Circuit breakers, thunders and the challenges of multiphysics

I suspect nobody of us is eager to be hit by a lightning strike. The experience would be – in the best case – very painful. Lightning is a violent electrical discharge that turns the gas into a hot, …

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: What’s New?

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2:
Communicate, inspire and innovate
The latest release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ will not only increase your productivity through powerful native automation but also gives …

Poorly designed pumps use 10% of world energy

Let’s play a game. Count up all the pumps in your life: the pumps that operate your home HVAC system; oil pumps, water pumps, fuel pumps and aircon pumps in your car; the pump insi…

Austin’s butterfly and the evolution of adjoint industrial optimization

Have you ever heard of Austin’s butterfly and Student-Engaged Assessment? It’s an educational method developed by Ron Berger from EL Education. It is based on the transformational power of models, cr…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: Imagining the Art of the Possible with Screenplay

“There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story” quips Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series finale of Game of Thrones (no spoiler here, not to worry). Effective visualizations are the sto…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: Faster In-Cylinder Simulations

As a CFD simulation engineer   you will routinely have to answer technical questions ,   however, there are a couple of questions that are asked even more frequently : &nb…

Engineer INNOVATION Issue 2!

‘A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers’ – Plato
 

From Trek to Hyundai, Airbus to ZF Wind Power, this issue is packed with customers showing how the digital twin pr…

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.2: if you love coding, don’t read

During your studies to become a fluid dynamics expert, did you have a full semester on coding? I mean serious coding, beyond being given definitions, executing Hello World, and doing a few exercises….

Solve the impossible – the hard ones are already solved

Solve the impossible. The hard ones are already solved
 

 
“This is impossible!”
 
said an inner voice to me, “ it harms Navier-Stokes, it harms continuity, it ha…