• NASA Devises A Better Way to Model Turbopump Performance

  A CFD model that shows the effects of unsteady cavitation and dynamic loads in turbopumps increases the accuracy of simulations, helping to improve preliminary designs.
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• An Innovative Approach to Shaker Testing

  By applying CAE tools to simulate vibration shaker tests in the digital domain, a new technology is born: the Virtual Shaker.
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• Computational Fluid Dynamics Aids Aerospace Applications

  Just a few years ago, CFD use by aerospace companies was restricted mainly to pure research or troubleshooting. Now CFD tools have gone mainstream for mechanical design, as this Bell Helicopter case study illustrates.
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• Industry Update: Analysis & Simulation Software

  CAE industry executives discuss virtual prototyping, multiphysics, the roles of the designer and analyst, and how software vendors are helping their customers remain competitive.
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• Thermal Management in Next-Gen Electronic Product Design

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• Guide to Prototyping PMC Daughterboards

A leader in printed circuit board manufacturing shares best practices in PMC design.
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• Prototyping Advanced Military Radar Systems

  An efficient "one-stop" FPGA-to-ASIC design flow helps engineers to prototype and test highly sophisticated radar receivers.
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• Product Spotlight: Finite Element Analysis Software

  Algor has released a new version of its FEA software (V23) that includes a smart bonded contact feature using multi-point constraints to bond the surfaces of unmatched meshes.
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• Glove-Box or Desktop Virtual Reality System

• Characterization of a MEMS Directional Sound Sensor

• Simulating the Manufacturing Process of Ceramic Matrix Composites

• 3D Program Aids Design of Custom Iron Work

• Displaying CFD Solution Parameters on Arbitrary Cut Planes

• Simulation of a Water-Cooled Heat Pump

• Heat Transfer Analysis for Optimizing Solar Cell Casting Equipment

• Ski Equipment Designed, Tested With FEA Software

• Creep Analysis of Lead-Free Solders

• Designing Spinal Surgical Implants With Finite Element Analysis

WHITE PAPERS

Digital Prototyping Strengthens Competitiveness of Global SMB Manufacturers

Case studies show how Bosch Rexroth and HTC Sweden realized significant cost savings and process improvements by implementing digital prototyping tools as an alternative to traditional product lifecycle management.
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Direct Digital Manufacturing: Bridge to Tooling

Bridge to production is not a technology. It is a method, tactic and strategy to overcome the time delay between the present and the anticipated date for receipt of tools or parts.
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Design Tips for Rapid Injection Molding, Vol. 4

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Nonlinear Analysis Handbook

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Rapid Tooling Provides Production, Cost Advantages

As part of the rapid prototyping process, die casters are using a variety of rapid tooling methods to produce models, limited runs of production parts, and even production-quality tools capable of running up to 100,000 parts.
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Multiscale Virtual Design and Testing of Materials

Details progress by the Air Force Research Lab in developing simulation capabilities for the design and testing of advanced structural materials.
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Designing with Parametric Sketches

This paper explains how parametric sketches are different from 2D drawings and highlights how parametric sketching can improve the design workflow.
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WEBCASTS

Mechatronics Design

Learn how digital prototyping offers a scalable approach to mechatronic design that can help you improve quality, reduce development costs, and get your products to market faster.
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Multiphysics Simulation in the Energy Field

Illustrates how multiphysics simulation is helping energy companies across a broad range of specializations — from conventional oil and gas to nuclear to renewable resources — to produce more efficient energy sources while reducing costs.
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Multiphysics and Structural Mechanics Simulations

Illustrates how multiphysics analysis is applied to the field of structural mechanics for solving problems such as thermal stress, fluid-structural interaction, and electro-thermal-mechanical couplings.
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Fluid Transport in MEMS Devices

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have become an integral part in everything from consumer products to advanced medical sensors. This webinar will introduce you to how to conduct simulation of MEMS devices.
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Multiphysics -- A Guided Tour

Discover how a wide range of challenging design problems can be easily tackled by applying multiphysics modeling and simulation techniques. Includes a demonstration of the workflow in the design of a MEMS device.
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Virtual Testing at the CAD Stage with Simulation Software

Using analysis software at the CAD design stage to virtually test parts and validate structural, thermal, and dynamic performance before you make the first article can save time, money, and resources.
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PODCASTS

Interview with Bill Thigpen, Chief of NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division

Thigpen led the team that -- in just 120 days -- built and deployed the 10,240-processor Columbia supercomputer, one of the world’s fastest and most powerful supercomputers.
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INDUSTRY EVENTS

RAPID 2009 Conference & Expo

May 12-14, 2009
Schaumburg, IL
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Atlantic Design & Manufacturing Show

June 9-11, 2009
New York City
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Autodesk University

December 1-4, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
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