CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

11 March 2009

Product News

FlowmasterLink for MATLAB V2.0.1

Flowmaster Limited announced the launch of FlowmasterLink for MATLAB V2.0.1 enabling co-simulation between Flowmaster® V7.6 and The Mathworks products MATLAB® and Simulink®.

FlowmasterLink for MATLAB is a graphical user interface (GUI) which allows users to connect to and set Flowmaster database, network, analysis and variables for a combined Simulink and Flowmaster co-simulation.

Simulink and MATLAB are commonly used to model dynamic systems such as virtual vehicle, flight simulator and control systems. Interaction of the mechanical systems modelled in Simulink with the fluid systems modelled in Flowmaster improves the understanding of how these systems behave and interact which ultimately contributes to reduced prototype costs and design time.

By co-simulating Flowmaster and MATLAB, information can be exchanged to simulate complex systems interactions. For example a control engineer may use MATLAB/Simulink in the design of a particular controller, whilst a thermal engineer might use Flowmaster to understand how the valve opening, controlled by the controller, affects the flows and heat transfer around a fluid system to optimise its operation. By co-simulating, the effect of the valve opening can be seen on the thermal system, which, may feed back into the control system or feed on to another system such as the mechanical (drive) system.

“FlowmasterLink for MATLAB enables organisations with large multidisciplinary, multifunctional teams or projects to use a number of simulation tools to build Virtual Prototype models and to perform simulations for interacting mechanical and fluid systems” explains Dr. David Kelsall, Product Manager for Flowmaster Limited.

FlowmasterLink for MATLAB V2.0.1 builds on the previous version to incorporate the additional functionality required for Flowmaster V7.6. This includes login changes to allow the linked Flowmaster process to login to the appropriate database, project and working directory for the Flowmaster network. Additionally, FlowmasterLink for MATLAB updates its support to MATLAB R2008b and Flowmaster V7.6.

FlowmasterLink for MATLAB is available for customers to download from the customer portal at http://www.flowmaster.com/customer.

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