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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim The integrated platform for 1D multi-domain system simulation

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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Enabling intelligent system simulation

The key deriver of product innovation

In many industries, the increased use of intelligent systems has become a key driver to improve product performance and deliver innovative designs. Recent surveys show that about 80% of future innovative systems and products are related to active or so-called intelligent systems. For instance, advanced injection and control systems are essential in the development of clean and economic engines. Car manufacturers invest heavily in the development of intelligent and active control systems to reach new levels of safety, driving pleasure and comfort.

The same intelligent systems trend applies to many other industries. New aircraft designs rely heavily on active systems to control key operating and safety mechanisms. Intelligent packaging machines, high-speed printing presses, excavators and wind turbines all intensively use active control mechanisms to deliver higher productivity, superior reliability or a more cost-efficient operation.

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Addressing strategic engineering challenges

To pro-actively engineer the functional performance of these intelligent systems, manufacturers have to optimize the complex interaction between mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal and electric/electronic components and sub systems. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim delivers a 1D simulation platform which addresses these multiple domains in an integrated simulation process and accurately predicts the multi-disciplinary performance of intelligent systems.

Dedicated libraries and application-specific solutions eliminate the need for extensive modeling and deliver simulation capabilities to assess the behavior of specific subsystems in multiple physical domains. These capabilities enable design and engineering teams to carefully balance the performance of their product in multiple domains, long before committing to expensive prototype testing. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim enables system simulation from the early development stage onwards, allowing critical functions of a new product to actually drive its design.

Intelligent system simulation with LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim

Analyze the functional performance of intelligent systems from the early development stage onwards

Optimize the complex interaction between mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal and electric/electronic systems before prototype testing

Pro-actively engineer a design’s critical functions and improve overall product performance and quality

Avoid design flaws, explore innovative designs and accelerate product development

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Automotive and ground vehicle applicationsLMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers dedicated solutions and model libraries for all the major vehicle sub systems. This enables vehicle engineering teams to simulate system performance at the early stage of the design and to find the optimal balance between multiple requirements.

Powertrain TransmissionComfortNoise, vibration and harshnessPerformance and losses

Fluid Systems Fuel injectionVariable valve actuationEngine compression brakeMobile hydraulics actuation systems

Vehicle System DynamicsVehicle dynamicsVehicle dynamics controlBraking systemsPower steeringSuspension and anti-roll

ElectromechanicalElectromechanical componentsElectrical Systems

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Internal Combustion EngineEngine controlAir path managementCombustionHybrid vehiclesWarm-upECU calibration

Thermal ManagementVehicle thermal managementEngine thermal managementEngine cooling systemRefrigerant loopPassenger comfortLubrication

EnergyFuel CellsPropulsionPyrotechnics

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Aerospace and defense applications Aerospace manufacturers are faced with the challenge of designing systems that have to be safe, reliable, efficient, comfortable and environmental friendly. The multi-domain system simulation capabilities of LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim address these engineering challenges for a wide range of aircraft and space subsystems and components.

Fluid systems Aeronautic engine equipmentsEnvironmental control systemsDefense fluids equipments

Flight controls

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Ground loads Landing gearBrakingSteering

ElectromechanicalElectromechanical ComponentsElectrical System

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Industrial applicationsLMS Imagine.Lab AMESim enables manufacturer of heavy machinery and industrial equipment to develop innovative product designs and to deliver higher throughput, reliability, maximum efficiency and minimum idle-time. The platform covers fluid, thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, electro-mechanical and pneumatic domains, and provides solutions for a wide range of industrial applications.

Hydraulic and pneumatic systemsMachine toolRoboticsPressesTest benchesShipbuildingCooling systems

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Air-conditioning systemsOffshore oil platformsPipelinesPower generation systemsRail and tramConstruction machineryAgricultural machineryHandling machinery

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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers a complete 1D simulation suite to model and analyze multi-domain, intelligent systems and to predict their multi-disciplinary performance. The components of the model are described by analytical models representing the hydraulic, pneumatic, electric or mechanical behavior of the system.

To create the system simulation model in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, the user has access to a large set of validated libraries of pre-defined components from different physical domains. The software creates a physics based model of the system, which does not require a full 3D geometry representation. This approach gives LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim the capability to simulate the behavior of intelligent systems long before detailed CAD geometry becomes available.

Integrated workflow to develop, validate and share system models

The interactive graphical interface enables LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim users to quickly build complex, multi-domain system models. The resulting sketch is easily understandable and offers a logic representation of the system model under investigation. Users create models by using a large library of validated and pre-defined components. In addition to these libraries, they can develop and extend their own libraries by creating new models and sub models.

