CST automates EM and multi-physics simulation workflows

Multi-physics workflows, which combine full-wave EM simulation with thermal simulation, can now be created using the wizard from the schematic view in CST STUDIO SUITE. This means that all the solvers are set up and connected, and the entire simulation started with a single click. For simulations with temperature dependent materials, SAM allows simulations to be iterated until convergence is achieved. Mechanical simulations can be easily added to the workflow, allowing expansion and detuning effects to be calculated. All solvers are integrated in the same parametric 3D modelling GUI, making parameter studies and optimisation runs including EM-thermal couplings possible.

Field source coupling workflows can also be automated. These allow different components to be simulated with different solver types, with the fields calculated in one simulation used as the excitation in the next. These are useful for multiscale simulations, such as EMC in complex systems, installed performance of antennas on electrically large platforms, and small antennas with large reflectors.

Dr. Ulrich Becker, Director, Engineering & Support, CST, commented: “System Assembly and Modeling is CST’s most powerful tool for system-level simulation, and is one of the unique selling points of our software. At IMS, we hope to show our users how they can make their simulation workflows more efficient and more versatile using SAM.”

New and improved features for SAM, including the antenna placement workflow and the automatic creation of 3D models from circuits, will be demonstrated on June 3^rd and 4^th at the CST booth, #1423, at MTT-IMS 2014.