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Touch Temperature – Part 2: Coefficient of Thermal Spreading

A coefficient of thermal spreading and the psychology of hot spots, explained with the help of Simcenter Flotherm applied to handheld electronics and smartphones

Realize Live

Why failure IS an option: Frontloading @ Realize Live

Frontloading simulation allows you to try out innovative new ideas early in the design process when the cost of failure is low. It allows you to fail early, to fail often, and to learn from your mistakes. Ultimately this is the cost of a better and more robust final product.

Five compelling reasons to run CFD simulations on the cloud

In the world of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the goal is to exploit the ever-advancing technology of computing power to…

loudest cheer

What’s the loudest cheer? We used science to find out!

YouTuber Mark Rober uses science to find out the loudest way to cheer for your favorite team. Watch him use Simcenter SCADAS XS to measure the tests here.

Simcenter FLOEFD Frontloading CFD Award Winners

The winners of the Simcenter FLOEFD Frontloading CFD Award 2019 have been announced

Pushing the Envelope: Maximizing efficiency with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

There are a variety of definitions and interpretations of what efficiency means. In the simplest terms, it’s about being able…

Sea fever by John Masefield

Sea Fever, an ode to Simcenter Amesim variable sea conditions

Simcenter Amesim 2020.1 includes a variable sea conditions model to consider dynamic impact of waves, wind and water properties on hull resistance.

Avoid Bearing failure with Virtual Prototyping. Angular Contact Ball Bearing (ACBB, left), Tapered Roll Bearing (TRB, right), as modeled in Simcenter 3D

Bearing Transmission Failures: How to Avoid Them With Virtual Prototyping

Bearings allow complex machinery to rotate by making the rotation possible while reducing friction, and are therefore vital to system efficiency and reliability. Improving bearing design through virtual prototyping is a cost-effective and thorough design approach, which reduces transmission downtime and failures.

E-motor oil cooling

Keeping it real with Hybrid Multiphase

Around the turn of the Millennium, I was tempted to move away from Engineering, and took a postgraduate course in…