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Exploring the future of heavy equipment electrification with Simcenter Amesim

January 27, 2020

We usually consider the heavy equipment industry as conservative from an innovation standpoint. That may be because of its B2B…

By Romain Nicolas

2 MIN READ

Dig where you stand with our new digging force model

November 5, 2019

My former manager used to say: “dig where you stand” when I was trying to improve the entire company’s processes….

By Romain Nicolas

2 MIN READ

Simcenter Amesim ready to sail the high seas

April 9, 2019

Simcenter Amesim has been serving the marine industry for quite a long time. Learn about the latest updates here,

By Romain Nicolas

2 MIN READ

Make your Simcenter Amesim model real-time compatible

March 8, 2019

«A good model is a judicious trade-off between realism and simplicity.” [Anu Maria, Introduction to modeling and simulation]

This statement perfectly highlights the challenge …

By Romain Nicolas

4 MIN READ

Toyota Corolla: perspectives for the world’s most popular car (Part 2)

February 1, 2019

Few weeks ago, we went through technological evolutions that led to the success of the Toyota Corolla.

In this follow-up post, we propose to switch from a retrospective …

By Romain Nicolas

4 MIN READ

Toyota Corolla: retrospective of the world’s most popular car (Part 1)

October 29, 2018

I recently went through Chris Beves’ post about Formula One aerodynamics history and realized that simulation can do much more than predicting the future. Indeed, it’s also interesting to l…

By Romain Nicolas

5 MIN READ

Failure mode and effect analysis: don’t solely trust your experts

October 18, 2018

S-FMEAs (System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and dysfunctional analysis in general are becoming cornerstones of product development when it comes to autonomous vehicles. As an example, fun…

By Romain Nicolas

3 MIN READ

Ready to challenge your traditional engineering with MBSE

September 12, 2017

Many companies have well-defined processes and tools that have been optimized for decades by dedicated resources and throughout specific projects. It’s not obvious to suddenly question those and come…

By Romain Nicolas

3 MIN READ