GT-SUITE Simulations

GT-SUITE offers the complete tools for engine and vehicle simulations. The various aspects of GT-SUITE and their applications are:

Engine Performance

• Manifold design and tuning
• Valve profile and timing optimization
• Turbocharger matching, wastegates, bypasses
• EGR system performance
• Manifold wall temperatures
• 3-D CFD studies (optional, with Star-CD or FLUENT)
• Thermal analysis of cylinder components
• Combustion analysis
• Design of active and passive control systems
• Intake and exhaust noise analysis
• Design of resonators and silencers for noise control
• Transient turbocharger response
• Aftertreatment systems

 

Fuel Injection

• Injection rate shaping
• Injector-combustion matching (optional, with 3D CFD)
• Diesel fuel systems
  • Common Rail systems
  • Distributor type systems
  • Unit pump systems
  • Pump Line Nozzle systems
  • High pressure pump systems
• Gasoline fuel systems
  • Port injection
  • Direct injection
• Cavitation / aeration analysis
• Detailed modeling of solenoid valves or piezo actuators
• Control system design
• System resonances and mode shapes
• Sizing of pipes, orifices, passages, valves
• Sizing of masses, springs
• Cam profile design
• Cam drive torque, Hertzian contact stress, oil film thickness
• General hydraulics system

 

Gear, Chain, and Belt Drives

• Spur and helical gears
• Roller chains
• Accessory belts
• Detailed friction modeling
• Transmission, noise, vibration and durability analysis

 

Vehicle Driveline and HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle)

• Transmission
• Vehicle acceleration, stopping and performance
• Fuel economy and emission
• Driveline torsional vibrations
• Driver actions and control systems modeling
• Attached trailer and road conditions modeling
• Electromechanical component models
• Torque-splitting devices
• Electrical circuit modeling
• Electric launch and transition
• Regenerative braking

 

Cooling and Underhood

• Transient or steady-state analysis of cooling circuit
• Radiator, pump, pipe and orifice sizing
• Engine warm-up
• Simulation of operating conditions
  • Vehicle speed
  • Engine speed and torque
  • Engine heat rejection
  • Ram air effects
  • Clutch operation
  • Thermostat cycling
• Design of control system
• Thermostat
• Supports integration with SIMULINK

 

Lubrication

• Steady-state flow and pressure distribution in an oil system
• Pump sizing
• Priming
• Pressure wave dynamics and resonance
• Pump dynamics
• Thermal response
• Bearing behavior
• Cavitation and air volume fraction

 

Aftertreatment

• Single stand alone exhaust after treatment component
• Multiple components in series or parallel
• Integration of controls with exhaust aftertreatment
• Diesel particulate filter modeling
• Catalyst templates
• Chemical kinetics library, with GUI for user-defined functions
• Supports integration with CHEMKIN

 

Acoustics

• Fully nonlinear explicit solver
• Linear acoustics solver
• Muffler design
• Audio output files