Why Should You Care About a Strong and Lightweight Suitcase?

A couple summers ago, I flew to Italy with some classmates for a study abroad trip. As soon as the plane landed, we grabbed our luggage and made our way to the bus, located   on top of a hill ri…

Enabling Analysts to Perform High Fidelity Multi-body Dynamics

With more enhancements than any other previous releases, we are excited to share with you what new simulation and modeling improvements are available in the new Simcenter 3D Motion. Some features inc…

Simulation Aids Amazone’s Agricultural Challenges

Take a second to think about how many people inhabit the earth today. What number came to mind?  
 
We currently share the earth with 7.5 billion other individuals and this number is…

Closing the Loop between As-Designed and As-Manufactured Composites

Over the last 30 years the usage of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) composites have grown due to their lightweight properties and structural performance. Still, there remain significan…

Creating an Electric Vehicle in Two Years? It’s Possible!

How many times have you heard about the idea of “going green”? Probably more than you can remember. Many of us have made the decision to transform this idea into a lifestyle, while a number of compan…

Increase quality perception with outstanding powertrain acoustics

Today’s vehicles aim at being more energy efficient whilst remaining durable, powerful and less noisy. The most challenging factor among these performance requirements is noise, vibration & harsh…

Simcenter 3D 12: Simulation to Drive Design Direction

More efficient and accurate simulations in support of performance engineering
 
Today we’re proud to announce the latest release of Simcenter 3D which is available for download now. This la…

STAR-ICE: Internal Combustion Engine simulation comes to STAR-CCM+

The Economist recently published an obituary to the Internal Combustion Engine in an article which opened with the statement that:”It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that chan…

Strategies to deliver lighter, stronger and more durable vehicles

The pop band Queen knew it already in the late eighties, when they released the song “I want it all”. The next 20 years proved them right. We do want it all, and this also applies for the vehicles we…