Perfecting transmissions need not be at evolution pace

Gears are undisputedly engineering marvels. Ever since their existence (some predict it as early as third century B.C.) gears were used in sophisticated transmissions  –  rotating mills, ir…

Electrifying Software and Controls Engineering Insights

Looking ahead into the 2020s, uncertainty is high on many fronts. Technological change is disrupting businesses and bringing new social, regulatory, and ecological questions to the forefront.&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…

Kettering University reduces undesired EV motor noise

Kettering University reduces undesired EV motor noise
In today’s automotive industry, it is apparent that electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of mobility. Internal combustion is out. As a r…

VirtualCT: realistic composite material modeling using micro-CT-based voxel approach

Recall the blogpost a few weeks ago about the Simcenter 3D Virtual Material Characterization (VMC) ToolKit for materials engineering of lightweight components[1]. With the VMC ToolKit, the material d…

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…

Simcenter SimRod

Good digital twins don’t lie

Digital twin offers the ability to double check the digitalized world in reality. Siemens Simcetner features this concept by creating a real example.

E2M Technologies Reduces Lead Time Through Virtual Testing

E2M Technologies Reduces Lead Time Through Virtual Testing

One of my favorite games at the arcade growing up was a full motion boat racing simulator. Every time I took a seat in the game, I was fascinated by the motion it provided and wondered what it would …

Boosting productivity in gearbox engineering with the Transmission Builder

Gearbox design engineers are familiar with the tedious process of modeling and parameterizing the gearbox in a multi-body simulation environment. Several days are typically needed for model preparati…