To facilitate the sharing of models and libraries with suppliers, customers or internal departments, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers the capability to create and publish ready-to-use catalogs of component models, while protecting intellectual property. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers a run-only version of the software, dedicated for users who simply want to run a packaged simulation model to analyze and visualize different design alternatives.

Dedicated application solutions accelerate engineering loops

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers an extensive set of application specific solutions which deliver dedicated simulation capabilities to assess the behavior of specific subsystems. These solutions allow users focus on their design and engineering issues, without having to invest precious time in creating and validating models. Suppliers can model, simulate and validate components early in the design process and provide their OEM with a virtual functional mock-up of components or subsystem. OEMs in turn are able to simulate the integration of components and sub-systems to verify performance levels and validate key design choices.

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim The integrated platform for 1D multi-domain system simulation

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AMESim - Design system models

AMESim enables users to build complex multi-domain system models through an interactive graphical interface. The resulting sketch is easily understandable and offers a logic representation of the system model under investigation. AMESim is based on a validated collection of components issued from different physical domains. AMESim focuses on physics-based building blocks, frees users from all numerical model creation and code writing tasks, and gives direct access to the analysis and the optimization of the design.

AMESet - Extend system models through libraries

AMESet provides a comprehensive set of tools to extend the standard AMESim libraries of components. AMESet is designed to assist users in writing well-documented, standardized, reusable and easily maintainable libraries. By following simple rules, component models become fully compatible with the existing AMESim models and are automatically usable on each supported platform.

AMECustom - Customize system models

AMECustom is a customization tool that allows to adapt applications to the end-users’ requirements. With AMECustom, company-specific model databases can be built, with custom user interfaces and parameter sets. In addition, AMECustom offer the possibility to protect sensitive information through encryption facilities before supplying models to third parties.

AMERun - Transfer simulation models to end-users

AMERun offers a run-only version of the AMESim software, dedicated for users who simply want to run a packaged simulation model to analyze and visualize different design alternatives. With AMERun, engineers can easily share their validated, tested and customized AMESim models with non-expert users. AMERun offers all the features available in the standard AMESim environment to set model parameters and perform analysis runs.


To create the system simulation model in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, users can exploit a large library of pre-defined and validated components from different physical domains, such as fluid, thermal, mechanical, electromechanical, powertrain and many others. These libraries eliminate the need for extensive code writing and enable development teams to easily create complex system models covering multiple domains. The accelerated modeling frees up valuable engineering time that can be used to optimize designs. The library components are all completely validated, which guarantees the accuracy and the reliability of simulation results.

Create models easily and securely

By combining library components, users create an easily understandable sketch which offers a logic representation of the system model under investigation. Various levels of models can be selected for each component. Parameters and units can be set in an easy and interactive way. This transparent concept to communicate model information provides an efficient technique to build system models, and to capture, re-use and share engineering knowledge that is embedded in the model. It also allows users to start from a simplified model representation in the early development stage, and to gradually detail the model as more design information becomes available.

Extend standard libraries with custom-build components

The AMESim Library components are either application-oriented or based on a representation of physical phenomena. This allows users to start from pre-built application models and to flexibly model new techniques and innovative solutions. In addition to the AMESim libraries, users can create and extend their own libraries.

The AMESet module assists users in writing a well-documented, standardized, reusable and easily maintainable library of models. This guarantees that models are fully compatible with the existing AMESim library models. LMS also offers extensive service capabilities to develop dedicated components and customized application libraries.

Cover a broad range of application and physical domains

The available AMESim Library components cover a multitude of physical domains and engineering applications:

Control: signal, control & observersElectromechanical: electric motors & drives, electrical, electromechanicalFluid: hydraulic, hydraulic component design, hydraulic resistance, filling, pneumatic, pneumatic component design, gas mixtureInternal Combustion Engine: IFP Drive, IFP Engine, IFP Exhaust, IFP Combustion 3DMechanical: 1D mechanical, planar mechanical, powertrain, vehicle dynamicsThermal: thermal, thermal-hydraulic, thermal-hydraulic component design, thermal pneumatic, two-phase flow, air conditioning, cooling system, heat exchanger

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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Libraries Accelerating model creation

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LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim Tools and InterfacesIntegration in the digital development process

Tools for an integrated simulation processLMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers an extensive set of tools to accelerate the creation of simulation models, to perform the analysis of multi-domain systems, and to analyze simulation results.

