Mechanical Analysis Blog

I’m just back from the Solutions Expos in Grenoble and Eindhoven. It’s the first time the Mechanical Analysis Division has attended Mentor’s Solutions Expos so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The Grenoble event was preceded by a Networking Dinner & Cocktail Party “From the Earth to the Stars” held at La Bastille – Grenoble’s fortress and cable-car. WOW! What a party. After a champagne reception cable … Read More

Mechanical Analysis, Environment, ST Microelectronics, Travel, Semiconductor Design, Solutions Expos

A variant on the original G. E. Box quote is:  “Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful”. For electronics cooling simulation that really depends on what your expectations are of the simulation. Many use CFD to provide an insight or understanding of the thermal behaviour of the system. Others expect a 99.5% accurate simulation of reality. … Read More

Mechanical Analysis

I recently read an excellent white paper from Cyon Research titled “Classes of MCAE Software: Clarifying the Market”.   It spoke about the requirement in the industry and the characteristics for CFD software packages that were targeted for use by the CFD specialist.  It also emphasized that the emerging need was for CFD software that could be used by the design engineer who was not a CFD specialist. … Read More

EFD, CAE, Computational Fluid Dynamics, FloEFD, CFD, MCAD, Mechanical Analysis, Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer

We are all familiar with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).  Some of YOU are experts in this science/art and use it on a daily basis to solve some of your most complex fluid flow and heat transfer problems.  Some of US can hardly spell CFD and as engineers design their products they depend heavily on the CFD specialists to perform the simulations that determine if what they are designing will work … Read More

Mechanical Design, Mechanical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, FloEFD, CFD, MCAD, MCAE, Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer