Have you ever had one of those days where it would have been better to have stayed in bed with the duvet pulled up firmly above your head? I’m sure most of us have had those kinds of days. Last week I was suffering from this malaise. I curbed the front wheel of our new car on the way to work, I dropped my breakfast bagel after taking the first bite (and yes a dropped bagel exhibits the same behavior … Read More
Tags: FloEFD, FloTHERM, CFD, FloVENT, Simulation
For the past few months I’ve been working behind the scenes on a very exciting project. I’ve been working with the good folks at the Aberdeen Group, a leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry consulting and research organization, to better understand the ROI of using simulation -- specifically CFD. Of course as a leading developer of CFD software we inherently understand the value of simulation … Read More
Tags: CFD, ROI, Simulation, Concurrent CFD
Today is the first day of school in England. How do I know that? My first clue was the morning drive to work went back to 60 minutes. The second clue was the diversion/roadworks signs that popped up overnight as the city started tearing up roads in earnest again. The third and final clue was seeing lots of bleary-eyed kids in new school uniforms waiting to catch buses to school.
Image courtesy of Microsoft … Read More
Tags: Pressure Drop, Simulation, CFD
I don’t know about you but as another year draws to a close, I can’t help but take a look at the past year and review my to do list. I noticed that while I was able to complete a lot of projects, I still didn’t have enough time to do everything that I wanted to do. You see, I’ve become a bit of a perfectionist.
I wasn’t always like this but I’ve found that being around engineers pretty much 24/7 some … Read More
Tags: Engineer, faucet, CFD, pressure loss, Simulation, kitchen tap, mixing
I’ve got the WIFI blues.
Our American skiing buddies (whom we haven’t seen for three years) are making the great trek across the Atlantic ocean for a ski vacation in France. Among the usual list of requirements (good snow and nice range of terrains and activities) was “must have WIFI”. They were happy to compromise on transfer time, travel by car/air/sea/train and even schlep bags on public transport. … Read More
Tags: WiFi, CFD, electroincs, antenna, Solar, Thermal Management, ROI, Simulation
It seems that my previous post resonated deeply with everyone – I received a lot of offline comments and my post inspired two of my colleagues (Boris and Andras) to do their own blog posts. This doesn’t shock me because Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest travel periods in the States so everyone is thinking about flying. So I thought we should stay with the subject for one more day and look at it … Read More
Tags: T3ster, Simulation, Thermal, FloEFD, FloTHERM, CFD, LED, QA, FloVENT, hybrid engine
I’ve been doing a fair amount of travel lately. My travels have included several trans-Atlantic flights on 777s plus lots of puddle-jumper flights on tiny airplanes (these planes are so small that you need to check in your trusty carry-on because there’s no room to stow them) in less than 3 weeks. I can almost recite my favorite airline’s evacuation message word for word. Regardless of the amount of … Read More
Tags: Simulation, CFD
Call me jaded but there are times when I read new product press releases with a bit of trepidation – can the product really be new and improved? Or is it just a minor enhancement to existing functionality?
But from time to time you do come across some real gems.
Optimized heatsink design with FloTHERM 9. Image courtesy of Mentor Graphics.
Earlier this week we announced the release of FloTHERM … Read More
Tags: Simulation, Bottleneck field, CFD, Bn, Sc, Shortcut field, Electronics Cooling, FloTHERM
A couple of months ago I visited my colleagues in Budapest. During my stay, I was invited to take a tour of a local university where we visited an engineering studies building. We ended up in a lab to see some equipment. As soon as I walked in, I got distracted because of the temperature in the lab. Why? Because we were visiting Budapest in the middle of a heat wave (it was about 38° celcius, 100° … Read More
Tags: Energy, HVAC, chill beam, Simulation, UNC at Chapel Hill
If you knew me well then you’d know that I have a special place in my heart for things that come in little turquoise boxes from a certain retailer. Actually, as an honorary magpie, I pretty much like anything shiny– even cars and gadgets. But I want to talk about another type of shiny thing in small packages. Today we’ll talk about high power electronic components.
A few days ago I ran into a very … Read More
Tags: Electronics Cooling, FloTHERM, Command Center, Thermacore, heat spreader, Simulation
