Lms Imagine - Lab Amesim Solutions Guide

LMS Imagine.
Lab AMESim Solutions Guide

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim
The integrated platform for 1D multi-domain simulation
Meeting strategically critical engineering challenges
How can an engineer pro-actively incorporate functional
performance into an intelligent system? Especially a system
with complex interaction between multi-domain components
and subsystems? This is exactly the beauty of LMS Imagine.Lab
AMESim. This 1D simulation platform simplifes multi-domain
integration using an easy-to-use simulation process. All engineers
need to do is connect various validated components to simply
and accurately predict multi-disciplinary intelligent system
performance.
With extensive dedicated libraries totaling more 3,500
components, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim actually saves enormous
amounts of time by simply eliminating the need for extensive
modeling. Thanks to its application-specifc simulation capabilities,
engineers can assess a variety of subsystems in multiple physical
domains. This allows design and engineering teams to carefully
balance product performance according to various brand attributes
and achieve the best possible design way before committing to
expensive and time-consuming prototype testing. Since LMS
Imagine.Lab AMESim features intelligent system simulation early in
the development cycle, it truly allows critical design functionality to
drive new product design.
LMS Corporate Profle .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Packages ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Libraries .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Tools ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Interfaces ................................................................................................................................................................. 18
LMS Imagine.Lab Solutions .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
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LMS Imagine.Lab Powertrain Transmission ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
LMS Imagine.Lab Transmission Comfort ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25
LMS Imagine.Lab Noise, Vibration and Harshness ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
LMS Imagine.Lab Performance and Losses ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
LMS Imagine.Lab Internal Combustion Engine ................................................................................................................................................. 28
LMS Imagine.Lab Engine Control ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
LMS Imagine.Lab Air Path Management ............................................................................................................................................................................. 30
LMS Imagine.Lab Combustion .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
LMS Imagine.Lab Hybrid Vehicle ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
LMS Imagine.Lab Emissions ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle System Dynamics ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle Dynamics ................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle Dynamics Control ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36
LMS Imagine.Lab Braking System ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
LMS Imagine.Lab Power Steering ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
LMS Imagine.Lab Suspension and Anti-Roll ....................................................................................................................................................................... 39
LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle Thermal Management ............................................................................................................................................. 40
LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle Thermal Management ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
LMS Imagine.Lab Engine Thermal Management ................................................................................................................................................................. 43
LMS Imagine.Lab Engine Cooling System .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44
LMS Imagine.Lab Refrigerant Loop .................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
LMS Imagine.Lab Passenger Comfort ................................................................................................................................................................................ 46
LMS Imagine.Lab Lubrication ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 47
LMS Imagine.Lab Fluids Systems ......................................................................................................................................................................... 48
LMS Imagine.Lab Internal Combustion Engine Related Hydraulics .................................................................................................................................... 50
LMS Imagine.Lab Mobile Hydraulics Actuation Systems .................................................................................................................................................... 51
LMS Imagine.Lab Aerospace Engine Equipment ................................................................................................................................................................ 52
LMS Imagine.Lab Environmental Control Systems ............................................................................................................................................................ 53
LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads and Flight Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 54
LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 56
LMS Imagine.Lab Flight Controls ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical ................................................................................................................................................................... 58
LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical Components ............................................................................................................................................................ 60
LMS Imagine.Lab Electrical Systems .................................................................................................................................................................................. 61
LMS Imagine.Lab Energy .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
LMS Imagine.Lab Fuel Cells ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
LMS Imagine.Lab Services ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64
LMS Imagine Customer Services .......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
LMS Imagine Consulting Services ........................................................................................................................................................................ 66
LMS Imagine: Innovative from the start ............................................................................................................................................................. 67
Addressing a complete range of critical engineering
attributes
Structural integrity
System dynamics
Vehicle dynamics
Comfort
Noise and vibration
Sound quality
Durability
Safety
Performance
Power management
Fuel economy and emissions
Fluids
Electromechanical systems
Thermal management

LMS, engineering innovation partner of
manufacturing companies worldwide
LMS helps customers get better products to market faster and turn superior process effciency 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, sound quality, comfort and durability to
safety, performance and power consumption. LMS has the experience, unique competences and integrated solutions that
can empower an innovative way of engineering one that supports manufacturers in the race to get products out right-the-
frst-time. The results are dramatically shortened cycle times, superior products that truly excite customers as well as reduce
development costs and risks. Thanks to our technology, dedicated people and over 25 years of engineering experience, LMS
has become the partner of choice for more than 5,000 leading manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS operates through a
network of more than 30 subsidiaries in Europe, the USA and Asia.
