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Posts tagged with 'Copper'

Are You Kidding Me? Make Another One?

Posted Sep 30, 2010, by J VanDomelen

CFD, Giving Our Prototype Machinists a Break Computational fluid dynamics, of CFD, was a central focus of recent industry events, and I find the topic keeps cropping up in mil/aero discussions of late. In fact, CFD simulation tools are increasingly being employed by military prime contractors (aka, primes) to meet contract requirements, such as survivability in extreme environments and temperatures, … Read More

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Information at the Speed of Light

Posted Jun 8, 2010, by J VanDomelen

I remember playing with a fiber-optic lamp when I was a child. As the lamp spun around spewing light of all shades and colors, I thought it was amazing. What is amazing to me today, more than two decades later, is that very similar pieces of fiber that were used in that lamp are quickly becoming the medium of choice for ultra-fast information conduits. Copper had been the primary medium for electrical … Read More

Tags: Military, Milaero, Data Transfer, Fiber Optic, Copper, Ray Alderman, Mentor.com, Mil-Aero, VITA, Mentor, Mentor Graphics