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| MSC.Software introduces MD Nastran for multidiscipline simulation |
28 January 2007 - NAFEMS
MSC.Software a leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, today announced MD Nastran. MD Nastran combines the best-in-class technology platforms including MSC.Nastran, Marc, Dytran and LS-Dyna into one fully integrated multidiscipline solution for the enterprise. |
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| Harpoon, The Extreme Mesher raises the Industry Standard for Meshing |
27 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Sharc Ltd today announced the release of version 2.0 of its flagship meshing software, Harpoon, ‘The Extreme Mesher’. Key enhancements to the code include a new boundary layer meshing algorithm which will broaden the range of applications available in all industries. Harpoon V2.0 has been beta-tested extensively by users and subjected to real-world industrial geometries. Beta users have reported impressive meshing improvements in Harpoon V2.0 compared to its already notable predecessor, Harpoon V1.4.9. |
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| APUS-CFD 1.4 released |
26 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Symban Power Systems Ltd has released APUS-CFD1.4, a new generation of CFD software supplied to its customers at a very competitive price. |
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| SAMTECH to release the FEA suite SAMCEF V11.1 |
25 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SAMTECH, the European technology leader for the development of Integrated Computer Aided Engineering Solutions, announces today the launch of the commercial release 11.1 of its general purpose Finite Element Analysis software suite SAMCEF for linear and non-linear thermo-mechanical analyses. |
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| MSC.Software introduces CAD-embedded SimDesigner enterprise
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24 January 2007 - NAFEMS
MSC.Software today announced SimDesigner Enterprise, combining the most extensive CAD-embedded multidiscipline simulation solutions with collaboration available for CATIA V5 users. SimDesigner Enterprise accelerates speed to market and cuts engineering costs by providing design engineers with easier access to a wide-ranging set of integrated simulation workbenches and simulation data management. |
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| SIMULIA ecosystem unites CAA V5 and ABAQUS alliance programs |
23 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SIMULIA is the Dassault Systèmes open multi-physics platform that supports realistic simulation for a wide range of industries. By significantly reducing the need for the physical testing of products, SIMULIA accelerates innovation and reduces the cost of ownership for realistic simulation, optimizing quality and performance. |
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| Flow Science releases FLOW-3D v9.1 |
22 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Flow Science, Inc. announces the availability of a new release of its FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics software. Version 9.1 of FLOW-3D offers users an advanced new VOF technique, extensions to the powerful General Moving Objects model introduced last year and numerous other enhancements to users’ modeling options. In addition, Version 9.1 will support 64-bit Windows and Linux RedHat Enterprise 3.0 for the x86 64-bit processors in AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon workstations. |
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| OpenCFD release OpenFOAM version 1.3 |
21 January 2007 - NAFEMS
OpenCFD are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3 of their OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 1.3 contains numerous developments aimed towards improving the efficiency and robustness of OpenFOAM for large-scale engineering CFD, including: |
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| VISTAGY releases FiberSIM 5.1 |
20 January 2007 - NAFEMS
VISTAGY, Inc., have announced the release of FiberSIM 5.1, the latest version of its design environment for composite products. FiberSIM 5.1 provides new specialized tools that enable engineers working in commercial CAD systems to automate design processes early in product development. This results in more efficient and accurate manufacture of complex or large composite parts, including products produced in multiple stages. |
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| Pointwise releases Gridgen v15.09 with solid modeling |
19 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Pointwise have announced the latest release of their CFD meshing software, Gridgen Version 15.09, featuring the addition of solid modeling and solid meshing. |
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| CD-adapco announce the release of STAR-CD V4 |
18 January 2007 - NAFEMS
CD-adapco have announced the release of the latest version of theirflagship Computational Fluid Dynamics package, STAR-CD. STAR-CD V4 brings new state-of-the-art solver technologyto the STAR-CD community, without compromising the advanced modeling and complex physics capabilities for which STAR-CD is the undisputedmarket leader. By using the latest polyhedron-based finite volume technology, STAR-CD V4 delivers significant benefits in speed, robustness and usability. |
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| New product provides rapid flow modeling for V5 PLM users |
17 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc. announces the immediate release of FLUENT for CATIA V5. With this new product, Fluent delivers its rapid flow modeling technology into Dassault Systèmes' CATIA V5 product lifecycle management environment. By providing a high degree of automation and robustness, rapid flow modeling allows fluid flow analysis to be applied early in the design cycle, resulting in improved design performance and reduced time to market. |
