Austin’s butterfly and the evolution of adjoint industrial optimization

Have you ever heard of Austin’s butterfly and Student-Engaged Assessment? It’s an educational method developed by Ron Berger from EL Education. It is based on the transformational power of models, cr…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: Imagining the Art of the Possible with Screenplay

“There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story” quips Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series finale of Game of Thrones (no spoiler here, not to worry). Effective visualizations are the sto…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: Faster In-Cylinder Simulations

As a CFD simulation engineer   you will routinely have to answer technical questions ,   however, there are a couple of questions that are asked even more frequently : &nb…

Engineer INNOVATION Issue 2!

‘A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers’ – Plato
 

From Trek to Hyundai, Airbus to ZF Wind Power, this issue is packed with customers showing how the digital twin pr…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: if you love coding, don’t read

During your studies to become a fluid dynamics expert, did you have a full semester on coding? I mean serious coding, beyond being given definitions, executing Hello World, and doing a few exercises….

Solve the impossible – the hard ones are already solved

Solve the impossible. The hard ones are already solved
 

 
“This is impossible!”
 
said an inner voice to me, “ it harms Navier-Stokes, it harms continuity, it ha…

OBELICS: European consortium to innovate on electrical vehicle design

As global warming is becoming a reality and transportation emissions affect public health in a visible way, while conventional fossil-fueled vehicles face major difficulties in reducing their environ…

Efficiency through simulation for high temperature processes

discover how CFD can help to optimize combustion and high temperature processes.

Run! – for your life

Internal Combustion Engines are doomed to die? Well, imagine yourself when suddenly you are being told that you had only one hour to live! What would you do? Good news – at least – you are …