Dynasim
Dynasim's mission is to develop the software tools that industry
needs for solving demanding modeling, simulation and design problems.
The emphasis is on handling
large, multi-domain systems efficiently. We utilize an object-oriented
modeling methodology pioneered by Dr Elmqvist and refined into
a new modeling language called Modelica. To achieve efficient
simulation, we use computer algebra to transform models into a
more suitable form for numeric calculations.
Dynasim was founded
in 1992 by Dr Hilding Elmqvist and was in 2006 acquired by Dassault Systèmes.
Hilding Elmqvist
attained his Ph.D. at the Department of Automatic Control,
Lund Institute of Technology in 1978. In 1972-1975, he developed
the first version of the simulation program Simnon which is sold
world wide and have more than 2000 users. His Ph.D. thesis contains
the design of a novel object-oriented model language called Dymola
and algorithms for symbolic model manipulation. Elmqvist spent
one year in 1978-1979 at the Computer Science Department at Stanford
University, California. Elmqvist was in 1984-1990 the principal
designer and project manager at a subsidiary to Alfa-Laval called
SattControl in Malmö for developing SattGraph, a user interface
system for process control and SattLine, a graphical, object-oriented
and distributed control system. Elmqvist took the initiative in
1996 to organize an international effort to design the next generation
object-oriented language for physical modeling, Modelica.
Cooperations
Dynasim has strong cooperation
with DLR, German Aerospace Research Establishment, Institute
for Robotics and Mechatronics, in particular on simulation
software, mechtronics, robotics and aerospace modeling, hardware-in-the
loop simulation and optimization.
In addition, Dynasim has cooperations with researchers
on developing model libraries.
Dynasim is an active
member of the "Modelica Association", see the
Modelica home page.
Location
Dynasim is located in
Ideon Science Park
in Lund which is situated close to Lund Institute
of Technology. In spring 1998, we moved to new offices within
the research park due to our expansion. If you want to visit us,
please look at this information.
