Industry: Energy & Utilities

Ian McGann - Turbine

Five reasons why Executable Digital Twins are set to dominate engineering in 2023

January 12, 2023

I spoke with Siemens xDT expert Ian McGann and asked him about the five things that make executable digital twins practical and relevant in 2023, based mainly on his recent experiences in building digital twins of offshore wind turbines.

By Stephen Ferguson
5 MIN READ

Why are power transformers so noisy?

January 9, 2023

Reduce power transformer noise in the design stage, with a multi-physics simulation and design approach.

By John Wanjiku and Jonathan Melvin
6 MIN READ
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Easy strength and fatigue analysis for any application case: efficiently assess the strength of your component  

December 6, 2022

Fatigue analysis templates and strength  Templates for fatigue analysis and their strength-only counterparts are relatively recent additions to Simcenter 3D….

By Michael Hack and Jonathan Melvin
6 MIN READ

Strength and fatigue adhering to the FKM Guidelines

October 17, 2022

The FKM guidelines are de facto a standard used to prevent material failures. The FKM wizard for Simcenter 3D Durability helps to comply with a streamlined workflow, which is laid out in the Post. It is newly available, free to download and free to use with Simcenter 3D Specialist Durability.

By Sebastian Flock and Michael Hack
6 MIN READ
Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant

Pump up the…Water?

September 7, 2022

How a classic solution can help our need for future energy storage The sun is shining and then it isn’t….

By Doug Kolak
4 MIN READ
Hydrogen Combustion CFD Thermoacoustics

The sound of hydrogen combustion CFD

July 15, 2022

What do (combustion) engineers and the Beach Boys have in common?
They care about “Good Vibrations”.

By Liam McManus and Alex Garcia Vergara
4 MIN READ
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Electromagnetic motors are the world’s biggest energy consumers

April 20, 2022

It’s an energy conversion problem. Energy conversion has been a common human practice since the first human hit two rocks…

By Adrian Perregaux and Jonathan Melvin
5 MIN READ
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Women in engineering and the latest development in solar panel technology

March 8, 2022

“Diversity produces more creative and well-rounded research” Did you know that International Women’s Day has been observed for over 100…

By Luke Morris
7 MIN READ
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Oil and gas: novel computational chemistry methods for a brighter future

January 13, 2022

Can computational chemistry methods help build a more sustainable future? Read how Petronas innovates using computational chemistry to transform the…

By Estelle Deguillard
6 MIN READ