Vehicle Thermal Management Simulation

The ideal platform for vehicle thermal and energy management

Application Highlights & Features
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Vehicle Thermal ManagementOPTIMIZE THERMAL SYSTEMS

GT-SUITE is an industry-leading thermal management tool used to analyze pressure drop, flow distribution, and performance. Its robust and powerful solvers easily handle all fluid types, including coolants and refrigerants, in a single model. Powerful 3D tools enable rapid creation of 1D flow networks and underhood airflow directly from CAD geometry.

Thermal management models can be easily integrated with the vehicle and powertrain to optimize energy management.

Vehicle Thermal ManagementAPPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Robust transient thermal fluid solver, even for zero flow
Integrate single and two-phase circuits, including coolant, refrigerant, cabin, and more
Automatic fitting of component (e.g. heat exchanger, pump, compressor, valve, etc.) performance data
Semi-automatic creation 1D flow network from CAD with GEM3D
Advanced, internally developed pipe pressure drop models provide high accuracy with the speed of 1D
Predict effects of non-uniform airflow and heat exchanger stacking

Advanced Features

Integrate with other physical domains, including vehicle and powertrain to optimize energy management
Models used for design and development can be reused for controls development and validation in XiL environments
Component structures modeled with lumped thermal masses or finite elements linked to 1D flow provide accurate results with fast run times enabling integration in system models running long transients
Swap components from case to case, or via DOE, for component selection studies
Cooling module layout/component sizing for a given installation space
Transient drive-cycles
Advanced heat exchanger models to study impacts of macro (scaling) and micro geometry changes