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Simcenter Amesim
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>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 <a href="/facts/Siemens_AG/coa80TQn">Siemens AG</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/facts/Ekofisk/mL0sKjeq">Ekofisk</a> North Sea petroleum platforms. </p><p>In the early 1990s the association with Pr C. W. Richards,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> 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. </p><p>Simcenter Amesim is used by companies in the automotive,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> aerospace<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> and other advanced manufacturing industries.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="usage">Usage</h2> <p>Simcenter Amesim is a <i>multi-domain</i> software that supports modeling a variety of physics domains (hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanic, electrical, thermal, electromechanical). It is based on the <a href="/facts/Bond_graph/ePWCpEVX">Bond graph</a> theory. </p><p>Under the Windows platform, Simcenter Amesim works with the <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free</a> <a href="/facts/GNU_Compiler_Collection/t07jh01k">Gcc</a> compiler, which is provided with the software. It also works with the <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> <a href="/facts/Visual_C%2B%2B/RM3sbYw5">Visual C++</a> compiler and its free Express edition. Since the version 4.3.0 Simcenter Amesim uses the <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> compiler on all platforms. </p> <h2 id="platform-facilities">Platform facilities</h2> <p>Simcenter Amesim features: </p> <ul><li><i>Platform Facilities</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a>, interactive help, supercomponents, post-processed variables, experiments management, <a href="/facts/Meta-data/qt35z79C">meta-data</a>, <a href="/facts/Finite-state_machine/GMusWd0a">statechart</a> designer</li></ul></li> <li><i>Analysis Tools</i> <ul><li>table editor, plots, dashboard, 3D animation, replay of results, linear analysis (<a href="/facts/Eigenvalues/8TjEoT8u">eigenvalues</a>, <a href="/facts/Mode_shape/XCsvQpuI">modal shapes</a>, <a href="/facts/Transfer_function/slDsh1lH">transfer functions</a>, <a href="/facts/Root_locus/PHASdGw7">root locus</a>), activity index, power and energy computation</li></ul></li> <li><i>Optimization, Robustness, DOE</i> <ul><li>Design Of Experiments, <a href="/facts/Optimization_(mathematics)/oRn8Iv5I">optimization</a>, Monte-Carlo</li></ul></li> <li><i>Solvers and Numerics</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Solver_(computer_science)/S8LurhlM">LSODA</a>, DASSL, DASKR, fixed-step solvers, discrete partitioning, <a href="/facts/Parallel_computing/nQzcpzQt">parallel processing</a>, Simcenter Amesim/Simcenter Amesim cosimulations</li></ul></li> <li><i>Software Interfaces</i> <ul><li>generic co-simulation (to be used to co-simulate with any software coupled to Simcenter Amesim), functional mock-up interface (export)</li></ul></li> <li><i>MIL/SIL/HIL and Real-Time</i> <ul><li>plant/<a href="/facts/Control_engineering/5ckfXmB8">control</a>, various <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real-time</a> targets</li></ul></li> <li><i>Simulator Scripting</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Script_(computing)/8pF4ajBL">scripting</a> functions to pilot the simulations from <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Excel/Ezal6G75">Microsoft Excel</a>, <a href="/facts/MATLAB/qPjLISCk">MATLAB</a>, <a href="/facts/Scilab/lcd9kmzd">Scilab</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, and support for C and Python development and reverse-engineering script generation from a model</li></ul></li> <li><i>Customization</i> <ul><li>own customized pre and post-processing tools with <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">python</a>, script caller assistant, editor of parameters group, app designer</li></ul></li> <li><i>Modelica Platform</i> <ul><li>support of the Modelica modeling language</li></ul></li> <li><i>1D/3D CAE</i> <ul><li>CAD Import, <a href="/facts/Computational_Fluid_Dynamics/zuWdtNJp">CFD</a> software co-simulation, <a href="/facts/Finite_element_method/eUcfP1vn">FEA</a> import of reduced modal basis with pre-defined frontier nodes, <a href="/facts/Multibody_system/u3yeqc8a">MBS</a> software cosimulation and import/export</li></ul></li> <li><i>Development</i> <ul><li>Users can develop submodels from different standard submodels (supercomponent) using Component Customization functionality or by programming them in <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> or in <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">Fortran</a> with the Submodel Editor.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="physical-libraries">Physical libraries</h2> <p>Physical libraries from which models can be built include <a href="/facts/Control_theory/aIuERpn6">control</a>, <a href="/facts/Electrical_network/zt94kTW0">electrical networks</a>, <a href="/facts/Mechanical_engineering/cbId4fye">mechanical</a>, <a href="/facts/Fluid_dynamics/y7uzSCfg">fluid</a>, <a href="/facts/Thermodynamics/q4hIx3yP">thermodynamic</a>, IC engine, and <a href="/facts/Aerospace_engineering/2Ib02w7f">aerospace and defense</a> libraries. </p> <h2 id="education-and-research">Education and research</h2> <p>Simcenter Amesim is used by engineering schools and universities. It is also the reference framework for various research projects in Europe. </p> <h2 id="release-history">Release history</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name/Version</th><th>Build Number</th><th>Date</th></tr><tr><td>AMESim</td><td>-</td><td>1995</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 1.0</td><td>v100</td><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 1.5</td><td>v150</td><td>1997</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 2.0</td><td>v200</td><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 2.5</td><td>v250</td><td>April 1999</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 3.0</td><td>v300</td><td>June 2000</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 3.5</td><td>v350</td><td>May 2001</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 4.0</td><td>v400</td><td>March 2002</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 4.1</td><td>v410</td><td>April 2003</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 4.2</td><td>v420</td><td>September 