Localize noise issues: the magic of acoustic cameras

Can you localize sound sources with your bare ears? Try it and you might find the exercise trickier than you thought. You’ll probably be able to say whether the sound comes from the left or righ…

Leave your status quo, accelerate durability testing

Learn how combining actual measurements and statistics of a vehicle real-life usage can help to determine the correct road loads parameters to set accurate durability testing targets.

STAR-ICE: Internal Combustion Engine simulation comes to STAR-CCM+

The Economist recently published an obituary to the Internal Combustion Engine in an article which opened with the statement that:”It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that chan…

STAR-CCM+ v12.06: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

Over the past several releases the STAR-CCM+ team has been hard at work ensuring that users can easily and effectively replace components in their models and re-run in under five clicks.  Betwee…

Less is more only when more is too much in STAR-CCM+ v12.06

The proposition that “less is more”, first penned by Robert Browning back in 1855, has stood the test of time. It has influenced architecture throughout this century and the last and was keenly asses…

Almatech Goes Hunting for Planets with Femap

Almatech is a Swiss aerospace company currently working with the European Space Agency with the development of a new space telescope to help identify and characterize exoplanets – worlds outside our …

Realistic Combustion Simulation with STAR-CCM+ v12.06

When I started in this field more than 12 years ago, combustion CFD simulations were typically done using CPU inexpensive approaches such as eddy break-up or flamelet combustion models with RANS. The…

High fidelity combustion simulations drive down emissions

Here in the UK, we are not known for large amounts of sunshine but this summer was the greenest ever for energy, largely driven by the huge growth in the number of solar and wind farms.  Between…

Spotlight on – Jérémy Leboi, product manager

Let’s take a few minutes to meet Jérémy Leboi, product manager Simcenter Amesim