Simcenter Amesim

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Simcenter Amesim
Developer(s) Siemens Digital Industries Software
Initial release1995
Stable release
Simcenter Amesim 2310
Platform Cross-platform
Available in English, Chinese
Type modeling, simulation, Graphical user interface
License Proprietary

Simcenter Amesim is a commercial simulation software for the modeling and analysis of multi-domain systems. It is part of systems engineering domain and falls into the mechatronic engineering field.

Contents

The software package is a suite of tools used to model, analyze and predict the performance of mechatronics systems. Models are described using nonlinear time-dependent analytical equations that represent the system's hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal, electric or mechanical behavior. Compared to 3D CAE modeling this approach gives the capability to simulate the behavior of systems before detailed CAD geometry is available, hence it is used earlier in the system design cycle or V-Model.

To create a simulation model for a system, a set of libraries is used. These contain pre-defined components for different physical domains. The icons in the system have to be connected and for this purpose each icon has ports, which have several inputs and outputs. Causality is enforced by linking the inputs of one icon to the outputs of another icon (and vice versa).

Simcenter Amesim libraries are written in C language, Python and also support Modelica, [1] which is a non-proprietary, object-oriented, equation based language to model complex physical systems containing, e.g., mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, thermal, control, electric power or process-oriented subcomponents. The software runs on Linux and on Windows platforms.

Simcenter Amesim is a part of the Siemens Digital Industries Software Simcenter portfolio. This combines 1D simulation, 3D CAE and physical testing with intelligent reporting and data analytics. This portfolio is intended for development of complex products that include smart systems, through implementing a Predictive Engineering Analytics approach. [2]

History

The Simcenter Amesim software was developed by Imagine S.A., a company which was acquired in June 2007 by LMS International, which itself was acquired in November 2012 by Siemens AG.

The Imagine S.A. company was created in 1987 by Dr Michel Lebrun from the University Claude Bernard in France, to control complex dynamic systems coupling hydraulic servo-actuators with finite-elements mechanical structures. The initial engineering project involved the deck elevation of the sinking Ekofisk North Sea petroleum platforms.

In the early 1990s the association with Pr C. W. Richards, [3] [4] coming from the University of Bath in England, led to the first commercial release of Simcenter Amesim in 1995 which was then dedicated to fluid control systems.

Simcenter Amesim is used by companies in the automotive, [5] [6] [7] [8] aerospace [9] [10] [11] and other advanced manufacturing industries. [12] [13] [14]

Usage

Simcenter Amesim is a multi-domain software that supports modeling a variety of physics domains (hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanic, electrical, thermal, electromechanical). It is based on the Bond graph theory.

Under the Windows platform, Simcenter Amesim works with the free Gcc compiler, which is provided with the software. It also works with the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler and its free Express edition. Since the version 4.3.0 Simcenter Amesim uses the Intel compiler on all platforms.

Platform facilities

Simcenter Amesim features:

Physical libraries

Physical libraries from which models can be built include control, electrical networks, mechanical, fluid, thermodynamic, IC engine, and aerospace and defense libraries.

Education and research

Simcenter Amesim is used by engineering schools and universities. It is also the reference framework for various research projects in Europe.

Release history

Name/VersionBuild NumberDate
AMESim-1995
AMESim 1.0v1001996
AMESim 1.5v1501997
AMESim 2.0v2001998
AMESim 2.5v250April 1999
AMESim 3.0v300June 2000
AMESim 3.5v350May 2001
AMESim 4.0v400March 2002
AMESim 4.1v410April 2003
AMESim 4.2v420September 2004
AMESim 4.3v430October 2005
AMESim Rev 7Av700April 2007
AMESim Rev 7Bv710December 2007
AMESim Rev 8Av800June 2008
AMESim Rev 8Bv810December 2008
AMESim Rev 9v900November 2009
AMESim Rev 10v1000November 2010
AMESim Rev 11v1100November 2011
AMESim Rev 12v1200March 2013
AMESim Rev 13v1300December 2013
LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim 14v1400February 2015
LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim 15v1501July 2016
Simcenter Amesim 16v1600January 2018
Simcenter Amesim 17v17October 2018
Simcenter Amesim 2019.1v2019.1April 2019
Simcenter Amesim 2019.2v2019.2October 2019
Simcenter Amesim 2020.1v2020.1April 2020
Simcenter Amesim 2020.2v2020.2October 2020
Simcenter Amesim 2021.1v2021.1April 2021
Simcenter Amesim 2021.2v2021.2October 2021
Simcenter Amesim 2022.1v2022.1April 2022
Simcenter Amesim 2210v2210October 2022
Simcenter Amesim 2304v2304April 2023
Simcenter Amesim 2310v2310October 2023

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