The new version brings updates to Simcenter Testlab Neo, improves model-based system testing with Model Based System Testing (MBST), introduces Digital Image Correlation (DIC) as a new technology for structural dynamics and enables earlier analysis of acoustics and vibration behavior (NVH) of the whole vehicle in the design process. Test and simulation engineers will benefit from this latest version for multidisciplinary, test-based performance engineering, as will test campaign managers, because it offers their teams in particular new opportunities to innovate intelligent products more productively.

The latest developments in the industry mean innovation, but also bring with them new demands and requirements. These include the need to achieve realistic and predictable results more efficiently than ever before. Test teams are now working closely with simulation teams because fewer and fewer prototypes are available and digital twins are required from the earliest stages of development. At the same time, there is also a need to maximize the benefits of the vast amounts of data generated during simulation and captured during testing.

With Siemens Simcenter Testlab, test engineers can access new technologies that increase productivity when collecting and processing data. The effort required to compare and correlate test and simulation results is minimized, and validated simulation models - digital twins - generate valuable additional data during physical tests. At the same time, Simcenter Testlab offers direct data access to simulation results in many formats. This allows simulation engineers to utilize the data processing capabilities of the software as well as ensure the comparability of processing functions and parameters between the physical and virtual tests.

The characterization of the behaviour of materials and structures under load alone makes a significant contribution to improving designs and developing high-performance products. New developments in digital camera technology combined with high performance Digital Image Correlation (DIC) allow the user to extract full-field 3D geometry, displacement and strain information under any load and for almost any material - all with limited metrology input. DIC can then be used to determine material properties, validate numerical models and assess the strength of materials and components, as well as analyze structural vibrations and dynamic response. This allows development cycles to be designed more quickly and in line with requirements.

With the component-based transfer path analysis in Simcenter Testlab, vehicle characteristics can be evaluated at an early stage of development. This unique and comprehensive solution ensures the optimal use of available information on subsystems and components in the form of measurement data or simulation results. It calculates and provides accurate and consistent NVH models of components. It provides the user with optimized component characterization methods and predictive NVH synthesis that supports the evaluation of acoustics and vibration behavior of virtual prototypes.

The new software version Simcenter Testlab 2021.1 brings these and many other improvements for test and simulation teams together in a solution that combines physical testing and virtual simulation across the entire development cycle, creating new opportunities to innovate smart products more efficiently.