VortexDome

Flow Visualization and the Beauty of the Vortex Dome

Fluids tend to be transparent, which is problematic for flow visualization. Rheoscopic fluids get round this by seeding the flow with reflective particles.

Chaotic Fluid Dynamics Part 4 – Finding Feigenbaum

A 29 year old ambition finally achieved with the help of Simcenter FLOEFD for NX!

Chaotic Fluid Dynamics Part 3 – Wheels

Rayleigh–Bénard convection involves the transport of heat from a hot bottom surface to a cold top surface. If the temperature…

Chaotic Fluid Dynamics Part 2 – Butterflies

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Chaotic Fluid Dynamics Part 1 – Rabbits

A person walks into a bar and asks the bartender “what’s the difference between period doubling routes to turbulence and fluffle demography?” The bartender replies “less than you might think”.

Facebook Live Event on Tuesday July 11th – Frontloading CFD: How and Why?

Facebook Live Event on Tuesday July 11th – Frontloading CFD: How and Why?

Performing more thermo-fluids simulation, earlier in a product design process, will mitigate the risks of late stage redesign and the…

SEMI-THERM 33 – ‘A History of Commercial CFD’ Short Course

SEMI-THERM 33 – ‘A History of Commercial CFD’ Short Course

At this year’s SEMI-THERM symposium next week in San Jose, John Parry and I will be presenting a short course…

Talking CFD Podcast – Democratization, Appification and Strategy

Talking CFD Podcast – Democratization, Appification and Strategy

I had the pleasure recently to talk with Robin Knowles as part of his Talking CFD podcast series. All credit…

A Novel Approach to Reducing Heatsink Mass Whilst Preserving Thermal Performance, using FloTHERM

A Novel Approach to Reducing Heatsink Mass Whilst Preserving Thermal Performance, using FloTHERM

Heatsinking is a common method to facilitate the removal of heat from a dissipating component, thus reducing source (junction) temperature….