Though most companies perform CAE as an isolated activity that is usually restricted to a particular functional team or engineering discipline, product performance, safety and reliability are greatly influenced by the inter-disciplinary interactions. With an intent to offer engineers with the latest and most cutting-edge technologies right from inception, MSC now offers co-simulation technologies that are uniquely crafted to suit the challenges of the next generation of engineers across the globe.

MSC co-simulation solutions are designed in a way to offer CAE engineers unique data-driven and actionable insights into the holistic performance of their products. Functional domains ranging from acoustics to multibody dynamics, CFD to structural analysis, as well as explicit crash dynamics can be interconnected using these comprehensive solutions.

Co-simulation Technologies

MSC Co-Simulation technologies can be used by engineers in two ways, depending on the type of analysis. These are: Co-Simulation – by applying multiple physics to the model simultaneously and Chained Simulation – by passing load case results from one analysis to the next. MSC CoSim Engine offers an easy-to-use co-simulation interface for the direct coupling of different solvers/disciplines with a multi-physics framework. Engineers have the flexibility to set up co-simulation models between Adams, Marc, and scFLOW. Apart from CoSim Engine, other co-simulation technologies are also supported by MSC solutions including Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI), and Adams Marc Co-Simulation Interface (ACSI). CAE engineers from different departments can leverage chained simulation to integrate multiple disciplines sequentially and enhance the overall simulation accuracy.

Key Applications

Fluids and Multibody Dynamics

MSC ADAMS and Cradle can be effectively used together to simulate the deployment of flaps on an aircraft wing, analyze the crosswind impact on vehicle dynamics, scenarios of fuel tank sloshing, vehicle driving through a water puddle, and buoyant logs floating under a bridge.

Fluids and Structures

MSC Marc and Cradle are a widely chosen combination to simulate Fluid-Structure interaction scenarios such as a flexible plate in a crossflow, flag (on a flag pole) fluttering in wind, valve near the tank opening, diaphragm valve distortion due to fluid force, Ship-propeller simulation, water jet hitting a pivoting flat plate and more.

Multibody Dynamics and Structures

Multibody Dynamics and Controls

MSC Adams and Matlab Simulink have been used widely for validating control algorithms for industrial robotic systems.

Multibody Dynamics and 3D Environment

MSC Adams RealTime along with Vires VTD are becoming popular solutions for ADAS and autonomous driving simulations.

Fluids + 1D Simulation

MSC Cradle and GT-Suite are used for simulations such as detailed combustion gasses simulation integrated with 1D system modeling and Detailed cooling water 3D analysis incorporated in the 1D system model.

Fluids and Aero-acoustics

MSC Cradle and MSC Actran are a preferred choice amongst engineers to carry out Noise studies for exhaust systems.

Electromagnetics, Structures, and Acoustics

To effectively simulate the electromagnetic forces, housing Vibrations and Acoustic Radiation in electric motors, MSC Nastran and MSC Actran can be used.

Multibody Dynamics, Structures and Acoustics