Why transfer path analysis is not established technology

280.000.000 results. That’s what you get when typing ‘transfer path analysis’ in Google Search. No wonder. The TPA methodology exists for over 20 years and is widely applied across all industries. Ho…

Simcenter Amesim 17: ease the exhaust calibration process

To accurately assess the vehicle tail-pipe emissions, efficient modeling of exhaust systems is becoming a very important but also a very time-consuming task. The chemistry inside a catalyst is comple…

Is this the electric vehicle that we’ve all been waiting for?

Uniti One is an EV that just makes more sense.
I have to confess: I have caught the Uniti fever. It all started last April when Werner Custers and I shot a little movie at the Uniti headquart…

The 3D shaker is used to perform multi-axis vibration testing

Why perform multi-axis vibration testing?

Multi-axis vibration qualification testing: why bother? Why is this last step in a product development process an important one? And why do renowned universities like the University of Ferrara spend …

The End of the Powertrain Bias

Internal Combustion Engine vs. Electric Machine, this seems a famous game these days. Media, politicians, OEMs, car owners – all of them have their arguments and for one or the other reasons, they ha…

A smart guide: Step-by-step Durability Engineering based on test data

The durability of a product is important, whether you develop an electric car or a new autonomous vehicle. Can you imagine an autonomous vehicle falling apart right after driving over a single bump? …

The beauty of optimization: what ears and mufflers have in common

Beethoven’s life was marked by the tragedy of his deafness,  for  which symptoms appeared  in his  latest  twenties . Before being completely deaf, he used ear-horns to…

The State of Simulation 2018: Lessons from the Simcenter Conference

I just got back from the US Simcenter Conference in Detroit, most of which I spent locked in a small room interviewing attendees on video about their experiences with our products, and of the confere…

Toyota Corolla: retrospective of the world’s most popular car (Part 1)

I recently went through Chris Beves’ post about Formula One aerodynamics history and realized that simulation can do much more than predicting the future. Indeed, it’s also interesting to l…