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…

E-Motion Rennteam Aalen develops electric race car using Simcenter

Formula Student is the world’s biggest competition for engineers developing race cars. As the competition is the ideal possibility to acquire design skills, Aalen University of Applied Science e…

Smarter Simulation for the Design Engineer

There are a lot of myths about simulation tools especially those for the design engineer. Are they really robust enough to handle real-life engineering problems with the required levels of accuracy a…

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…

Story of a successful integration – Samtech in the Simcenter portfolio part.4

Prior to the Siemens acquisition, Samtech already had an excellent reputation in 3D products. As an expert in this field,…

Developing Novel Design Paradigms for Traction Motors using Simcenter Products

Automotive manufacturers are facing tremendous challenges for developing the next generation of motors for hybrid and electric powertrains. They are operating in markets driven by a number of factors…

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….

Keeping Traction Motors as “Cool as a Cucumber”

How are cucumber slices placed on the eyes during makeup analogous to motor cooling? The makeup reaction that raises the eyes’ temperature can be seen as the motor loading to meet a certain torque de…