SimScale is a

computer-aided engineering Computer-aided engineering (CAE) is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering analysis tasks. It includes , , , durability and optimization. It is included with computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) ...

(CAE) software product based on

cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mu ...

. SimScale was developed by SimScale GmbH and allows

computational fluid dynamics Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate ...

, finite element analysis and thermal simulations. The backend of the platform uses open source codes: * FEA
Code_Aster
and CalculiX * CFD:

OpenFOAM OpenFOAM (for "Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation") is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, most prominently including ...

The cloud-based platform of SimScale allows users to run more simulations, and in turn iterate more design changes, compared to traditional local computer-based systems.

History

SimScale was launched in 2013.

Features

The thermal module allows uncoupled thermo-mechanical, conjugate

heat transfer Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as thermal conduction, ...

and convective heat transfer simulations.

Industrial applications

Japan-based Tokyowheel — a company that engineers technical carbon fiber racing wheels for competitive cyclists — used SimScale's CFD software component to determine the most aerodynamic wheel profile. QRC Technologies performed thermal simulations on SimScale to test multiple variations of their RF tester.

Marketing

On 2 December 2015, a community plan was announced making the platform accessible free of charge, based on a new investment round led by

Union Square Ventures Union Square Ventures (USV) is an American venture capital firm based in New York City. The firm has backed more than 130 startups, including Twitter, Etsy, Stripe, Coinbase, Zynga, Tumblr, Stack Overflow, Meetup, Kickstarter, MongoDB, Flur ...

. It includes a one-time allotment of 3000 computation hours and 500 GB of storage for any registered user. Simulations and projects created by a user registered under the plan are accessible to all other users within the public project library. SimScale has also organized several free webinars: * 3D Printer Workshop * F1 Aerodynamics Workshop * Simulation in Biomedical Engineering Workshop

References

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