A unique combination of simulation software, testing
systems, and engineering services
1D simulation software to model and analyze multi-domain
system behavior
3D simulation software to simulate and optimize functional
performance
Integrated solutions for test-based engineering, refnement
and validation
Engineering services for troubleshooting, design refnement,
technology transfer and co-development
A solid partner with global experience
A global engineering innovation partner for more than 5,000
manufacturing companies
Over 25 years of experience in mission critical engineering
disciplines
An international approach to customers with more than 30
offces in Europe, USA and Asia
Continuous R&D investment backed by a strong fnancial track
record

LMS helps meet the challenges of every engineering department -- tight
development schedules, budget restrictions and higher product expectations.
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LMS Imagine.Lab Introduction
LMS helps manufacturing companies
Compete with innovative designs
Innovative design and radical new product concepts represent
a solid basis for growth and proftability. Winners of the product
innovation race often combine a talent to mobilize knowledge and
creativity with product development and go-to-market speed.
Manufacturing companies rely on LMS solutions to eliminate
non-value-added tasks, frontload key design decisions early in
the development phase, and explore new product concepts in
the shortest possible time. LMS can also improve active system
performance engineering -- a key innovation driver in mechanical
product design.
Deliver the expected brand values
Creating innovative and attractive products is not just about
producing visually attractive designs. Mission critical attributes
need to be refned from the early design stage onwards. Using LMS
simulation, engineering teams can quickly analyze a multitude of
design options to fnd the right balance. This approach results in
better decisions during the early development stages and helps
engineer product performance to refect the core brand values that
create passion for the product.
Expand and renew the product portfolio
Todays consumer expects choice: products that directly address
niche markets and specifc customer requirements. With more
models and options, the development process needs to be
dramatically shortened not just to save costs, but also to cope
with the increasing number of product releases. LMS helps
manufacturing companies speed up their development process by
analyzing real-life design performance much faster and much
earlier in the process as well as accelerating time-consuming
physical prototype testing.
Optimize overall product quality
LMS offers the right solution mix to successfully set targets, detect
and adjust design faws in the early concept stages, accurately
assess and refne product performance using validated virtual
models, and effciently validate the fnal design using advanced
prototype-testing techniques. LMS customers not only measure
their return on investment in terms of faster time-to-market and
reduced development costs, but also in terms of improved product
quality and reduced warranty and product recall issues.

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The integrated platform for 1D multi-domain system simulation
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers a complete 1D simulation suite to model and analyze multi-
domain, intelligent systems and predict multi-disciplinary performance. Model components
are described using validated analytical models that represent the systems actual hydraulic,
pneumatic, electric or mechanical behavior. All the user has to do is assemble pre-defned
components from validated libraries to create a physics-based model of the system. Using
this functional system mock-up, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim accurately simulates intelligent
system behavior long before detailed CAD geometry is available.
LMS Virtual.Lab
The integrated solution for 3D functional performance simulation
LMS Virtual.Lab offers an integrated software suite to simulate and optimize the
performance of mechanical systems for structural integrity, noise and vibration, durability,
system dynamics, ride and handling and dynamic motion and other attributes. LMS Virtual.
Lab covers all the process steps and required technologies to perform an end-to-end design
assessment in each key discipline. Using LMS Virtual.Lab, engineering teams can build
accurate simulation models, simulate their real-life performance, quickly assess multiple
design alternatives and optimize designs before prototype construction.
