Speeding Thermal Analysis for Autonomous EVs

Solving thermal challenges is vital to AEV development. Siemens PLM's new Simcenter integrated simulation package offers a high-fidelity, easy-to-use solution.

Siemens PLM recently introduced a new Simcenter software solution for thermal simulation used in autonomous electric vehicle (AEV) development. The product is designed to help engineers quickly solve heat-related challenges related to the vehicles' high-power electronics.

Speed and ease-of-use were important considerations in development of this tool. While traditional CAE simulations are useful, automakers are finding that restricting simulations to a few experts leads to a slow and costly engineering process. The answer is software that a design-and-release engineer devoted to specific AEV components can exercise. In general, this has come to be known as the “democratization of CAE,” and Siemens PLM hopes to accelerate this trend with the new offering.