Product Outline
This section provides a product outline of WAON, and introduces its features, functions, and operating environment.
What is WAON?

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"WAON, developed and sold by CYBERNET, is acoustic-analysis software applying the boundary element method (BEM).
By using FMBEM, solver applying fast multipole algorithm (FMA) to 3D BEM, analysis time has been dramatically shortened and the memory size has been reduced compared to conventional BEM.
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Details of FMBEM are provided here
Features of WAON

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- FMBEM-based acoustic-analysis program for ultra-large scale simulation
WAON is the first commercial acoustic-analysis software in the world to use FMBEM, a BEM solver which applies fast multipole algorithm (FMA).
- Able to calculate to high-frequency ranges with the wave theoretical analysis approach
e.g.: In the case of analyzing problems with 60,000 degrees of freedom
Conventional method |
parallel processing with 64-bit system using eight CPUs |
WAON |
Single process on the 32-bit Windows system |
When WAON is used on a 64-bit system, analyses with over 200,000 degrees of freedom can be executed with 8-GB memory!
- Reduced analysis man-hours and calculation time
In contrast to existing large-scale acoustic analysis performed following discretization, new method can now be carried out with just one license and one PC.
- High-speed 3D graphics
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Easy-to-use user interface which can be executed without any manual
- By mounting the acoustic -structure coupled analysis function, capable of analysis taking into account interactions between structure and acoustics faithfully. This allows broad-range applications such as transmitted noise.
See Case Study
- Interface with ANSYS Workbench
Applicable Model Shapes
WAON is able to selectively use two types of formularizations: Basic Form: BF and Double Layer Form: DLF. This helps resolve problems with various shapes appropriately.
When dealing with external problems of a model without an opening, for example, the matrix differs at around acoustic natural frequencies unique to sound in internal spaces of the model, disabling the analysis to be carried out correctly (apparent eigenvalue problem).
To solve such problems, WAON is able to set the number of degrees of freedom at both the front and back of the elements using DLF, and apply characteristic impedance to the whole surface connecting to the internal space, thus allowing elimination of the specificity.
Applicable Boundary Conditions
- Point source
- Particle velocity boundary conditions (FEA results can also be used)
- Impedance (ratio)/admittance (ratio) boundary conditions
- Symmetrical boundary conditions
- Load conditions (acoustic -structure coupled analysis)
- Dipole source and quadrupole source from CFD simulation
Results Evaluation Function
- 2D graph display/file output function
- Contour figure/file output function
- Vector display function
- Text file output function of analysis results
- Animation
Operating Environment
OS |
Windows 10 (Professional),RedHat Linux * |
CPU |
x64 processors from Intel and AMD |
Memory |
Recommended : 2GB ( required memory depending on model scale) |
HDD |
a few hundreds MB |
Other |
Graphic adapter with 3D OpenGL accelerator
Java Runtime Environment Version 8
3-button or wheel mouse |
Image resolution |
1280 x 1024 |
* WAON GUI can’t work on RedHat Linux
Introduction of User's Application
This section shows actual application.