LMS Test.Lab, LMS Test.Xpress and the LMS SCADAS family
An unrivaled suite of test-based engineering solutions
A complete solution for test-based engineering, LMS Test.Lab includes solutions for
rotating machinery, structural and acoustic testing, environmental testing, vibration control,
reporting and data sharing. LMS Test.Xpress, a no-compromise noise and vibration analyzer,
combines the operational simplicity of a traditional analyzer with the high-speed quality
performance of an advanced noise & vibration measurement system. The data acquisition
hardware from the LMS SCADAS family ranges from compact mobile units, autonomous
smart recorders up to high channel count laboratory systems. All systems are tightly
integrated with the LMS Test.Lab and LMS Test.Xpress software and optimally tuned to
meet the specifc needs of durability, noise and vibration engineering.
LMS, a unique portfolio of engineering
innovation solutions
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LMS Imagine.Lab Introduction
LMS Engineering Services
Solving critical engineering challenges
LMS Engineering Services counts on its globally minded team of over 100 multi-lingual engineers to help customers optimize product
designs and address tough engineering challenges. The LMS Engineering Services team has more than 25 years of experience solving
engineering challenges that manufacturers across various industries must meet head-on.
Their truly multidisciplinary engineering experience ranges from noise, vibration and durability to system dynamics, vehicle handling and
safety. The LMS Engineering competence centers in Europe, the USA and Asia combine state-of-the art testing facilities with an extensive
simulation infrastructure.
LMS simulation and testing experts are ready to address critical engineering projects and make the difference between successful
product launches and costly repairs or even failures. The LMS approach to functional performance engineering can truly be a strategic
competitive advantage for every company.
LMS Customer Services
A partnership for your succes
LMS support its customers with engineers who not only understand the hardware and
software, but also master the related engineering applications. Extensive training, seminars,
and on-site services help our clients technical staff gain and maintain their software and
system know-how. LMS offers a complete portfolio of professional services, including
the full installation management, on-site training and support, and continuous knowledge
transfer.
The fnal result is a win-win situation: an optimal return on hardware and software
investment in terms of optimized engineering team productivity and up-to-date systems
with the latest technology and application developments.
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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim LMS International | info@lmsintl.com | www.lmsintl.com
Enabling intelligent system simulation
Today intelligent system integration is driving improved product performance and delivering innovative designs in a variety
of industries. Recent surveys show that approximately 80% of the next-generation systems and products will be derived from
so-called intelligent systems. One of the most common examples is the advanced injection and control systems essential to
clean-running and fuel-effcient car engines.
But it is not only the automotive industry that is investing heavily in the intelligent system design trend to reach new targets for
vital attributes like safety, comfort and, of course, driving pleasure. Active systems are running everything from key operating
and safety mechanisms in the latest airplanes to smart packaging machines, hyper-speed printing presses, power-packing
excavators and highly-effcient wind turbines. Intelligent systems clearly are essential when designing cost-effcient products
with higher productivity levels and superior reliability.
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Meeting strategically critical engineering challenges
How can an engineer pro-actively incorporate functional
performance into an intelligent system? Especially a system
with complex interaction between mechanical, hydraulic,
pneumatic, thermal and electric/electronic components and
subsystems?
This is exactly the beauty of LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim. This
1D simulation platform simplifes multi-domain integration
using an easy-to-use simulation process. All engineers need
to do is connect various validated components to simply
and accurately predict multi-disciplinary intelligent system
performance.
With extensive dedicated libraries totaling more 3,500
components, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim actually saves
enormous amounts of time by simply eliminating the need
for extensive modeling. Thanks to its application-specifc
simulation capabilities, engineers can assess a variety
of subsystems in multiple physical domains. This allows
design and engineering teams to carefully balance product
performance according to various brand attributes and
achieve the best possible design way before committing to
expensive and time-consuming prototype testing. Since
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim features intelligent system
simulation early in the development cycle. It truly allows
strategically critical design functionality to drive new
product design.
LMS Imagine: your partner for intelligent system design
Thanks to over 20 years of experience with major industry
actors worldwide, LMS Imagine can help customers solve
their most critical design issues. Our expertise can make
the difference between successful product launches and
costly repairs, recalls or even product failures. Our innovative
teams unique combination of skills, engineering experience
and process know-how turns attribute engineering into a
strategic competitive advantage.
LMS Imagine provides high-quality support services for
all of its multi-domain solutions and software platform.
