Participant Support of System Coupling Capabilities

Table 5: Participant Support of System Coupling Capabilities shows participant support of the key coupling capabilities available for System Coupling's graphical user interface (GUI), System Coupling's command-line interface (CLI), and System Coupling in Workbench (WB).

Participant-specific support is listed for the following coupling participants:

Table 5: Participant Support of System Coupling Capabilities

Category		Capability	GUI	CLI	WB
AEDT (Electronics Desktop / Maxwell)	Analysis	Eddy Current (3D)	✓	✓
	Analysis	Transient (2D & 3D)	✓	✓
	Setup	Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
		Define motion on coupled bodies	✓	✓
		System Coupling time-dependent conditions	✓	✓
		Time-dependent excitations and/or motion (for Eddy-Current 3D analyses)	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Volume outputs: Heat Rate Lorentz Force	✓	✓
		Volume inputs: Temperature Electrical Conductivity	✓	✓
		Surface outputs: Heat Rate	✓	✓
		Surface inputs: Temperature	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls (for steady coupled analyses)	✓	✓
		Mesh updates and remapping per step (for System Coupling time-dependent solutions)	✓	✓
		HPC parallel distribution command-line options	✓	✓
		Restart points written per coupling step	✓	✓
CFX	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓	✓
	Analysis	Transient	✓	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface outputs: Force Heat Rate HTC + Tref	✓	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface inputs: Incremental Displacement Temperature	✓	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls¹	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls¹ Automatic detection of same interface sides for thin bodies	✓	✓
Fluent	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓	✓
		Transient	✓	✓	✓
		Iteration-based analyses	✓	✓
	Setup	Customizable solver input files for initial and restarted coupled analysis runs	✓	✓
		Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
		Define motion on coupled bodies	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface outputs: Force Heat Rate HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓	✓
		Surface inputs: Incremental Displacement Heat Rate HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓	✓
		Volume outputs: Temperature Electrical Conductivity	✓	✓
		Volume inputs: Heat Rate Lorentz Force	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls¹	✓	✓
		Automatic detection of same interface sides for thin bodies	✓	✓
		Mesh reimport and remapping per step (when triggered by an AEDT participant)	✓	✓
		Restart points written per coupling iteration	✓	✓
Forte	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓
		Transient	✓	✓
		Iteration-based analyses	✓	✓
	Setup	Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface outputs: Force Heat Rate HTC + Tref	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface inputs: Incremental Displacement Temperature	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls¹	✓	✓
		Automatic detection of same interface sides for thin bodies	✓	✓
		Restart points written per coupling iteration	✓	✓
Mechanical	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓	✓
	Analysis	Transient	✓	✓	✓
	Setup	Customizable solver input files for restarted coupled analysis runs	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface outputs: Force Heat Rate Incremental Displacement HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓	✓
		Surface inputs: Heat Rate Incremental Displacement HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓	✓
		Volume outputs: Temperature	✓	✓
		Volume inputs: Heat Rate Temperature	✓	✓
	Execution	Participant update frequency controls¹	✓	✓
		Automatic detection of same interface sides for thin bodies	✓	✓
		Mesh reimport and remapping per step (when triggered by an AEDT participant)	✓	✓
CFD Server	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓
	Setup	Add aerodamping data transfer groups	✓	✓
		Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
		Check for changes to participant input file	✓	✓
		Update participant after input file modifications	✓	✓
		Participant instancing	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface inputs: Mode Shape	✓	✓
	Execution	Mapping mode	✓	✓
Mechanical Server	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓
	Setup	Add aerodamping data transfer groups	✓	✓
		Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
		Check for changes to participant input file	✓	✓
		Update participant after input file modifications	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	Surface outputs: Mode Shape	✓	✓
	Execution	Mapping Mode	✓	✓
Functional Mock-up Unit (FMU)	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓
	Analysis	Transient	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities ^{2 , 3}	Outputs: Heat Rate HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities ^{2 , 3}	Inputs: Heat Rate HTC + Tref Temperature	✓	✓
	Execution	Restart points written per coupling iteration	✓	✓
SCDT Server	Analysis	Steady	✓	✓
	Analysis	Transient⁴	✓	✓
	Setup	Multiple regions per interface side	✓	✓
	Transfer Quantities	All supported quantities	✓	✓
	Execution	HPC execution	✓	✓
1: This is a beta-level capability. For more information about beta functionality, see the System Coupling Beta Features documentation. 2: FMU participants support single-valued scalar transfer quantities. 3: All noted outputs/inputs are supported for surfaces and volumes involved in a transfer with an FMU region (with Topology set to `Undefined`). 4: Transient analysis subject to certain limitations as documented in the SCDTFileFormatSPecification.md file.

For information on a given participant's support for System Coupling capabilities, see its coupling-related product documentation:

"System Coupling Analyses Using Maxwell" in the Maxwell Help
Coupling CFX to an External Solver: System Coupling Simulations in the CFX-Solver Manager User's Guide
Performing System Coupling Simulations Using Fluent in the Fluent User's Guide
System Coupling in the Forte User's Guide
System Coupling in the Mechanical User's Guide
The SCDTFileFormatSPecification.md Markdown file available in <Installation Path>\v242\SystemCoupling\Participants\ScdtServer. You can view this file with any Markdown-compatible reader.