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Vehicle NVH testing in operational conditions: Shift into higher gear

February 28, 2019

Automotive NVH testing in operational conditions
Do you, as an NVH test engineer, regularly face the situations when you need to redo some measurements? For example, due to erroneous instrumentat…

By marta_s
3 MIN READ

Why transfer path analysis is not established technology

December 10, 2018

280.000.000 results. That’s what you get when typing ‘transfer path analysis’ in Google Search. No wonder. The TPA methodology exists for over 20 years and is widely applied across all industries. Ho…

By Els Verlinden
2 MIN READ

Simcenter Amesim 17: ease the exhaust calibration process

November 29, 2018

To accurately assess the vehicle tail-pipe emissions, efficient modeling of exhaust systems is becoming a very important but also a very time-consuming task. The chemistry inside a catalyst is comple…

By Melanie_Groisil
3 MIN READ

Not in my backyard! How annoying is wind turbine noise?

August 17, 2018

Although everybody is in favor of clean and green energy, turbines are perceived as a noise polutor, but is this really so? Learn more here.

By Frank Demesmaeker
4 MIN READ

Lost in paperwork? Learn how to document test setups in a snapshot!

July 12, 2018

Read about how to document test setups more efficiently with the Simcenter Testlab Instrumentation App, saving time and hassle, and making it easier.

By Jenny Lau
2 MIN READ

Valet parking: the first commercially available automated driving function

June 29, 2018

Recently, the local government changed the circulation plan of my home town. From now on, you drive into the city for only 1 reason: park your car.
 
Earlier, the majority of cars were drivi…

By Els Verlinden
2 MIN READ

Inside powertrain: a harsh environment for shakers

June 8, 2018

High Frequency Shaker installed in bearing mounting location A question that often arises about the high frequency shakers is their immunity against Automatic Transmission Fluid(ATF)? During the ins…

By Tom Knechten
2 MIN READ

Femap Tips & Tricks: Assigning Material Properties to Solid Geometry

June 7, 2018

See how to assign different material properties to solid geometry while setting up a finite element model in this Femap tip and trick video.
Model creation methods and workflows are very flexible…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Femap Tips & Tricks: Using Interpolation Elements

September 14, 2017

One of the inherent characteristics of finite element modeling is that often loads and constraints are applied to the model at node points. This technique can bring about stress concentrations, as th…

By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