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Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 2: TIM Thermal Conductivity

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 2: TIM Thermal Conductivity

The temperature rise that electronic components attain in operation is due to 3 things. The power that they dissipate, the…

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 1: Them and Us.

Experiment vs. Simulation, Part 1: Them and Us.

Before you sell it, or commission it, you want to be sure that it works. Monies have been spent on…

“Why Cartesian Grids Are Good”

“Why Cartesian Grids Are Good”

I put the title in quotes as it’s the title of a blog post by John Chawner at Pointwise who…

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 5: Get a Job

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 5: Get a Job

Effective use of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation tool requires at least a working knowledge of fluid dynamics itself….

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 4: Premature Simulation

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 4: Premature Simulation

One thing the Mechanical Analysis Division is not guilty of is vendor hubris. Despite the passion we have about our…

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 3: 13% Better

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 3: 13% Better

Conventional wisdom has it that the best place to put a radiator in a room is under the window. However,…

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 2: PMV and other TLAs

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 2: PMV and other TLAs

Sometime between 40 and 100 thousand years ago humans started to wear clothes, an estimate as accurate as you’d expect…

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room. Part 1: Such Things are Important

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room. Part 1: Such Things are Important

With the gulf stream having shifted south and now flowing happily somewhere high over Paris, the summer weather in the…

Agile software development practices in the Mechanical Analysis Division

Agile software development practices in the Mechanical Analysis Division

From a software user’s perspective it really doesn’t matter exactly how that application was developed. A user is concerned with…