Application of SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation in Electronic Devices

Electronic products have been wildly used in different industries with high demand of lightweight and cost-effectiveness requirement. This demand causes the components such as PCB board to work under an environment of high current density. In this incident, the heat dissipation expected to be very large due to rise in both short-term and long-term temperature. Hence, thermal management is always a huge topic for engineers to determine an optimum configuration of electronic components. SolidWorks Flow Simulation helps engineers to simulate the expected performance of each configuration without prototype which brings several benefits to them!

Why Simulation?

In term of Risk

A poor thermal management will lead to low performance or at the worst case, failure in the component. As most of the electronic products are precise and fragile, it is aimed to be work on optimum condition to prevent breakdown. The frequent breakdown might lead to the rejection from user-end as they are uncomfortable with the products. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding on the performance of component is needed before the publishment of the products.

In term of Cost

A prototype of precise electronic products might result in a very high cost, and it will be increased as the number of prototype increases. Analysts will have an early insight into the model and determine the performance of each configuration, which reduces the frequency of testing on prototype on each configuration.

In term of Revenue

The competitiveness of a product is highly impacted by the project timeline as it needs to compete with other product in the market. Simulation allows engineers to make faster and accurate decisions by simulating different configuration of the model, which shorten the time for the product-to-the-market.