Implementation of a substructuring toolchain within Simcenter 3D

A graphical user interface integrated within Simcenter 3D for the substructuring approach developped by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for the reduction of coupled thermo-mechanical problems to speed up electronic design and allow IP-free transfer of models.

The proposed substructuring approach significantly reduces the computational burden associated with the dynamic analysis of coupled thermo-mechanical circuit models by effectively managing the models' extensive degrees-of-freedom. By applying the penalty-based coupling scheme and the Lagrangian formulation, reduced order models can be assembled in a way that accurately represent the dynamic behavior of the circuit boards.

Integration of the this approach in Simcenter 3D was done using the NXOpen API.

Simcenter 3D license

Simcenter 3D users

For now only exists as a proof of concept but should make its way into the product in the future.