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| SAMTECH to create an Expertise Centre in Barcelona for Wind Turbines Design and Verification |
15 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SAMTECH, European specialist for the development of Integrated CAE Solutions using Finite Element Method, announces today that its Iberian subsidiary becomes its competence centre for the global design and the detailed mechatronic verification of Wind Turbines, using non-linear Finite Element Method coupled with Multi-Body-System approach and Aerodynamics. |
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| NISA V14.0 launched |
14 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Cranes Software has announced the latest version of NISA comprising of several new features that promise major improvements in performance, usability and graphing capabilities. |
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| FE design launch TOSCA V6 |
14 January 2007 - NAFEMS
FE-DESIGN announces the release of version 6.0 of its optimization software TOSCA for topology, shape and bead optimization with the industry-standard solvers ABAQUS, ANSYS, MSC.Nastran, MSC.Marc, NX Nastran and Permas. |
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| Noran to license SolidWorks for modeling in NEi FEA |
14 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Noran Engineering has announced that it has reached a licensing agreement with SolidWorks Corporation for the use of its solid modeling engine. The solid modeling engine will underlie a CAD neutral Nastran engineering analysis and simulation software product called NEi FEA that is created specifically for individual design engineers who require Nastran based FEA. |
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| Noran release NEi Nastran V9 |
13 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Noran Engineering, Inc. have announced the release of NEi Nastran V9 for high end engineering analysis and simulation. The release is part of a product strategy intended to clearly distinguish and distance NEi Nastran from more staid Nastran versions attached to broad based lifecycle/CAD software by providing a continuous series of new simulation features, and offering customers the unique opportunity to obtain industry specific code enhancements. Among the technology differentiators in V9 are: New Parabolic Shell Elements, Automated SuperElement Analysis, Automated Surface Contact and Weld Generation, 3D Composites Using Solid Elements, Vibration Fatigue Analysis, Combined Qualitative-Quantitative Result Assessment, enhanced Nastran Editor with Automatic Report Generator. Plus, NEiNastran V9 has a number of industry specific code enhancements for its key aerospace and maritime users. |
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| ABAQUS version 6.6 announced |
13 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Added performance, new analysis features, and usability improvements extend the value of ABAQUS software for simulation across industries. Dassault Systèmes have announced the availability of Version 6.6 of ABAQUS, its advanced finite element analysis software suite within the SIMULIA product portfolio. |
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| STAR-Design V4.04 released |
12 January 2007 - NAFEMS
CD-adapco is pleased to announce the release of STAR-Design V4.04. STAR-Design’s intuitive user environment makes it the ideal tool for those engineers who are not Computational Fluid Dynamics specialists. Utilizing CD-adapco’s powerful CFD technology (including polyhedral meshing) means that ease-of-use does not compromise accuracy. STAR-Design’s 3D solid modeler and geometry import allows engineers who don’t use CAD to directly create and manage geometry for simulation. |
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| Fluent releases Icemax v2.2 |
12 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc., have released version 2.2 of its Icemax software, the world's fastest circuit extraction tool for analyzing advanced IC package designs. The new version of the Icemax solver comes with 64-bit OS support, practically eliminating the limit on the complexity of electrical models that can be generated. |
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| UGS to integrate technology from Jilin University |
12 January 2007 - NAFEMS
UGS today announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Jilin University to integrate one-step formability analysis technology developed by JLU into NX software, UGS’ digital product development solution. The technology, developed by JLU’s Institute of Auto-body and Die Engineering helps improve design and manufacturing processes and is expected to be available in NX commercially. |
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| SoftPredict releases COSILAB2 combustion software |
11 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SoftPredict, a subdivision of Rotexo GmbH & Co. KG, have released their all new combustion software COSILAB2. The software handles arbitrarily complex gas-phase chemistry in flow simulations including combustion, exhaust gas after-treatment, and pollutant formation. It benefits from an easy-to-use graphical user-interface that handles preprocessing of thermodynamic and molecular databases, and of reaction mechanisms, all in the most popular and internationally accepted data formats. |
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| Altair Engineering announces the HyperWorks Engineering Framework Global Seminar Series |
11 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Altair Engineering, Inc. today announced that it will host a global seminar series to explore the future of advanced computer-aided engineering technology. The agenda will include presentations on the latest trends in CAE, a preview of Altair's upcoming release of HyperWorks 8.0 and technology advancements that further enable innovative product design. The complimentary seminar series will begin in Frankfurt, Germany, followed by regional events in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. |