Pre and post-processing tools: table editor, plot manager, HTML report generator, 3D animationAnalysis tools: FFT, linear analysis, model reduction, design of experiment, optimization, Monte Carlo

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Integration with �D performance simulation in LMS Virtual.Lab

Through its 1D approach, LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim allows engineering teams to optimize the performance requirements of so-called active subsystems before the detailed design process kicks off. As geometry models become available, 3D simulation models can be developed to assess performance aspects in more details. To support a scalable simulation process, Imagine.Lab AMESim delivers a tight integration with LMS Virtual.Lab, a unified 3D simulation environment to simulate the performance of mechanical systems in terms of structural integrity, noise and vibration, durability, system dynamics, ride and handling as well as other attributes.In addition LMS Imagine.Lab delivers a close integration with other multi-body simulation tools.

Interfaces and scripting facilities

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim offers extensive interfaces with third-party software tools for control, real-time simulation, multi-body simulation, process integration and design optimization. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim also provides a generic co-simulation interface to couple multi-domain system simulation with any kind of 3D dynamic models, for example for computational fluid dynamic simulations or finite element analysis. This allows LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim to be seamlessly integrated with the digital development process.

AMESim interfaces include:Scripting language: The Mathworks Matlab, Python, Microsoft Visual Basic, ScilabControl: The Mathworks Simulink, NI System BuildReal Time target: dSPACE, xPC Target, RT-LABMulti-body simulation: LMS Virtual.Lab Motion, MSC.AdamsProcess Integration and Design Optimization: NOESIS Optimus, iSIGHTGeneric co-simulation interfaceModelica import

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LMS Imagine.lab delivers a tight integration with LMS Virtual.Lab, a unified �D simulation environment to simulate the performance of mechanical systems.

3D live animation of a full vehicle model.

Hydrostatic transmission of an agricultural machine is modelledin AMESim. The transmission control unit is modelled in Simulink.


LMS Imagine.Lab Solutions Addressing application-specific simulation needs

The LMS Imagine.Lab Solutions provide users direct access to dedicated multi-domain simulation solutions for powertrain - transmission and internal combustion engines, vehicle thermal management, fluids systems, ground loads and flight controls, vehicle system dynamics, energy systems and electromechanical systems.

Each of these solutions comprises a dedicated set of application libraries and focuses on delivering simulation capabilities to assess the behavior of specific subsystems. For example, engineering teams can analyze and optimize the NVH performance of transmission systems, or fine tune air management and ECU calibration in case of combustion engines.

Focusing on engineering challenges

By using LMS Imagine.Lab Solutions, designers and engineers can efficiently analyze the multi-domain performance of new products. The libraries allow users to take a quick start and to adjust their designs to achieve specified requirements in terms of performance, safety, comfort, reliability, fuel economy, minimized emissions and optimized cost.

The dedicated solutions also feature the full flexibility of the LMS Imagine.Lab platform to customize models and to create new model components. This enables development teams to assess the performance of design variants and to explore radically new concepts and innovative product designs.

Uniquely combining system simulation and application expertise

Based on 20 years of experience in 1D system simulation, the LMS Imagine Division is able to provide a unique combination of mature system simulation technologies and broad application know how gained through partnerships with customers and research institutes around the world. This has resulted in the extensive set of application solutions in LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim.

Through its open partnering model, LMS also offers its expertise to customize existing applications. LMS project teams capture company specific expertise into application libraries and specific simulation procedures. Building a powerful simulation solution around the core experience of a development organization efficiently streamlines the design process and provides higher-quality results in shorter time.

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LMS Imagine.Lab Powertrain Transmission Solutions

The LMS Imagine.Lab Powertrain Transmission Solutions provide a generic platform for analyzing and designing optimal transmission systems. The Transmission Solutions give access to driveline, engine and transmission models and components, and focus on comfort, performances & losses and NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) issues. These solutions enable users to study the global behavior of a complete powertrain architecture, from low to high frequencies (> 40 Hz).

