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.
Upcoming Webinar
FloTHERM User Meeting - Thermal Analysis of IC Devices
Feb 22, 2012 : Fremont, CAEvent: FloTHERM User Meeting - Thermal Analysis of IC Devices View Event
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
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
Thermal transient measurement of high power bipolar transistors: chances and challenges
Transient thermal testing becomes more and more important for discrete power transistors (BJTs), IGBTs and MOSFETs. While reaching proper power levels is relatively simple for the two latter, measuring... View White Paper
Optimizing Gas Mixing Processes with CAD-Embedded Engineering Fluid Dynamics Simulation
Best practices for CFD analysis in gas mixing with new CAD-embedded tools. View White Paper
Optical Characterization of Power LED
Besides their electrical properties the optical parameters of LEDs also depend on junction temperature. For this reason thermal characterization and thermal management play important role in case of power... View White Paper
Blogs
Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 2 - When TIMs Go Bad
‘Bits stuck onto other bits’, a succinct definition of an electronic product, if not a product that contains electronics. Soldering is the method of choice for getting the components to attach…View Blog Post
Bridging the Simulation Supply Chain; NXP Semiconductors, a Case in Point
By far and away the most common enquiry by someone using FloTHERM, especially at the start of their adoption, is “How do I model my components?”. This is hardly surprising as the mainstay of electronics…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)