Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 5: Detailed IC Package Model Calibration Methodology

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 5: Detailed IC Package Model Calibration Methodology

In the royal family of thermal IC package modelling types, a detailed model is King. All critical 3D geometry is…

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 4: Compact Thermal Models

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 4: Compact Thermal Models

Electronics cooling simulation was born out of the world of CFD, rather fully conjugate heat transfer simulation where convective, radiative…

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 3: JESD51-14

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 3: JESD51-14

The JESD51-14 standard was published in November 2010, prepared by the  JEDEC JC-15 Committee on Thermal Characterization. It outlines a…

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 2: TIM Thermal Conductivity

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 2: TIM Thermal Conductivity

The temperature rise that electronic components attain in operation is due to 3 things. The power that they dissipate, the…

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 1: Them and Us.

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 1: Them and Us.

Before you sell it, or commission it, you want to be sure that it works. Monies have been spent on…

“Why Cartesian Grids Are Good”

“Why Cartesian Grids Are Good”

I put the title in quotes as it’s the title of a blog post by John Chawner at Pointwise who…

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…