2004</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim 4.3</td><td>v430</td><td>October 2005</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 7A</td><td>v700</td><td>April 2007</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 7B</td><td>v710</td><td>December 2007</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 8A</td><td>v800</td><td>June 2008</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 8B</td><td>v810</td><td>December 2008</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 9</td><td>v900</td><td>November 2009</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 10</td><td>v1000</td><td>November 2010</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 11</td><td>v1100</td><td>November 2011</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 12</td><td>v1200</td><td>March 2013</td></tr><tr><td>AMESim Rev 13</td><td>v1300</td><td>December 2013</td></tr><tr><td>LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim 14</td><td>v1400</td><td>February 2015</td></tr><tr><td>LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim 15</td><td>v1501</td><td>July 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 16</td><td>v1600</td><td>January 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 17</td><td>v17</td><td>October 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2019.1</td><td>v2019.1</td><td>April 2019</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2019.2</td><td>v2019.2</td><td>October 2019</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2020.1</td><td>v2020.1</td><td>April 2020</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2020.2</td><td>v2020.2</td><td>October 2020</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2021.1</td><td>v2021.1</td><td>April 2021</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2021.2</td><td>v2021.2</td><td>October 2021</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2022.1</td><td>v2022.1</td><td>April 2022</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2210</td><td>v2210</td><td>October 2022</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2304</td><td>v2304</td><td>April 2023</td></tr><tr><td>Simcenter Amesim 2310</td><td>v2310</td><td>October 2023</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Model-based_design/6EXz2qjp">Model-based design</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lumped-element_model/Nqtt18v5">Lumped-element model</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Distributed-element_model/UxArsYdy">Distributed-element model</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bond_graphs/ePWCpEVX">Bond graphs</a></li> <li>GT-SUITE</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mechatronics/bfxokpu6">Mechatronics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Control_theory/aIuERpn6">Control theory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">Real-time computing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hardware-in-the-loop_simulation/rE6E9kDe">Hardware-in-the-loop simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Systems_engineering/gFwRmkDp">Systems engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simulink/H12XCsw9">Simulink</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/20-sim/NCx5meNI">20-sim</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wolfram_SystemModeler/vdkuWCbE">Wolfram SystemModeler</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Modelica and the Modelica Association". <a href="https://www.modelica.org" target="_blank">https://www.modelica.org</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Siemens PLM Software Simcenter". Siemens PLM Software. <a href="https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/simcenter/" target="_blank">https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/simcenter/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Sanada, K., Richards, C. W., Longmore, D. K., Johnston, D. N. and Burrows, C. R. (1993). Practical requirements for modelling the dynamics of hydraulic pipelines. 2nd JHPS International Symposium on Fluid Power.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) <a href="http://opus.bath.ac.uk/13767/" target="_blank">http://opus.bath.ac.uk/13767/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Tilley, D. G., Richards, C. W., Tomlinson, S. P. and Burrows, C. R. (1991). Role of simulation in the design of fluid power systems. IFAC Symposium on Computer Aided Design in Control Systems.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) <a href="http://opus.bath.ac.uk/3285/" target="_blank">http://opus.bath.ac.uk/3285/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Zhang Dong-xu; Zeng Xiao-hua; Wang Peng-yu; Wang Qing-nian (2009). Co-simulation with Amesim and MATLAB for differential dynamic coupling of Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2009 IEEE. doi:10.1109/IVS.2009.5164373. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Guizhi Sun; Minxiang Wei; Jinju Shao; Man Pei (2007). Automotive Powertrain Modeling and Simulation Based on Amesim. SAE Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference. <a href="http://papers.sae.org/2007-01-3464/" target="_blank">http://papers.sae.org/2007-01-3464/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>CHEN Fei; SUN Ren-yun; CHEN You-rong; SHAN Yu-mei (2009). "Research of Closed Loop Control for CNG Engine Injection Based on Amesim/Simlink". Journal of Xihua University (Natural Science Edition). <a href="http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SCGX200901024.htm" target="_blank">http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SCGX200901024.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Integration of Physical Amesim Engine Model in Hardware in the Loop Environment, Dedicated to Engine Control Unit Testing. SAE World Congress & Exhibition. 2007. <a href="http://papers.sae.org/2007-01-1300/" target="_blank">http://papers.sae.org/2007-01-1300/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>LI Kuo, GUO Ying-Qing (College of Power Engineering and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shanxi 710072, China) (2009). "Application of Amesim in Aero-Power Plant System". Computer Simulation.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-JSJZ200901032.htm" target="_blank">http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-JSJZ200901032.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>GUO Jun; WU Yafeng; CHU Nisheng (2006). "Application of Amesim in aircraft hydraulic system". 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