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Boundary Element Solid Conduction
Boundary element solid conduction eliminates the need to create a volume mesh for the interior of a closed surface; it automatically computes solid conduction for interior volumes, which reduces model setup time and provides faster results. In Version 9.0, boundary element solids are available for steady-state analysis, and will support transient analysis in a future release. Boundary element solids can be used to model complex solids objects, including multiple solids in direct contact or different solid materials within a solid object.
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Face-to-Face Conduction
Face to face conduction will save users large amounts of setup time by eliminating the need to create conforming meshes between parts. Face to face conduction allows modeling of two surfaces in physical contact with each other, even when the CAD model has a gap or penetration. This specialized conduction method can even be easily set up between multiple parts. This feature is extremely useful for simulation of complex geometries, such as a human seated in a chair, a heatsink mounted to a chip, a rubber mount, or an assembly of individual parts.
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Parallel Computation of View Factors
Version 9.0 now supports shared memory parallel processing of view factors. The parallel view factor calculation will dramatically reduce overall simulation time for customers that have multi-processor or multi-core CPUs. Parallel processing is licensed as a separate option from the main software license.
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Batch CFD Import
The Batch CFD Import allows users who interface with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) codes to set complex coupling options from a command line. There is a new Export Settings button on the CFD Import dialog box that allows users to easily prepare text files for automated data exchange. New technology for handling multiple CFD cases is also available and can be used from the GUI or command line.
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64-bit Linux Support
Version 9.0 will support both 64-Bit and 32-Bit LINUX operating systems.
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Aerodynamic Heating
The new aerodynamic model uses well-established correlations for calculating the heating or cooling due to subsonic and supersonic flows over a simplified airfoil or leading nose cone (blunt, conical, or hemispherical) of an aircraft. This correlation is based on a normal, vertical shock wave ahead of the wing or nose cone, and computes a localized heat transfer coefficient and fluid temperature for each element of the wing or nose cone surface. |
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Human Comfort Module
The ThermoAnalytics Human Comfort Module is a groundbreaking new technology to simulate the thermal response of a human body when exposed to transient, asymmetric thermal environments.
The Human Comfort Module accurately calculates all thermoregulatory mechanisms, including metabolic heating and blood perfusion energy rates, respiratory heat losses and evaporation from the skin. A clothing library is included with the module, and ThermoAnalytics can support your team with engineering services to pose human models and fit them into your system geometry.
The software will predict both the Thermal Response and Dynamic Thermal Response of a human in all types of environmental conditions. Applications for the Human Comfort Module include climate control studies, clothing design, and analysis of safety equipment for firefighters.
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