“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…

The State of Simulation 2018: Lessons from the Simcenter Conference

I just got back from the US Simcenter Conference in Detroit, most of which I spent locked in a small room interviewing attendees on video about their experiences with our products, and of the confere…

What Type of Measurements Are Possible with Gear Test Rig?: Part 2

Welcome Back to part 2 of Gear Test Rigs! If you have not read part 1 you can do so below:
 
Part 1: 6 Advanced Methodologies for Gear Test Rig: Part 1
 
If you have, then read on …