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Robert Roe takes another look at industrial vehicles and the benefits of applying simulation technologies
he design and development of industrial vehicles is a hugely competitive business that requires companies employ simulation
to compete across all areas of vehicle development – from traditional disciplines such as CFD to more recent additions such as acoustic, heat transfer and fuel cell/battery simulation. By employing varied methods for
modelling and simulation, and even coupling multiple parameters within a single optimisation or redesign project, a company can make significant savings on costs, development time or increase the
performance of a component. Bjorn Sjodin, vice president of product management at COMSOL, explains that the latest industrial vehicles – as with other areas of
TODAY’S VEHICLES ARE IMMENSELY HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS, AND THERE IS A NEED FOR SIMULATIONS IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS
automotive design – oſten involve high- tech components, composite components to assisted driving, or vehicle automation systems which require significantly more complex simulation. ‘Today’s vehicles are immensely high-tech
products, and there is a need for simulations in many different areas.’ Sjodin said this approach of using virtual
development not only saves time but also allows users to adapt designs more easily, as there is no requirement for physical prototyping until later in the design project.
Simulation on an industrial scale Te most important reason for simulation ‘may be to reduce the number of physical prototypes that need to be built and instead build such prototypes in a simulation
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