Our customers beneft from the maximum return on their
software investment. We are their partner when its comes
to optimizing engineering productivity and maintaining up-
to-date skills, competencies and systems that result in that
essential competitive edge required for successful intelligent
system design.
Function-driven design with
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim:
Analyze intelligent system functionality right from
the start
Optimize mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal
and electric/electronic system interaction long
before prototype testing
Pro-actively engineer strategically critical design
functionality for best overall product performance
and quality
Avoid design faws, explore design alternatives and
accelerate product development cycles
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Automotive and Ground Transportation
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers dedicated solutions for all major vehicle subsystems:
internal combustion engines, transmissions, vehicle thermal management systems,
vehicle systems dynamics as well as fuid systems related to engines and electrical
systems. Vehicle engineering teams can simulate system performance during the early
design stage to optimally balance multiple functional requirements and brand attributes.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim solutions for:
Aerospace
Aerospace manufacturers are challenged to design systems that are all encompassing:
safe, reliable, effcient, comfortable and environmentally friendly. Thanks to its
multi-domain system simulation capabilities, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim meets these
engineering challenges for a wide range of aeronautics and aerospace subsystems and
components. The current portfolio includes solutions for aerospace engine equipment,
environmental control systems, fight controls, ground loads and electromechanical
components and numerous electrical systems.
Industrial machinery
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim helps heavy machinery and industrial equipment
manufacturers develop innovative product designs that deliver higher throughput,
more reliability, maximum effciency and minimum downtime. The LMS Imagine.Lab
AMESim platform covers fuid, thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, electro-mechanical and
pneumatic domains. Application-specifc solutions cover a wide range of industrial
applications: machine tooling, robotics, hydraulic presses, test benches, cooling
systems, air-conditioning systems, offshore oil platforms, pipelines, shipbuilding,
power generators, railway and light rail solutions, construction equipment, agricultural
machinery and packaging machinery.
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Validated components and dedicated libraries
An organic and innovative concept, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim lets
engineers develop and customize their own libraries by creating
new models and sub-models. To facilitate model and library sharing
with suppliers, customers or internal departments,
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers the capability to create and
publish ready-to-use catalogs of component models, while still
encrypting valuable corporate know-how. LMS Imagine.Lab
AMESim offers a run-only version of the software, dedicated for
users who simply want to run a packaged simulation model to
analyze and visualize different design alternatives.
Dedicated application solutions accelerate engineering
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers an extensive set of application-
specifc solutions to assess specifc subsystem behavior. This way,
experts can focus on the critical design and engineering issues
without spending valuable time creating and validating models. In
the engineering loop, outside suppliers can model, simulate and
validate components early in the design process and provide their
client, the original equipment manufacturer or OEM, with a virtual
functional component or subsystem mock-up. In turn, OEMs can
simulate components and subsystem integration to verify total
performance levels and validate key design choices.
Easy and effcient interaction evaluation
Engineers really appreciate the fact that they can study each
system independently, but the real added value of
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is its truly unique capability to integrate
and evaluate various subsystems in a single environment. For
example, engineers working on an internal combustion engine
can couple models of the transmission, the thermal management
system and the electrical network to test new cabin heating
strategies for obviously passenger comfort as well as the effect
on fuel consumption and emissions. Another case found in
aeronautics, users can couple all the vital landing gear elements,
such as the suspension and the braking circuit, into one single
simulation to test anti-skid strategies. Off-highway OEMs can
estimate driving-cycle fuel consumption by coupling the internal
combustion engine with all the pumps included in the hydraulic
circuits to move the vehicle and actuate the different tools.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers a complete 1D simulation suite to model and analyze multi-domain, intelligent systems and predict their
multi-disciplinary performance. Model components are described using validated analytical models that represent the systems actual
hydraulic, pneumatic, electric or mechanical behavior. To create a system simulation model, all the user has to do is use the various
dedicated tools to access the required pre-defned components from validated libraries covering different physical domains.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim can work with a variety of libraries to create a physics-based system model. Using libraries like the Hydraulic
Component Design (HCD) and IFP-Engine, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim software can accurately simulate intelligent system behavior long
before detailed CAD geometry is available.
