Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.1: Handling complex assemblies just got easier

In 1943, French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupery coined a phrase that could very well describe the state of our relationship with technology today: “What is most essential is invisible to …

The TUMULT Project: Ensuring Quiet Travel

Flying has come a long way since the Wright brothers first took to the sky. Planes now feature Wi-Fi for those looking to surf the web, or seat back screens for anyone looking to binge watch their fa…

“And the Best Technical Paper award goes to … ”

Two weeks ago, at the Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) in Pune, India, Simcenter won awards for Best Technical Paper. Not one award, but two!
 
The SIAT conference i…

Durability: An effective approach to developing marathon runners

The ambition begins with a passion for serving loyal customers, overcoming fatigue, preparing the mind, and searching for an effective strategy. Then comes evaluating and quantifying service loa…

Simcenter 3D 2019.1: What’s New?

Product development and design are being reinvented to make use of new materials, create lighter shapes, and take advantage of new manufacturing methods. The latest release of Simcenter 3D integrates…

Why transfer path analysis is not established technology

280.000.000 results. That’s what you get when typing ‘transfer path analysis’ in Google Search. No wonder. The TPA methodology exists for over 20 years and is widely applied across all industries. Ho…

The End of the Powertrain Bias

Internal Combustion Engine vs. Electric Machine, this seems a famous game these days. Media, politicians, OEMs, car owners – all of them have their arguments and for one or the other reasons, they ha…

Relating AM Conditions and Fatigue Performance of 3D Printed Metallic Parts

You must have heard about Additive Manufacturing (AM) and if you haven’t it is currently a disruptive change in the manufacturing process industry. Widely known as 3D-printing, Additive Manufacturing…

The beauty of optimization: what ears and mufflers have in common

Beethoven’s life was marked by the tragedy of his deafness,  for  which symptoms appeared  in his  latest  twenties . Before being completely deaf, he used ear-horns to…