Automatic (CFD) for the People

Aerodynamic Database Generation for Aerospace Applications  It was mesmerizing.  Through the wind tunnel test section viewport, you could see the…

rotor dynamics jet

The Beauty of Complexity

Gas turbine engines are beautiful. You’re probably thinking “that guy’s been stuck inside for too long,” but think about it…

Apollo 13 simulator

Apollo 13: The first digital twin

The behind the scenes story of how NASA used Digital Twin technology to bring a crippled spaceship safely home.

Jet Engine Efficiency: Making Cleaner Skies the ‘New Normal’ Part II

Last week, I described how the current global pandemic provided one bright spot: the reduction in CO2 emissions. For such…

Reaching for the stars — with simulation

Most people believe that Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to invent the telescope. However, the first telescope was made…

Jet Engine Performance

Jet Engine Performance: Making Cleaner Skies the ‘New Normal’

One of the inadvertent effects of the current pandemic has been a drastic reduction in global air pollution. Amidst this…

Enjoy tuning your simulations? LOOK AWAY!

We live in the day of automatic. It seems like every day there is a new task that can be…

Aero-engine sub-component design with the Mechanical Digital Twin

Challenges in Aero-engine engineering Aero-engines are complex machinery, largely because they experience deformations, include moving parts, and are subject to…

high-channel count

Aerospace: High Channel-count dynamic measurements

Dynamic measurements with hundreds ofacquisition channels (high channel-count) can be performed efficiently with Siemens Simcenter Testing Solutions.