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Develop, validate and share system models
The LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim platform contains all the core design and simulation products that engineers need to get started. According
to the application, the platform can be easily augmented with task-specifc interfaces, tools and dedicated libraries. The easy interactive
graphical interface lets LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim users to quickly build complex, multi-domain system models by simply connecting
various validated and pre-defned components. This results in an actual working rough sketch of the desired model. A logical 1D
representation, it is easy to understand and investigate design possibilities.
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AMESim Advanced:
Customize and share multi-disciplinary system models
AMESim Advanced is designed to develop and analyze multi-
disciplinary system models. It is the ideal version for users
who need to share models with other departments or with
outside partners.
Via the easy and interactive graphical interface, AMESim
Advanced users can build complex multi-domain system
models in minutes by simply combining validated
components from various libraries covering different physical
domains. The result is a straightforward system model
representation which is easy to understand and investigate.
Users create models by connecting physics-based building
blocks. This innovative concept avoids cumbersome
numerical model creation and code writing. Users are
plunged directly into the critical aspects of design like
analysis and optimization.
Based on the most advanced numerical techniques, the
AMESim Advanced solver supports ordinary differential
equation (ODE) and differential algebraic equations (DAE).
The solver automatically and dynamically selects the best-
adapted calculation method from 17 algorithms, depending
on the system dynamics.
In addition to the core platform, AMESim Advanced features
AMECustom. This practical customization tool lets users
tailor the software to specifc applications or internal or
external processes. It even allows users to compile company-
specifc model databases with customized user interfaces
and parameter sets. For security purposes, sensitive
information can be protected via encryption before supplying
models to third parties.
A design exploration tool for exploring the design space,
LMS Imagine.Lab OPTIMUS is a design optimization software
application that captures and manages LMS Imagine.Lab
AMESim engineering simulations. AMESim Advanced users
can quickly and effciently explore the design space with
design of experiment and response surface modeling
techniques to gain critical insight into possible design
alternatives.
Besides the standard AMESim Advanced package, the
platform is available in a light version, AMESim Base, an
ideal solution for users with basic simulation requirements,
and AMESim Expert aimed at expert users.
AMESim Expert:
Extend system models with additional libraries
Capitalizing on all know-how throughout the company is crucial
in the high-tech sector. In addition to all the AMESim Advanced
features, AMESim Expert provides a comprehensive tool set that
can easily extend the standard AMESim component libraries.
AMESet, the AMESim sub-model editing tool, is designed to
help write well-documented, standardized, reusable and easily
maintainable libraries. Users can simply follow several simple rules
to create fully compatible AMESim component models that are
automatically usable on the platform.
AMESim Base:
Design system models
AMESim Base is the entry-level version for users who need a basic
scripting interface and analysis tools to development and analyze
multi-domain systems.
AMERun:
Share simulation models with non-expert users
AMERun is a run-only version of AMESim. It is ideal for users who
just want to run a customized simulation model to analyze and
visualize different design alternatives. With AMERun, engineers can
easily share validated, tested and customized AMESim models with
non-expert users. AMERun offers many of the same features found
in the standard AMESim environment so that users can still adjust
model parameters and perform analysis runs.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Packages
The LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim suite comes with dedicated packages tailored to our customers precise needs. Customers can
choose from four different packages: AMESim Advanced, the core package; AMESim Expert and Base, two variations on the
core package; and a runtime version, AMERun. A fexible and thorough solution, all packages of the LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim
software suite are easily enhanced with specifc tools and dedicated, validated libraries to satisfy various customer requests.
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compatible with existing AMESim library models. LMS Imagine
offers an extensive service to develop dedicated components and
customized application libraries for clients.
A broad range of applications and physical domains
The various AMESim libraries flled with dedicated and validated
components cover a multitude of physical domains and engineering
applications:
Control: Signal, Control & Observers
Electromechanical: Electrical Basics, Electromechanical,
Electric Motors & Drives
Fluid: Hydraulic, Hydraulic Component Design, Hydraulic
Resistance, Filling, Pneumatic, Pneumatic Component Design,
Gas Mixture, Moist Air
Internal Combustion Engine: IFP-Drive, IFP-Engine, IFP-
Exhaust, IFP-Combustion 3D
Mechanical: Mechanical, Planar Mechanical, Powertrain,
Vehicle Dynamics
Thermal: Thermal, Thermal-Hydraulic, Thermal-Hydraulic
Component Design, Thermal-Pneumatic, Two-Phase Flow, Air
Conditioning, Cooling System, Heat Exchanger Assembly Tool.