The LMS Imagine.Lab Powertrain Transmission Solutions covers these applications:• Comfort• Noise, Vibration and Harshness • Performance and Losses

LMS Imagine.Lab Internal Combustion Engine Solutions

The Internal Combustion Engine Solutions allow users to model and design comprehensive engine systems based on physics-based model components, from air management and combustion up to ECU calibration. The solutions are based on the integration of dedicated modules from IFP, one of the leading research and engineering institutes worldwide in the area of combustion engines. These provide a flexible environment for designing and optimizing “virtual” vehicle, engine, and automotive subsystem concepts. Users can study the couplings with subsystems for fuel injection, vehicle thermal management, lubrication, etc. Model definitions can be adapted to a wide range of usage scenarios and the impact of applying advanced technologies can be analyzed on the spot.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Internal Combustion Engine Solutions cover:• Engine Control• Air Path Management• Combustion• Hybrid Vehicles• Warm-Up• ECU Calibration

LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle System Dynamics Solutions

The Vehicle System Dynamics Solutions offer dedicated capabilities to design individual chassis system components (brakes suspension, steering, anti-roll system and the vehicle itself). The solution also allows to integrate them in a single system model to simulate and validate global chassis control strategies. Engineers can easily connect all chassis components to each other for efficient coupling and analysis. The Vehicle System Dynamics Solutions offer a unique platform to model and simulate the actuators and the vehicle with different levels of model details. They provide also an easy integration with software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop validation processes. The Vehicle Dynamics Solutions include an extensive vehicle dynamics library, and interfaces with simulation suites like LMS Virtual.Lab Motion, MSC.Adams and Simulink.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Vehicle System Dynamics Solutions include:• Vehicle Dynamics• Vehicle Dynamics Control• Braking Systems• Power Steering• Suspension and Anti-Roll

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LMS Imagine.Lab Fluids Systems Solutions Using physics-based simulation, the Fluids Systems Solutions enable engineers to design complete fluids hydraulic and pneumatic systems, from the sources (e.g. the fuel tank) to the consumers (e.g. actuators) up to the fluid network. The solutions are backed by 20 years of experience in hydraulics and fluids systems, which are capitalized in robust libraries. These support non-expert and expert users in modeling fluids systems from the functional to the detailed model level. The seamless communication between libraries and the accurate modeling of physical phenomena enables the design of any fluid system and the coupling with other related systems in a single platform, from the component to the global architecture.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Fluids Systems Solutions include:• Internal Combustion Engine Related Hydraulics• Mobile Hydraulics Actuation Systems• Defense Fluids Equipments• Aeronautic Engine Equipments• Environmental Control Systems

LMS Imagine.Lab Thermal Management Solutions

The LMS Imagine.Lab Thermal Management Solutions provide dedicated component libraries to build and analyze complete thermal management models in a single environment. The solutions enable the processing of real transient, multi-domain simulations and the handling of heat management scenarios. The Thermal Management Solutions give engineers access to detailed models of sub-systems in vehicle thermal management systems (engine cooling systems, air-conditioning, lubrication system, etc.). This enables them to accurately define and size components, and to study the overall system integration and the interactions between subsystems.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Thermal Management Solutions are: • Vehicle Thermal Management• Engine Thermal Management• Engine Cooling System• Refrigerant Loop• Passenger Comfort• Lubrication

LMS Imagine.Lab Energy Systems

LMS Imagine.Lab Energy Systems Solutions provide advanced libraries and toolsets to handle specific thermodynamic applications, like aerospace propulsion and pyrotechnics, fuel cells and batteries. The solution come with a set of specific tools and libraries dedicated to thermodynamics, gas mixtures, fluid properties, thermo-chemistry, and compressible flows.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Energy Systems Solutions are:• Fuel Cells• Space Propulsion• Nuclear and Power Generation• Pyrotechnics

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LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads and Flight Controls Solutions

The LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads and Flight Controls Solutions enable users to design robust landing gear, steering, braking, and suspension systems. It also includes specific capabilities top model and analyze flight controls actuators. The Ground Loads and Flight Controls Solutions provide answers to typical concerns such as system sizing, development of control strategies, increasing component performance, reducing energy consumption and increasing overall efficiency. They also enable engineering groups to understand the wear and stress due to hydraulic-mechanical couplings and to test different load case situations and operating conditions.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads and Flight Controls Solutions cover:• Steering Systems• Braking Systems• Landing Gear• Thrust Reverser• Flight Controls

LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical Solutions

The LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical Systems Solutions help engineers throughout the design process of electrical or electromechanical systems. Mechatronic system engineering has become a key development concern through the increased use of electrical and electronic systems in automotive, aerospace and other mechanical applications. The LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical Systems Solutions simulate electromechanical components like linear actuators and electric motors, from the specification to the design and validation of control strategies. In addition, the solutions allow different level of analysis of electrical systems such as power consumption estimation, accurate transient response evaluation or thermal effects.

The LMS Imagine.Lab Electromechanical Systems Solutions cover:• Electromechanical Components• Electrical Systems

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LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS offers a unique combination of 1D system simulation software, 3D simulation software, testing systems and engineering services.

LMS is focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, system dynamics, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide.

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