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Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room. Part 1: Such Things are Important

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room. Part 1: Such Things are Important

With the gulf stream having shifted south and now flowing happily somewhere high over Paris, the summer weather in the…

Agile software development practices in the Mechanical Analysis Division

Agile software development practices in the Mechanical Analysis Division

From a software user’s perspective it really doesn’t matter exactly how that application was developed. A user is concerned with…

A Little Goes A Long Way (But A Lot Doesn’t Go Much Further)

A Little Goes A Long Way (But A Lot Doesn’t Go Much Further)

It has been almost 3 years since I started this blog and I hope you’ve found it as interesting as…

More Than Two Decades and Still Going Strong; FloTHERM and FloVENT V9.3 Now Released

More Than Two Decades and Still Going Strong; FloTHERM and FloVENT V9.3 Now Released

In 1989 Flomerics was the first organisation to provide application specific CFD based simulation software where all pre and post-processing…

Simulation Software So Simple Even Teenagers Can Use It

Simulation Software So Simple Even Teenagers Can Use It

The UK government has a policy for all year 10 or year 11 students to undertake a week’s work experience….

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 3 – Relieving Thermal Bottlenecks Reduce Temperatures

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 3 – Relieving Thermal Bottlenecks Reduce Temperatures

As with all good inventions, you quickly wonder how on earth you could have done without them before. Relieving thermal…

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 2 – When TIMs Go Bad

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 2 – When TIMs Go Bad

‘Bits stuck onto other bits’, a succinct definition of an electronic product, if not a product that contains electronics. Soldering…

Bridging the Simulation Supply Chain; NXP Semiconductors, a Case in Point

Bridging the Simulation Supply Chain; NXP Semiconductors, a Case in Point

By far and away the most common enquiry by someone using FloTHERM, especially at the start of their adoption, is…

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 1 – Great Thermal Bedfellows

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 1 – Great Thermal Bedfellows

Probably due to the beer fridge, I now seem to be becoming the repository of broken electronic products with an…