Easy and accurate model creation
By combining library components, users create an easy-
to-understand working sketch of the system model. To aid
investigation, varying model complexity can be selected for each
component. Parameters and measuring units can be set in an
easy and interactive way. Thanks to this completely transparent
concept with easy-to-access embedded model information, users
can capture, re-use and share engineering knowledge. Engineers
can also start from a simplifed model representation in the early
development stage, and gradually add more detail to the model as
design information becomes available.
Extend standard libraries with custom-built components
All AMESim library components are either application-oriented
or represent physical phenomena. Users can start from pre-
constructed application models to experiment with new ideas
and techniques to discover innovative solutions. A unique feature,
AMESim users can also create and add to their own libraries.
AMESet, the AMESim sub-model editing tool, is designed to
help write well-documented, standardized, reusable and easily
maintainable libraries. This guarantees that models are completely
To create a system simulation model in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, users simply access one of the numerous libraries of
pre-defned and validated components from different physical domains, such as fuid, thermal, mechanical, electromechanical,
powertrain and many others. All library components are completely validated to guarantee the accuracy and reliability of the
simulation. By selecting the required validated component from the related library, users completely avoid the step of creating
their own complicated code. Not only does this save enormous amounts of time, it also allows teams to easily create complex
system models covering multiple domains. Rather than spending time simply building a functional model, engineers can focus
on design-critical tasks like optimizing the design for best-in-class product behavior early in the process.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Libraries
Accelerating model creation
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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Tools
Powerful tools for design optimization
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers an extensive tool set to optimize not only the design, but vital aspects of the entire design
process. Besides its excellent design optimization capabilities, users can analyze multi-domain systems and graphical
renditions of simulation results and generate customizable HTML reports. Pre-processing and post-processing tools include
AMETable, a table editor that can handle N-dimension tables and create a 3D representation of the N-dimension table, and
AMEPlot, a tool that displays complex plots.
AMEAnimation: create a 3D animation
AMEAnimation is a convenient way to create a 3D animation of any AMESim simulation.
Users can simply create and link objects in AMEAnimation to the simulation itself. Users
can easily visualize the physical component behavior according to set parameters to
demonstrate the fnal results of the simulation.
Analysis tools: understanding intrinsic system behavior
Analysis tools, such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), spectral map, linear analysis order
tracking and activity index, help explain system behavior, highlighting main dynamics
so that the user can simplify the modeling process with a managed level of accuracy.
Linear analysis can also help users obtain suffcient intrinsic system behavior. AMESim
provides a comprehensive set of methods: eigenvalues, modal shapes, root locus, and
transfer function representation thanks to Bode, Nichols and Nyquist plots.
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Parallel Processing: CPU maximization
With a sole single processor, design exploration or batch runs can take some time. In
this case, it is best to use more than one processor. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim can use
the MPICH standard for parallel processing. This option is a much more convenient
method to handle robust design runs. It uses separate networked processors.
Discrete Partitioning: Simulations beyond your wildest dreams
Discrete partitioning is a technique that can lead to extremely large run-time reductions
for certain types of hydraulic systems, such as fuel injection, automatic gearbox
command, and ABS. Discrete partitioning uses genuine physical discrete communication
to produce a model that is suitable for co-simulation without accuracy loss. It takes
advantage of wave propagation physics in hydraulic lines.
LMS Imagine.Lab OPTIMUS
Exploring the parameter space and optimizing the design
In the world of multi-domain system simulation, the realm of 1D is probably the
place where design exploration techniques are the most effective. Whether used for
design or validation, system models can provide global parameter access that directly
infuences design decisions. LMS Imagine.Lab OPTIMUS is a design optimization
software application that captures and manages LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim engineering
simulations. Users can quickly explore the design space with Design of Experiments
(DOE) and Response Surface Modeling (RSM) techniques to gain critical insight in
possible design alternatives.
