Posted Mar 20, 2010, by John Parry
It was very interesting to read this article about the work IBM are undertaking together with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) on a 3D stacked architecture for multiple cores. The four year collaborative project, called CMOSAIC, promises to deliver an interconnection density from 100 to 10,000 connections per square millimetre … Read More
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LEDs,
LED Cooling,
Liquid Cooling,
CFD,
Cold Plate,
Automotive LEDs,
Thermal Management,
Fluid Dynamics,
Electronics Cooling,
FloEFD
Posted Feb 1, 2010, by John Parry
Some people think that because Concurrent CFD is so easy to use it must be simplistic. Nothing could be further from the truth. FloEFD has some very sophisticated physical models for cavitation, combustion, etc. plus by being CAD-embedded it’s also easy to use the CFD results to drive other simulation packages within the MCAD environment. Not limited to upfront design, Concurrent CFD can be used continuously … Read More
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Reaction Forces,
Force Prediction,
Upfront Analysis,
CAD Integration,
CFD,
CAD Embedded,
Upfront CFD,
Fluent Design,
Fluid Dynamics,
Concurrent CFD,
Design Process
Posted Jan 26, 2010, by John Parry
Using CAD-embedded CFD upfront and throughout the design process is the only way to go when it comes to compressing design schedules. We call this approach Concurrent CFD, as the CFD analysis can be done concurrently with design changes, taking upfront CFD to the next level. The product’s performance can be checked at each design iteration, leading to a more fluent CFD process that gives increased confidence … Read More
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Fluid Dynamics,
Fluent Design,
Upfront Analysis,
CAD Integration,
CFD,
CAD Embedded,
Upfront CFD,
Electronics Cooling,
FloEFD,
Concurrent CFD,
Design Process
Posted Nov 23, 2009, by John Parry
Some more thoughts on the fluent design vs. laminar flow analogy
In my last post I used the example of an airfoil to illustrate a product design (object) that passes smoothly, or fluently through the design process (a fluid) without causing much turbulence (design rework) that otherwise disrupts the downstream flow (late in the design process) making the flow take longer to recover (increasing the … Read More
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Upfront Analysis,
Concurrent CFD,
Design Flow,
CFD,
Fluent Design,
Fluid Dynamics,
Design Process,
FloEFD
Posted Nov 17, 2009, by John Parry
Electrical engineers often talk about a ‘design flow’, which Wikipedia defines as ‘the explicit combination of electronic design automation tools to accomplish the design of an integrated circuit.’ I heard the term a lot when making presentations at the Solutions Expos in the last few weeks. To someone with a background in fluid dynamics, flow means something rather different, but what electronic engineers … Read More
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Upfront,
Concurrent Design,
Design Flow,
CFD,
Flow Behavior,
Fluid Dynamics,
Design Process,
FloEFD
Posted Sep 25, 2009, by John Parry
One of the things I’m responsible for in the Mechanical Analysis Division is promoting the use of our software in education. It’s something I care passionately about and see great potential for our mechanical CAD-embedded tools to revolutionize the way fluid dynamics is taught, particularly at undergraduate level.
In part it’s because I believe that if engineers knew what CFD can do in terms of providing … Read More
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Education,
FloEFD,
CFD,
Professional Development,
Fluid Dynamics,
Free Demo
Posted Sep 10, 2009, by John Parry
I thought I’d put up a brief post about an exciting series of free web seminars that address key engineering challenges in product design. The first of these is a seminar aimed at engineering managers to explain how their mechanical designers can perform a CFD Analysis without leaving the familiar comfort of their MCAD tool.
Web Seminar: CFD Analysis for MCAD Designers - Better Products, Faster
Historically … Read More
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CFD History,
Design Process,
CFD,
Mesh Generation,
Meshing,
FloEFD,
Fluid Dynamics
Posted Aug 26, 2009, by John Parry
Just had a weeks activity holiday at Center Parcs here in the UK with my two boys, aged 13 and 16, so I’m now back at work for a well-earned rest!
We managed to cram in quite a lot – archery, tennis, racquetball, laser clay shooting, American pool, snooker, and kayaking, as well as a quad bike trek through the woods.
Center Parcs is set in 400 acres of forest with lots of very tame wildlife, like … Read More
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Fluid Dynamics,
Fun,
Center Parcs,
Turbulent Flow,
Holiday,
Laminar Flow
Posted Aug 14, 2009, by John Parry
Strictly speaking that’s mechanical engineers, and the information comes from Parametric Design Corporation (PTC), in their white paper Five Things You Should Know About 3D CAD Software. As PTC say - it’s a startling fact.
Having had experience of keeping track of my own time to charge to different projects the figure really jumped out at me. I found that if you take away the time spent on internal … Read More
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Design Flow,
Fluid Dynamics,
ROI,
FloEFD,
Return on Investment,
CAE Market,
Design Process,
Flow Behavior
Posted Jul 9, 2009, by Nazita Saye
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clark
I’ve often called mechanical engineers magicians because whenever I listen to them speak about what they do the only thing that comes to mind is magic. Much like the first time I looked at Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD). EFD is a different breed of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. EFD shares the same … Read More
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Seamless Integration,
Rectangular Adaptive Mesh,
Transitional,
Fluid Flow,
Fluid Dynamics,
CFD,
Turbulent,
Convergence,
Laminar,
What-If,
EFD,
Cloning
Jim Martens
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Michael Ford
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Dennis Brophy
Mike Jensen
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Tom Fitzpatrick
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Christopher Hallinan
Bernard Sutton