SimScale

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SimScale
Developer SimScale GmbH
Initial release2013;12 years ago (2013)
Platform Web browser
Type Computer-aided engineering
Website simscale.com

SimScale is a computer-aided engineering (CAE) software product for engineering simulation. SimScale was developed by SimScale GmbH and integrates computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, thermal, and electromagnetic simulations with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable rapid virtual testing and design exploration. [1] [2] The backend of the platform uses both open source and proprietary simulation codes and Physics AI surrogate modeling frameworks using Graph Neural Networks. [3] The platform is cloud-based and accessed through a web browser. [1]

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History

SimScale was founded by five graduates of TU Munich in 2012 [4] and first launched online in 2013. [5] In September 2024, the company announced that it had 600,000 registered users on its platform. [6]

Features

The thermal module allows uncoupled thermo-mechanical, [7] conjugate heat transfer and convective heat transfer simulations. [8]

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. [9] QRC Technologies performed thermal simulations on SimScale to test multiple variations of their RF tester. [10]

Community Plan

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. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] It includes a one-time allotment of 3000 computation hours and 500 GB of storage for any registered user. [16] Simulations and projects created by a user registered under the plan are accessible to all other users within the public project library. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wasserman, Shawn (9 December 2015). "SimScale Brings the Price of Computer-Aided Engineering Down to Zero". Engineering.
  2. ↑ Tara, Roopinder (16 June 2016). "Be Warned: The CAE World Is About to Shift". Engineering.
  3. ↑ Wasserman, Shawn (4 October 2023). "It's Official, AI Simulation is Here! What Does it Promise?". Engineering.
  4. ↑ "SimScale - Bayern Kapital". Bayern Kapital. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  5. ↑ Schmitz, Barb (26 August 2013). "Cloud-Based Simulation". Engineering. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12.
  6. ↑ "SimScale Announces Simulation Platform Enhancements". Engineering. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  7. ↑ Wasserman, Shawn (19 January 2015). "Transient Heating and Thermal Shock Analysis for Free". Engineering. Archived from the original on 2016-07-22.
  8. ↑ "Freemium Simulation Software Now Includes Conjugate Heat Transfer". Engineering. May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Enhancing Cycling Performance via Simulation". Digital Engineering. April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Simulation Experts Save Electronics from Thermal Damage". Engineering. February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Union Square Ventures invests in Munich-based startup SimScale". Tech.eu. 2 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "SimScale announces free access to simulation technology as a part of its new community plan" (Press release). NAFEMS. 2 December 2015.
  13. ↑ König, Peter (15 April 2016). "Mit SimScale und Make gratis simulieren lernen wie die Profis" (Press release). MAKE. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "SimScale to bring simulation technology to small and medium businesses". Global Manufacturing. 8 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Wasserman, Shawn (30 April 2015). "Is Cloud-Based Simulation Affordable Enough to Dominate the Start-Up Market?". Engineering.
  16. ↑ "SimScale CAE Forum - Community Plan Core Hours - reply by SimScale Community & Academic Program Manager Jousef Murad". SimScale. 19 September 2019.[ unreliable source? ]
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