Aircraft & Airframes

Transforming RAMS Engineering in the Aviation Industry: A Mission-Driven Approach

April 11, 2024

Read this blog to learn how by prioritizing RAMS engineering, aircraft can achieve high reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety levels, ensuring a successful and sustainable operation lifecycle throughout the aviation industry.

By Stefan Dutre and Zakaria Bachir

5 MIN READ

Clean Aviation by 2050? The EU’s public-private partnership approves €380 million for eight new Clean Aviation projects

March 19, 2024

The Paris Agreement has set the goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. Discover how Simcenter supports the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to achieve this aim in the aviation industry.

By Pacome Magnin

6 MIN READ

Urban air mobility: Using simulation to define safety protocol for the city of the future

March 11, 2024

Learn about the EU’s Aurora project, aimed at developing and integrating UAM technologies for emergency-related applications.

By Christina Kothlow

6 MIN READ

Simcenter E-Machine Design software first release image.

What’s New in Simcenter Mechanical simulation 2312

January 29, 2024

Simcenter Mechanical simulation 2312 introduces the latest updates to our products including: Simcenter 3D, Simcenter Nastran, Simcenter E-Machine Design, Simcenter Madymo, Simcenter Tire, and Simcenter Magnet.

By Jonathan Melvin and Patrick Farrell

9 MIN READ

Latest simulations reveal data about hydrogen-powered aircraft and an integrated aircraft design

January 17, 2024

With the aviation industry turning towards sustainable fuels, state-of-the-art aircraft design is bound to stay in the past. In this blog, discover our latest data on how the use of hydrogen and fuel cells impacts the design and the integration of systems in an aircraft.

By Stephane Mouvand

4 MIN READ

Simcenter Smart Virtual Sensing results overlaid on a wind turbine blade.

Simcenter 3D Smart Virtual Sensing – Unveiling the Magic

January 15, 2024

Simcenter 3D Smart Virtual Sensing offers a robust framework to measure the unmeasurable sensing locations. It enables the creation of physics-based smart virtual sensors executable digital twins(xDTs) to deploy on different phases of the product lifecycle. The innovative approach enables you to have more efficient tests, faster design optimization, smarter manufacturing, and predictive maintenance. Most importantly, it maximizes the value of the digital twin in the entire enterprise

By Xiaoting Kou and Jonathan Melvin

5 MIN READ

Advancements in predicting the fatigue lifetime of structural adhesive joints

January 10, 2024

Thanks to the convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Physics The challenges of structural adhesives In the realm of structural engineering,…

By Adrien Scheuer, Stijn Donders and Vinicius Carrillo Beber (Fraunhofer IFAM)

5 MIN READ

Demonstration on a full-scale F16 aircraft

Vibrated with confidence: a recap of Siemens’ recent aircraft ground vibration testing masterclass

December 18, 2023

Missed out on the ground vibration testing (GVT) Europe Masterclass 2023? Read this blog to see the recap of this edition!

By Raphael Hallez

5 MIN READ

Sustainable aviation: adding hydrogen propulsion to jet engine designs

November 22, 2023

In this blog, discover the engineering challenges of designing hydrogen-powered jet engines and how to address them.

By Erik Munktell

5 MIN READ