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Posts tagged with 'Safety'

The Chinese Way?

Posted Apr 17, 2012, by Michael Ford

The Nepcon show in Shenzhen, China is coming up. The question comes to mind as to what to show that will attract the interest of people investing their time to come to see Mentor at the show. Moving PCB-A production geographically to any alternate location, whether in-house or to an out-sourcing provider is always a challenge. The working practices are different as well as the knowledge-base of the … Read More

Tags: Safety, risk, china, Conformance, Automotive, Quality, learning curve, Liability

Electric Aviation

Posted Apr 15, 2010, by J VanDomelen

Would you set foot on an electric-powered or hybrid aircraft? It may be some time before that happens, but it is getting closer every day. If engineers at GE Aviation have anything to say about it, electric aircraft will be flying sooner rather than later. I learned that GE Aviation is creating an Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research & Development Center (EPISCENTER) near Dayton, Ohio, to focus … Read More

Tags: Prius, Power, Mentor, Airlines, American, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com, Ohio, Aerospace, Dayton, Electronic, Design Automation, EPISCENTER, GE, Hybrid, Aviation, Electric, EDA, Electrical Power, Safety, Training, vehicle, Toyota

May the force be with you

Posted Jan 18, 2010, by Nazita Saye

Don’t worry… I’m not going Sci-Fi on you. I’m talking about reaction forces. What do I mean by reaction forces? Well, when there is a relative motion between a solid object and a surrounding fluid, a force will be placed on the solid due to the pressure variation over the surface of the solid. This force is caused by the change in speed and direction of the fluid. For example, we see reaction forces … Read More

Tags: Safety, Reaction Forces, Design Engineer, FloEFD, CFD, Quality, R&D, Optimization, Physical Prototype