Femap Version 11.4.2 Improving productivity and functionality for finite element analysts Benefits Summary Contemporary graphical user • Improved workflows and ease-of-use Femap™ software version 11.4.2 is the interface latest release of the standalone finite • Dedicated Thermal/Flow Model Info • Extended range of simulation element modeling pre- and postproces- pane, analogous to FEMAP Model Info applications sor for engineering simulation and pane • Faster and more responsive solutions analysis. Femap is computer-aided • Create loads, constraints and other design (CAD) independent and can simulation entities by right-clicking in Features import geometry from all major CAD Thermal/Flow Model Info panel • Updated and contemporary graphical platforms and supports most CAD user interface formats. Femap also works in combina- • Thermal/Flow analysis solution set up tion with a wide variety of finite analogous to NX Nastran analysis, • New solver functionality element analysis solvers, including the accessed by right-clicking on Analyses • Distributed computing to enable par- industry-leading NX™ Nastran® node allel solving software. • Persistent navigator objects for loads, Femap 11.4.2 provides a number of constraints and other simulation enhancements and updates to the entities Femap Thermal Solver, Advanced • Highlighting and display symbol Thermal Solver and Flow Solver support capabilities. www.siemens.com/plm/femap FEMAP Femap Version 11.4.2 Enhanced thermal/flow solver • Enhanced Orbit Visualizer • Execute up to eight processes on a functionality compute node with Advanced - Preview orbit, spacecraft orienta- • Femap – Simcenter 3D thermal and Thermal and Flow licenses at no extra tion, and calculation points flow solver synchronization cost - Rich set of visualization options • Benefit from latest core solver enhancements • Expanded output options for simula- tion results Thermal solver highlights • Parallelized solver Flow solver highlights • Parallelized solver • Improved adaptive time stepping • Extended two-equation turbulence • Enhanced thermal couplings models • Initial conditions from dissimilar • Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbu- meshes lence model • Thermostat and active heater control- • Fractional step scheme ler reports • Enhanced second-order discretization • Enhanced transient end time options schemes • Hydraulic network enhancements • Enhanced freeze-flow and restart - Improved duct flow advection options Siemens PLM Software scheme • Static pressure and convective out- www.siemens.com/plm - Duct-to-3D-CFD connections flow boundary conditions Americas +1 314 264 8499 - Total temperature calculations • New capabilities Europe +44 (0) 1276 413200 - Homogenous gas mixtures Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3308 - Immiscible fluid mixtures • Expanded output options for simula- tion results © 2017 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. Siemens and the Siemens logo are • Enhanced CGNS export registered trademarks of Siemens AG. D-Cubed, Femap, Fibersim, Geolus, GO PLM, I-deas, JT, Parallel processing enhancements NX, Parasolid, Solid Edge, Syncrofit, Teamcenter and Tecnomatix are trademarks or registered • Parallel processing extended to entire trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle solution sequence for thermal and Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in flow runs the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks • Distributed Memory Parallelization or service marks belong to their respective (DMP) of solvers means separate holders. access to both CPU and RAM 66893-A3 10/17 H.