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| Register By | March 26, 2010 - 6:00 AM CDT |
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| Presenter(s) | Nicholas Tobin |
| Language | English |
This two-day class will introduce the use of GT-SUITE software for modeling of cooling systems. The course is targeted towards engineers with responsibility for modeling the complete vehicle coolant network, and will consist primarily of interactive model building exercises. Each student will be provided with a computer to use and no previous simulation experience is required. The following are the primary topics to be covered:
1. Modeling the flow network: The participant will learn how to build a model of the flow network by two methods. First, the participant will learn how to build flow components manually to understand basic modeling and discretization concepts. Second, the participant will learn how to quickly and easily transform a 3D CAD geometry file into a 1D flow network in GT-SUITE using the pre-processing tool GEM3D.
2. Modeling cooling system components: The participant will learn how to model the basic components of cooling systems, such as pumps, fans, heat exchangers, thermostat valves, etc.
3. Assembling the complete cooling system model: The participant will learn how to assemble a flow network and basic components into a complete model of the cooling system. Steady state and transient analysis of this system will be discussed, along with calibration to measured data.
4. Integration with engine/vehicle system models: The participant will learn how coolant network models may be integrated with engine and/or vehicle system models at various levels of detail within GT-SUITE, to account for interactions between these systems within a total vehicle thermal management approach. This will include a short demonstration of the COOL3D pre-processing tool. This tool allows the components of the underhood compartment (radiator, fans, front fascia, engine block, etc) to be easily created in a 3D CAD environment. Then the tool automatically creates a GT-SUITE model which can be integrated with a cooling system model giving a quasi-3D solution to air flow through and around the underhood components.