New Features Introduced in GT-SUITE V7.0

GT-SUITE V7.0 Released

Version V7.0 is a major new release which contains many improvements as well as many added capabilities.  The features listed below represent only the main developments of V7.0;  in addition there are hundreds of smaller ones that do not show up in the list.  Note that all of the new features of V7.0 are included in the base price of GT-SUITE (there are no extra-cost items).

2. ENGINE 
      Combustion and Heat Transfer
        - DI Jet diesel combustion model enhanced, especially for multi-pulse injections
        - SITurb SI combustion model enhanced
        - Kinetics-based HCCI combustion model added
        - New easy-to-use method for predictive combustion model calibration by pressure data
        - Measured pressure analysis (to calculate burn rate) greatly improved
     Turbocharging
        - New extrapolation of compressor efficiency at low speeds
        - Range of input data included on compressor contour plots
        - Compressor surge dynamic model, based on radial equilibrium theory,
             predicts flow beyond the surge line, all the way to negative flow
      Acoustics
        - New physical models
        - Additional data handling features
        - Enhancements in the linear acoustics solver
        - Improved thermal correction and mean flow correction
        - GEM3D has improved STL import, added discretization options and body fitted meshing
     Mean Value Modeling and Real-Time
        - RT cylinder pressure via crank-angle resolved RT combustion model
        - Support for systems from ETAS, dSpace, A&D, Cybermetrix, Mathworks, Opal-RT,
              and Real-Time Technologies.  NI currently in development.
        - Neural Network training wizard enhanced with new capabilities and data merging
     Aftertreatment
        - 3D and 2D modeling of catalysts and DPF
        - DPF with ash filtration and asymmetric channels
        - Surface reactions with competing site reactions (‘triplets’)
        - Handling of multiple active and non-uniform site density
     CFD Coupling and General Flow
        - Support for Star-CCM coming soon
        - Added support for OpenFOAM
        - New PipeTable for building complex pipes (with area changes and bends) all in one

3. INJECTION AND HYDRAULICS
        - New fluid-mechanical templates for hydraulic/pneumatic valves
        - Transient model for dissolved and free air
        - Enhanced frequency dependent friction model
        - New electrical and magnetic libraries for detailed valve actuation (solenoid, piezo, etc.)
        - Hydro-mechanical coupling extended to 2-D (planar) mechanical systems
        - Semi-automatic building of flow networks directly from CAD data
       Lubrication
        - Free / dissolved gas model for aeration in oil (transient)
        - Oil property preprocessor (from test data)
        - Added new capabilities to bearing models
        - Semi-automatic building of flow networks directly from CAD data

4. VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT (VTM)  and COOLING
        - Greatly increased speed of  large VTM simulations
        - Faster model building
        - Enhanced heat exchanger calibration method
        - Semi-automatic building of flow networks directly from CAD data
        - Enhancements to COOL3D – extended to more general 3D geometries
       Two-Phase Flows
        - Transient solution based on the standard reliable GT-SUITE flow solver
        - Modeling of AC systems, sub- and super-critical, of any topology
        - Modeling of Rankine cycle for Waste Heat Recovery
        - Hybrid battery cooling
        - Seamless integration with overall thermal management in GT-SUITE
        - Very fast solution  --  several times faster than Real-Time
        - Modular lumped analysis cabin model
        - Detailed 3D cabin model built by CAD preprocessor COOL3D

5. VEHICLE, DRIVELINE and TRANSMISSION
        - New clutch model with no reliance on system identification for lockup modeling
        - Versatile model-based vehicle controller
        - Generalized transfer case, differential and planetary gear models
        - Powerful event manager (control) module
        - Vehicle electrical system modeling 
       Hybrids and Electric Vehicles
        - Electric machine models that can be connected to electrical system models
        - New electrical and magnetic libraries (added to GT-SUITE at no extra cost)
        - Wide range of components can be constructed by using the new library

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