27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-9.5.3
A GENERAL APPROACH TO COUPLING EXISTING SIMULATION COMPONENTS INTO A MULTIPHYSICS ENVIRONMENT
M. Collingridge
MSC.Software Corp., USA
Keywords: multidiscipline, multiphysics, nonlinear, dynamics
This paper describes advances in the development of a multi-physics modeling platform based on coupling existing independent, single-physics, analysis components into a common environment. Theoretical and implementation aspects of the approach are presented. Its capability and versatility is demonstrated with a set of application examples relevant in the aerospace industry.
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