Aerospace & Defense - Simcenter

"US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, New York, USA on 15 January 2009 (crop)"

Innovative simulation method supporting aircraft ditching certification

On the 15th of January 2009, an Airbus A320 departing La Guardia at New York, struck a flock of geese on initial…

By Victor Dezobry

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The Key to Easier Thermal Assessment of Engine & Gas Turbine Blades

Building a digital twin of a gas turbine is a complex endeavor that traditionally takes months to accomplish. There are many components, physical factors, and interrelationships to consider.

By Christian Semler and Zouya Zarei

Using an integrated safety approach to assess aircraft crashworthiness

Find out how Simcenter Madymo and HEEDS help the National Institute of Aerospace Research (NIAR) to tackle eVTOL emergency landing certification challenges.

By michiel.unger

Apollo Reentry Hypersonic CFD

Mitigating the Carbuncle effect for hypersonic CFD simulations

“If you can’t fly em, you go design em” – Every CFD engineer who dreamed of becoming an astronaut Some…

By Stamatina Petropoulou

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Combine solution speed and accuracy for axisymmetric rotor dynamics

Discover how you can exploit symmetry to speed up rotor dynamics simulation, while still getting quality results.

By CarolineRaick

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Rotor dynamics: when accuracy is a matter of life and death

Read about the fundamentals of rotor dynamics, a critical engineering area where simulation accuracy can really save lives!

By CarolineRaick

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.

By Boris Marovic

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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?

By Elspeth Mosedale

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.

By Mostapha Choukri