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How Rule of Mixtures is Killing Your Composite Design

May 7, 2020

Rule of Mixtures is probably the most known and widespread method of estimating composite properties. Its notoriety in composite design circles is also its main problem: Rule of Mixtures has been overused and applied to cases that do not even come close to respecting its original, simplifying assumptions.

By Christina Kothlow
4 MIN READ

Multiscale Analysis: A General Overview and Its Applications in Material Design

April 29, 2020

Modeling advanced materials accurately is extremely complex. Multiscale simulations achieve balance between simulation accuracy and computational efficiency by capturing their behavior and important features at multiple scales.

By Christina Kothlow
3 MIN READ
An insulated-gate bipolar transistor thermal simulation with Simcenter FLOEFD 2020.1, ready for a BCI-ROM extraction.

Simcenter™ FLOEFD™ 2020.1: What’s New?

April 27, 2020

The latest release of Simcenter FLOEFD 2020.1 has just been announced. Simcenter FLOEFD is a CAD-embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD)…

By Boris Marovic
5 MIN READ

High Velocity Impact on Composites – Past, Present, and Future

April 22, 2020

In 1969, Grumman Aerospace was the first company to successfully introduce advanced composites into a commercial airplane. The boron-epoxy laminated horizontal stabilizer used in the F-14A was 15% lighter and 18% less costly than its metal counterpart.

By Christina Kothlow
4 MIN READ
Accelerate Airworthiness Certification

Accelerating Airworthiness Certification

April 16, 2020

Changing the Game: Bye Aerospace wants to be the first FAA-certified electric aircraft by accelerating airworthiness certification using Simcenter.

By Ganesh Sethuraman
2 MIN READ

Automatic (CFD) for the People

April 14, 2020

Aerodynamic Database Generation for Aerospace Applications  It was mesmerizing.  Through the wind tunnel test section viewport, you could see the…

By Chris Nelson
7 MIN READ

Jet Engine Efficiency: Making Cleaner Skies the ‘New Normal’ Part II

April 7, 2020

Last week, I described how the current global pandemic provided one bright spot: the reduction in CO2 emissions. For such…

By Ganesh Sethuraman
5 MIN READ

From design exploration to design thinking in 100s of CFD simulations

April 2, 2020

As we continue to evolve our “digital twin” assets, it might be helpful to ask, “How are we building our…

By Matt_Godo
4 MIN READ

Reaching for the stars — with simulation

April 2, 2020

Most people believe that Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to invent the telescope. However, the first telescope was made…

By John Gaioni
2 MIN READ