Mechanical Analysis
The world’s most advanced computational fluid
dynamics simulation software.
The Mechanical Analysis Division of Mentor Graphics (formerly Flomerics) provides simulation software and consultancy services to eliminate mistakes, reduce costs, and accelerate and optimize designs involving heat transfer and fluid flow before physical prototypes are built.
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CFD in the Data Center
On-demand Web Seminar: See how FloVENT simulates air flow for data center design, including the data hall and sub-systems. View On-demand Web Seminar
Software Products
FloEFD™
Tightly integrated with major MCAD systems including Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, and CATIA, FloEFD is fully-featured 3D fluid flow and heat transfer analysis software. FloEFD
FloTHERM®
FloTHERM is a powerful 3D computational fluid dynamics software that predicts airflow and heat transfer in and around electronic equipment, including the coupled effects of conduction, convection and radiation. FloTHERM
Solutions
Concurrent CFD
Simulate and analyze fluid flow and heat transfer quicker and easier with Mentor’s Concurrent CFD simulation software FloEFD which can be fully embedded into your mechanical CAD environment.
Electronics Cooling
FloTHERM thermal analysis software and MicReD thermal characterization products and services help leading electronics companies around the world create faster, more reliable, and more profitable electronics products.
Building Heating and Ventilation
Optimize airflow, temperature distribution, and contamination control in and around buildings and vehicles with FloVENT airflow modeling software. Our Data Center cooling simulation tools lead the industry.
White Papers
Using Numerical Methods to Study the Effects Opening Ratio Made to Temperature Field in Micro-Desktop
This research uses the advanced simulation tool FloTHERM to study the effects of different opening ratios of the front panel to temperature field in the micro-desktop. Based on the studies, the best opening... View White Paper
What They Didn’t Teach You in Engineering School About Heat Transfer
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is no longer relegated to the realm of the specialist. A new class of CFD analysis software, ‘Concurrent CFD’, is proving to be highly effective at performing... View White Paper
State of the Art in Solid State Lighting Thermal Design
Unlike incandescent lighting that relies on heat to cause a filament to glow and produce light as hot black body, light emitting diodes (LEDs) are semiconductors and as such must be kept cool. When LEDs... View White Paper
Blogs
Hockey Puck Aerodynamics
Hockey Puck Aerodynamics
This blog has been in the works for about a year. I think it was worth the wait. Let me explain, as a number of things were at play here. First, I had just attended a Siemens…View Blog Post
Top 10 Things I Learned From Engineers
I admire mechanical engineers. I really mean it. If the world ever implodes, then I want to be hanging out with you guys. You know how to build and fix things. I on the other hand can probably contribute…View Blog Post
Customer Success
Schüco International
Schuco uses FloTHERM computational fluid dynamics software to design more efficient photovoltaic panels and gain significant competitive advantage.
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News and Press
- Mentor Graphics Acquires the Flowmaster Group to Provide a Unique Combination of CFD Capabilities (Jan 9, 2012)
- Mentor Graphics Announces Industry’s First Integrated Solution for Component-to-System Thermal Characterization and Analysis (Dec 12, 2011)
- Mentor Graphics Announces FloEFD Targeting New Applications and Localized Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Higher Productivity and Efficiency (Nov 28, 2011)