There’s been a big push by simulation software vendors to get engineers and designers to start incorporating analysis tools into their product development processes. High-end simulation tools have traditionally been used by specialists or analysts who’s jobs are to run design geometry–created by engineers–through their paces using analysis tools to validate that designs will be […]
Design Technology Behind the Scenes at 2014 World Cup
Every four years, national soccer–or football as the rest of the world calls it–teams from across the globe duke it out to determine the best square on the planet. An estimated one billion viewers will be glued to their seats watching the action that kicks off today in Brazil, nearly 900 million more than who […]
PDF3D Developers Release ParaView Plus for Visualizing Complex Data
For many years, engineers and designers have struggled on the best way to safely share design data with others. Security is an issue. Bandwidth limitations yet another as files containing engineering data are often gargantuan. Yet another roadblock is all the various types of file formats that engineering data is saved in. On the CAD […]
Autodesk Partners with FOX Sports on Wind Simulation for Super Bowl Broadcast
To give fans an idea of how tough the conditions will be on the field for this year’s Super Bowl on Sunday, FOX Sports has partnered with Autodesk to use simulation software to calculate possibly adverse weather conditions–specifically wind–inside MetLife Stadium during the big game. The New Jersey Meadowlands, home of MetLife Stadium, has long […]
CFD mesh quality: understanding accuracy and convergence
An excellent article on CFD meshing by John Chawner, from blog.pointwise.com: “We know embarrassingly little about how the mesh affects the CFD solution,” said Prof. Carl Ollivier-Gooch of the University of British Columbia. That statement is counter to what we all know to be true in practice, that a good mesh helps the computational fluid […]
Racing team relies on suite of software products
Australia-based racing team, Kelly Racing, has been using Autodesk products for a range of uses – from precision design to validating new car components — all without hitting the track for physical testing. Given that the period between races is often a window of less than three weeks, Autodesk Inventor Professional, Autodesk Simulation CFD, Autodesk […]
CFD software helps streamline Toyota’s Prius hybrid
SimuTech Group, the largest ANSYS channel partner across North America, performed a computational fluid dynamics analysis (CFD) test for Toyota and its supplier Tiercon. SimuTech used ANSYS CFD software to conduct aerodynamic comparison studies on the new PLUS Performance Package for Toyota’s hybrid vehicle. SimuTech engineers performed simulations to determine optimum airflow across the vehicle’s […]
Analysis linked to CAD
Comsol’s latest update to its flagship multiphysics software Comsol 4.2a includes enhanced LiveLink capability. The new associativity to between Comsol and Creo packages means any changes to a feature in the Creo CAD model automatically updates the geometry in Comsol Multiphysics while retaining physics settings. All parameters specified in Creo can be interactively linked with […]
Designing a better heart valve
PhD candidate Ahmad Falahatpisheh at the University of California is doing research on artificial heart valve development to improve bioprosthetic heart valves. With the help of Tecplot 360 CFD visualization software to view and analyze his digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) data, he is helping develop the first bileaflet bioprosthetic mitral valve with dynamic saddle […]
CFD Updates
Pointwise announces the latest release of its Pointwise computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software with a set of new tools. The surface meshing formulation of the T-Rex (anisotropic tetrahedral extrusion) hybrid meshing algorithm first developed for Pointwise’s Gridgen software now is available in Pointwise version 16.04. At the other end of the meshing spectrum, a […]
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