Automotive and Transportation

From external aerodynamics to electronics cooling, Mentor’s CFD design/analysis software is empowering Automotive and Transportation manufactures to design better products in less time, to a higher quality, and for less cost.

Service to OEM's and component suppliers

Mentor’s software solutions serve OEMs as well as suppliers of components such as valves, catalytic converters for diesel and lean burn engines, cylinder heads, exhaust manifolds and side pipes, electronics systems, vehicle HVAC, and even windscreen wiper design.

Our simulation software, consultancy and training services are widely used by customers in the Automotive and Transportation industry to accelerate and optimize product design, eliminate mistakes, and reduce weight and costs.

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FloEFD Demonstration: Automotive Intake Manifold

Pressure Drop Analysis of a Automotive Intake Manifold: This demonstration shows how to perform an internal flow distribution analysis through an intake manifold and to measure pressure drop across the... View Video

Application Examples

Related Products

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    Award winning FloEFD. Embedded into major MCAD systems Concurrent CFD software FloEFD is a full-featured 3D fluid flow and heat transfer analysis package without to help Design Engineers optimize product design and speed up their workflow. Better products, faster.

  • 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.

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    FloVENT is a powerful Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software that predicts 3D airflow, heat transfer, contamination distribution and comfort indices in and around buildings of all types and sizes.

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Customer Success

VENTREX Automotive GmbH

CATIA V5-Embedded CFD Helps Save Four Months in Design of Automotive Valve CATIA V5-Embedded CFD allowed VENTREX Automotive to meet the new design requirements without having to build a new prototype with every design change. View

Valeo

Valeo uses FloTHERM® to quickly and accurately ensure the reliability of an electronic motor control unit governing the speed of an engine-cooling fan. View