GT-SUITE V6.0 Released

This new version of GT-SUITE introduces many new capabilities and improvements to existing features. A few of the more significant changes are listed below (A more comprehensive listing of GT-SUITE V6.0 features by product can be found in the Release Notes section in the GT-ISE/GT-POST User's Manual, which is being shipped with the software):

• All GT-SUITE solvers consolidated into a single executable file
• Enhanced system modeling capabilities (improved integration between GT-SUITE products)
• New library of thermal components to build thermal networks (e.g. for engine warmup)
• New GT-POWER RT can be coupled with Opal-RT's RT-LAB to perform real-time (hardware-in-the-loop) testing
• New XML format used for data files
• New SQL database used for storing simulation output
• GT-ISE and GT-POST completely redesigned and rewritten in JAVA, providing the basis for many new features and providing the full capabilities of the GUI to all platforms, including Linux.
• New GT-POST includes ALL post-processing activities (RLT Viewer, plotting, animation, etc.)
• New "Mini-Map" in GT-ISE simplifies navigation within large models
• New 3-D Flowsplit Viewer in GT-ISE
• New internal subassemblies, stored within main model
• New "spatial" animation plots to clearly show wave dynamics in pipes
• Improved Mean Value Cylinder, now available also in GT-COOL
• Improved Turbine map pre-processor provides better turbine map fitting
• Improved Turbine/Compressor matching tool
• Improved simulation convergence criteria in Run Setup
• Improved controls capability
• New ability to predict engine recoil (torsional block vibrations)
• Improved Cam Design tool including new valvetrain kinematics capability
• New platform available (PC) for coupled runs with Star-CD