SimScale
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2012[1] |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
| Area served | Worldwide |
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| Employees | 35–50[2] |
| Slogan(s) | Simulation in your browser |
| Website | simscale |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 55,000+[3] |
| Launched | 2013 |
SimScale is a computer-aided engineering (CAE) software based on cloud computing. SimScale was developed by the German company SimScale GmbH and includes finite element method, computational fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics numerical analysis methods.[4]
The SimScale simulation platform is integrated with several open source software solutions, including OpenFOAM, Code Aster, CalculiX, SU2 and YADE. SimScale is fully cloud-based, which allows users to perform simulations directly in the web browser.[5]
History
After a beta phase, SimScale was launched in the second half of 2013.[6] Created by a team of engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians, its main purpose was to make engineering simulation technology accessible to everyone, which would help engineers and manufacturers develop better products in shorter time.[7][8]
Features
The SimScale platform enables product designers and engineers to build better products using different features:
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| Finite element analysis |
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| Computational fluid dynamics |
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| Thermodynamics |
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Process of a simulation
The process of a simulation with SimScale contains different steps. First, a CAD model has to be uploaded in a dedicated format (STEP, IGES, BREP, STL). Second, the model needs to be meshed. The mesh provide the simulation objects with a coordinate system, which can be uploaded or created by using algorithms. The third one is choosing an analysis type, from solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermal analysis, acoustics, or particle analysis. After completing these steps, the simulation starts; this takes place in external data centers. After configuration and iteration, the data can be uploaded to the post-processing application, ParaView, and visualized.[9]
SimScale community
The SimScale Community Plan was announced on 2 December 2015 together with the new investment round led by Union Square Ventures (USV).[10] Making engineering simulation available for free, the Community Plan includes 3,000 core hours of computation and 500 GB of storage to be used at no cost for public simulations.[11]
As part of the SimScale Community, the Public Projects is a library of simulations and validations, each with a detailed setup and results, which all users can copy, modify, and use for free as templates.[12]
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