Mars Ingenuity

Ingenuity is Taking Off

See how the Mars Ingenuity helicopter can fly on Mars and how it would perform on Earth. Simulation helps to design better products faster.

rotor dynamics jet

Predicting heat transfer during turbine startup: using CFD to increase accuracy

Flexible turbine operation patterns are increasing the thermal stress on components. How can simulation help?

DFAN testing: Resist the direct acoustic field for a ticket to space

Read about Direct Field Acoustic Noise (DFAN) testing of space hardware. Learn where we came from and where we are today with the technology.

Containing aircraft engine failure

Accounting for the unbalanced load by the use of rotor dynamics software ensured the engine failure of UA 328 was contained.

DIC pattern on aircraft during GVT

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for Aircraft GVT

The DIC technique offers capabilities to accelerate modal testing and get deeper insights into structural dynamics during aircraft GVT.

Perseverance Touching Down on Mars

Perseverance: what’s the weather on Mars?

Centro de Astrobiología – INTA uses Simcenter FLOEFD to design the MEDA weather station on the Perseverance rover

Three reasons why aerospace CFD in the cloud gets you ready for take-off

Resurgence of a classic tool What do wind tunnels and vinyl records have in common? Well, we consider both old…

Personal invites for the Testing in the digital age conference

‘Testing in the digital age‘ conference is fast approaching. One of the bright sides of the current pandemic is that…

Gas Turbine CFD requires sophisticated data vizualization

Gas Turbine CFD – Driving Innovation with Data and Insight

Once upon a time in a world without gas turbine CFD simulation…

Manager: The design team came up with a new blade concept, but they need to know the maximum possible temperature in the machine.
Test engineer: Uhh…