior, LMS can address the complex engineering challenges associated with intelligent system design. Thanks to our technology and dedicated people, LMS has become the partner of choice of more than 5,000 manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systems SIMULIA partner, is certified to ISO9001:2008 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.

For more information, visit http://www.lmsintl.com.

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