Breaking Silos with Holistic Electrification Solutions

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As the world grapples with the increasing demand for sustainable transportation solutions that tread lightly on the environment, companies that adopt a holistic electrification approach are better poised to deliver game-changing e-mobility innovation. But companies can’t do it alone – innovation requires the right technology partners with the right solutions.

Companies are leveraging Altair's cutting-edge solutions to innovate their electrified systems that span numerous sectors – automotive, aviation, heavy machinery, and rail, just to name a few. The unifying factor? Altair's focus on providing holistic electrification solutions that address multiple design challenges, from lightweighting, range, power density, battery safety, e-motor efficiency, and more. This approach intertwines simulation, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing (HPC) to deliver the transportation breakthroughs of tomorrow’s world.

Today’s Electrification Challenges and Solutions

E-mobility innovators are racing to develop products with improved range, efficiency, and charging speeds. To succeed, companies must adopt a holistic design approach encompassing component and system-level simulations within a platform that manages simulations for optimum designs while eliminating the data silos that slow development. Solutions that help companies develop the next generation of electrified products should address these primary electrification challenges:

1. Rapid design exploration for efficient drivetrains and propulsion systems that consider system voltages, cooling methods, power conversion, aerodynamics, and weight reduction.

2. Battery packs and battery management simulations to improve thermal management strategies for longer battery life, safety, as well as high-capacity battery design.

3. Electric motor design platforms that combine multiple simulation capabilities to offer engineers a comprehensive view of motor performance, from electromagnetics, thermal behavior, NVH behavior, and beyond.

4. End-to-end power management and powertrain design workflows for power converters and motor drives to provide insight into system power losses, cooling needs, electromagnetic interference, and converter features for companies to optimize power density.

5. Holistic insights from multi-body dynamics and generative design simulations for better decision-making between technical, safety, and efficiency tradeoffs to advance lightweighting effort. Simulations should address not only energy efficiency and weight reduction but also consider structural safety, noise, vibration, harshness (NVH), and how they influence operational dynamics.

Companies will gain a distinctive edge by partnering with technology providers like Altair that offer end-to-end electrification platforms that streamline product development processes by optimizing the delicate balance between performance, efficiency, and cost. The Altair One™ platform further boosts this by offering product development teams global access to multiphysics capabilities, HPC, and data analytics to eliminate data siloes, ensure swifter collaboration, and shorten turnaround times.

About the upcoming ATCx Electrification for Engineers

Altair’s ATCx Electrification for Engineers event on September 26 brings together industry experts and Altair specialists who will take a deep dive into electrification challenges and the innovative solutions poised to propel industry-wide transformation. The event’s multiple tracks span strategies for optimizing energy efficiency, choosing the right actuation concept based on distinct needs, combining functional and structural interactions, and removing data silos based on a holistic approach for developing the next e-transportation products and components.

This free one-day virtual event will broadcast in multiple time zones:

• Session 1: APAC: 10:30 (Bangalore) / 13:00 (Shanghai) / 14:00 (Tokyo) / 15:00 (Eastern Australia)

• Session 2: EMEA: 13:00 (London) / 14:00 (Paris) / 15:00 (Athens)

• Session 3: AMER/LATAM: 9:00 (Los Angeles) / 12:00 (New York) / 13:00 (Sao Paulo)

Altair is partnering with companies to help drive the electrification revolution – powered by the convergence of simulation, data, AI, and HPC – to steer the world toward a sustainable future.