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Durability testing automotive

1.2M kilometers. Can you picture the distance?

It is already 7 years since I joined the virtual durability engineering team. ‘Virtual’, as we work from diverse geographic locations and all have different backgrounds: industry specialists, te…

Simcenter Sound Camera

Sound camera: Why you should consider using one today?

Sound camera and sound source localization are the key elements for acoustic troubleshooting. Discover the typical use cases in vehicle development.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ v13.04: Who’s driving this time?

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ v13.04: Who ’s driving this time?  
 
I was recently driving with my father-in-law, looking for a new restaurant we wanted to try. The first thing I did when…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ v13.04: Charging forward with STAR-ICE!

 
I hope, if you’ve read my previous blogs, you understand the importance of in-cylinder simulation as the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) isn’t going away any time soon.  Estimates indi…

The keys to a successful ground vibration test – congratulations, Airbus!

On June 7, 2018, Airbus announced the successful completion of the ground vibration test of the BelugaXL next-generation oversize cargo airlifter.  
 
That’s the kind of success story w…

How to virtually evaluate thousands of vehicle configurations?

Carmakers use system simulation to virtually balance performance attributes taking into account not only the performance of vehicle subsystems but also control strategies. However, today, a large div…

Going autonomous at SIA Vehicule Autonome 2018 in Paris

A few days after being back from the Autonomous Vehicle Technology World Expo 2018 in Stuttgart – which happened to be very exciting for us, thanks for asking – we’re hitting back the road and a…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ v13.04: Who needs paper?

Do you? Sometimes paper seems like the best support to jot down ideas for your next simulation. On the first day of my first job, I was taken straight away to the office supply cabinet to stock up on…

Software architecture as automotive assembly line

 
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got” – Henry Ford said that. 
 
That was quite the assembly line did for manufacturing indus…