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Simulating Lubrication Flow to Predict Traction Oil Distribution Inside a NuVinci® Product
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 传感器 - 液体检测传感器
适用行业
- 汽车
- 石油和天然气
适用功能
- 维护
- 产品研发
用例
- 交通模拟
- 虚拟现实
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. 是一家技术开发公司,在改善其专利 NuVinci® 传动系统内的油流方面面临着挑战。传动系统是其产品线的重要组成部分,该产品线包括城市机动车辆、轿车和卡车、工业设备等。系统内的油流直接影响变速器的效率、耐用性、功率、容量和成本。然而,对如此复杂的传输系统的设计进行物理评估实际上是不可行的。该公司需要一种经济有效、高效且稳健的方法来提供内部润滑并预测设计方案的有效性。他们还需要一个有效的求解器/软件来指导创新过程中的设计过程。
关于客户
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. 是一家位于德克萨斯州锡达帕克的技术开发公司。该公司的核心技术是获得专利的 NuVinci® 变速箱,一种无级变速行星 (CVP) 技术。该技术可以提高使用发动机、泵、电机或齿轮传动系统的机器的性能和效率。他们的产品范围包括城市机动车辆、轿车和卡车、工业设备等。 Fallbrook 利用 NuVinci 技术的独特集体开发模式和社区方法有助于加速产品开发,从而改善能源管理、提高性能、更有效、更可靠的控制和可持续的解决方案。他们最初的商业产品是用于自行车的无级变速器 (CVT),现在包括一个基于骑手需求的产品组合,由五组套件组成。
解决方案
Fallbrook 向 Altair 寻求解决方案。 Altair 提供了集成解决方案,其中包括先进的 GPU 硬件、高性能计算 (HPC) 和 Altair nanoFluidX™ 软件。 nanoFluidX 软件是一种先进的 CFD 求解器,用于模拟 NuVinci 产品内部的润滑流动。它使用平滑粒子流体动力学 (SPH) 方法来预测具有复杂运动的复杂几何形状中的流动,例如具有旋转齿轮和轴的动力总成系统中的注油。仿真模型是使用面向过程的有限元建模软件 Altair Simlab™ 生成的。这包括系统的网格划分、材料和属性分配、所有内部零件的运动定义以及代表油的 SPH 网格的粒子生成。 Altair 的 HPC 云计算解决方案有助于减轻如此大规模模型的计算费用,而 Fallbrook 无需处理云计算系统和相关硬件的维护。
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