Design of Experiments (DOE) permits parameter screening and helps defne an optimal
set of experiments in the design space to obtain maximum information with the highest
accuracy level at the lowest cost.
Thanks to the multi-objective state-of-the-art optimization methods adapted from
Noesis OPTIMUS, another LMS technology, LMS Imagine.Lab OPTIMUS can fnd the
best-possible set of design variables to satisfy all constraints and provide optimal values
for established objective functionality.
To assess and optimize design responses taking into account the variability present in
the LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim design input parameters, LMS Imagine.Lab OPTIMUS
deploys robustness and reliability engineering methodologies as well.
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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Interfaces
Seamless design process integration
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is an open platform for effcient integration with third-party software for control, real-time
simulation, multi-body simulation, process integration and design optimization. Besides its integration functionality,
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim features a generic co-simulation interface to couple multi-domain system simulation to any kind of
dynamic 3D model, for example, a computational fuid dynamic simulation or fnite element analysis. This allows
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim to be seamlessly integrated into the extended digital development process.
Control system design: maximal interaction
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is a complete systems engineering platform and Simulink
from Mathworks is the de facto standard for control system design. How to link the two?
The point-to-point AMESim-Simulink interface provides an easy-to-use and effcient
tool to link an AMESim plant model with a Simulink control system model. Thanks to its
simplifed model exchange, users signifcantly beneft from more effcient communication
between control systems teams and systems engineering teams as the link eliminates
the need to re-write complex multi-domain models for various platforms. In addition,
the Blackbox Export option allows users to export a standalone model into Simulink.
This facilitates model sharing with suppliers, customers or other internal partners or
departments using Simulink without rewriting the model itself.
Scripting: automate complex and repetitive tasks
A time-saving feature, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim provides a comprehensive set of
scripts that support programming in higher abstraction-level languages like Python,
MATLAB, Scilab, Microsoft Excel or Visual Basic Application to automate model
interaction for batch runs, perform complex or automated pre-processing, or integrate
an AMESim model within an external application.
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Real Time: from high-fdelity modeling to HiL simulation
The Real Time option lets users export an AMESim model to a real-time hardware
target for a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation. This makes it possible, for instance,
to test an ECU before installing it in the real system and eliminate bugs early in the
development process. Thanks to AMESims real-time functionality, creating a real-time
simulation model is simpler and faster. Development cycle uncertainty resulting from
late design process integration is practically eliminated, translating to signifcantly
improved product quality and reliability.
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers a similar kind of approach compatible with National
Instruments products. Users of these measurement automation and control systems
can export LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim models to LabVIEW and its Real-Time Module.
Multi-Body: a scalable simulation process with 3D mechanical systems
Physical systems are often composed of different elements all working together, such
as pneumatics, mechanics, hydraulics, electronics or control systems. Interactions
between multi-disciplinary systems and complex multi-body systems can be diffcult to
manage in a single modeling software package. This is why users can connect AMESim
to a specialized multi-body package, such as LMS Virtual.Lab Motion or MSC.ADAMS.
The multi-body interfaces provided by LMS Imagine make it simple to model each sub-
system directly in the appropriate environment and perform combined simulation using
either model export facilities or co-simulation.
Process Integration: automate simulation across engineering disciplines
Besides native design exploration tools, AMESim provides users with an additional
direct interface for Noesis OPTIMUS or iSIGHT through AMEPilot. AMEPilot features
an easy way to initiate AMESim model runs from outside the platform. With this, users
can simply change the model parameters to obtain post-treated simulation results. The
AMESim Export module sets up suitably formatted parameters for AMEPilot.
Co-simulation: CAE software integration and legacy codes
Co-simulation means that two models are simulated within their own simulation
environments (including solvers), but communicate at regular intervals. The Generic
Co-simulation Interface is primarily intended for establishing co-simulation with third-
party software, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), but it can also be used for
parallel AMESim-AMESim co-simulation.
Modeling Languages:
AMESim proprietary support and the open-source Modelica language
Modelica is an object-oriented modeling language designed for multi-disciplinary
system modeling. LMS is a core team member in charge of language improvement and
promoting the standard. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is able to import Modelica models
and link them to models in the AMESim libraries, securing the investment users may
have made in developing Modelica libraries.
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