Simcenter 3D: The latest, the second archive

Simcenter 3D: The Latest, is updated in the last week of each month to keep you up to date with the latest news on Simcenter 3D and related mechanical solutions.

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What’s new in Simcenter 3D 2606

Discover what’s new in the Simcenter Mechanical 2512 release, featuring faster NVH analysis, design exploration, and streamlined engineering workflows. Read this blog to see what’s new in Simcenter 3D, Simcenter Femap, Simcenter Nastran and more.

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From Apollo to Artemis: How the digital twin is accelerating lunar rover development

Learn how aerospace engineers validate lunar rover designs using Simcenter digital twin simulation. Integrated thermal, structural, and thermo-mechanical analysis reduces hardware risk, accelerates iteration, and enables mission-critical design decisions before physical testing … essential for Artemis program success.

Virtual Integrated Aircraft: Designing cryogenic hydrogen storage through the digital thread

As the aerospace industry explores hydrogen-powered flight, one challenge quickly rises to the top: where do you store liquid hydrogen…

Effective methods to simulate radiation in turbomachinery

Designing modern gas turbines is a balancing act between physics and performance. As temperatures soar, even small thermal miscalculations can…

The real threat to next‑generation aircraft programs isn’t weight

How a small change can reshape an aircraft program 243 kilograms isn’t a particularly large number on an aircraft weighing…

Enhancing battery durability through Smart Virtual Sensing

Smart virtual sensing for EV battery durability testing

If you’ve been following the electric vehicle revolution, you know the headlines: EVs are getting heavier, batteries are expensive to…

What’s new and exciting in Simcenter Nastran 2606 and Simcenter Optistruct 2026.1 releases

What if your solver stopped making you choose between fidelity, speed and focus? Engineering teams are under pressure from every…

How to win customers and inform designs with pre-bid intelligence for quotations- a case study with EMC FIME

Quotations can make or break you An accurate, thorough, and on-budget quotation is key to winning any piece of engineering…