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| CD-adapco announces the release of STAR-Design V4.04 |
11 January 2007 - NAFEMS
CD-adapco is pleased to announce the release of STAR-Design V4.04. STAR-Design’s intuitive user environment makes it the ideal tool for those engineers who are not Computational Fluid Dynamics specialists. Utilizing CD-adapco’s powerful CFD technology (including polyhedral meshing) means that ease-of-use does not compromise accuracy. STAR-Design’s 3D solid modeler and geometry import allows engineers who don’t use CAD to directly create and manage geometry for simulation. |
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| nCode launches Test and CAE fatigue solution |
10 January 2007 - NAFEMS
nCode International Ltd is launching its latest fatigue analysis system, called ICE-flow DesignLife, at this year's Automotive Testing Exhibition in Stuttgart. DesignLife, says nCode, is the first fully integrated CAE and Test environment for advanced durability engineering, designed to enable the rapid prediction of fatigue hotspots and product lifetime. |
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| ALGOR V19.1 supports 64-Bit HP-UX for all analysis types |
10 January 2007 - NAFEMS
ALGOR announced that its latest finite element analysis software release, ALGOR V19.1, features all-new support for the 64-bit HP-UX operating system for all analysis types. Now, UNIX workstation users can simulate engineering analyses of their product designs with ALGOR's wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics and full multiphysics. |
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| nCode releases GlyphWorks 4.0 |
10 January 2007 - NAFEMS
nCode, a global provider of durability, performance, and operational measurement and decision management solutions that help companies eliminate unexpected failures, announces the release of GlyphWorks 4.0 software. The product is an easy-to-use environment that enables engineers to interactively build and run analytical processes on huge multi-channel datasets. |
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| Intelligent light upgrades CFD offering |
09 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Intelligent Light, a provider of computational fluid dynamics and visualization tools for the HPC market, has announced the latest version of its FIELDVIEW software suite. FIELDVIEW 11.1 provides a new parallel implementation that delivers scalable post-processing performance to users of multi-core workstations, large shared memory systems, and cluster computing environments. New data analysis, automation, and data reading capabilities are also a part of this release. |
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| CFdesign v8.0 released for Pro/ENGINEER wildfire |
09 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Blue Ridge Numerics is announcing the availability of CFdesign v8.0 for PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0. Pro/ENGINEER is a 3D product design solution that helps companies develop detailed, intuitive and realistic digital product representations. |
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| Cleaner, safer and smarter road transport for Europe |
09 January 2007 - NAFEMS
TRA will focus on the implementation of the European Research Area in support of a sustainable, safer and more efficient road transport system in Europe. The event is organised jointly by the European Commission, European Road Transport Research Advisory Council and Conference of European Directors of Roads. |
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| Dassault announces ABAQUS 6.6 for advanced FEA |
08 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Dassault Systemes announces the availability of Version 6.6 of ABAQUS, its advanced finite element analysis software suite within the SIMULIA product portfolio. The company's highly regarded analysis products, ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit, offer new capabilities in vibration analysis, material failure characterization, tire modeling, and computing performance. |
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| CCOPPS, EC project for power and pressure system industry |
08 January 2007 - NAFEMS
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde has just been awarded half a million Euros under the EU-funded Leonardo da Vinci Scheme for a 2 year project involving the C ertification of Co mpetencies in the P ower and P ressure S ystems Industry throughout Europe. The Leonardo da Vinci programme aims to stimulate innovation and enhance the competitiveness of European industry, through development in the skills of the workforce. |
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| Matched meshing now available in harpoon |
07 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Sharc Ltd announced today the release of new Matched Meshing software which has been included in the latest version of Harpoon. Harpoon is extremely useful for meshing complex geometry quickly and with very little effort. |
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| Simpleware releases ScanIP v2.1 for image processing |
07 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Simpleware announces the release of Version 2.1 of ScanIP, its advanced image processing software. ScanIP offers an extensive selection of image visualization, processing and segmentation tools to process any volumetric 3D data as obtained from MRI, CT, and Micro-CT scanners, for example. Segmented images can be exported as STL files for CAD analysis, RP manufacturing or, with the ScanFE module, imported directly into leading commercial finite element packages. |
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| MSC SimEnterprise launched |
07 January 2007 - NAFEMS
MSC.Software Corp. has announced the introduction of SimEnterprise, an enterprise simulation development platform that enables computer-aided-engineering designers, analysts, managers and the supply chain to interact hroughout the design process, in an open systems approach using their preferred development software, to deliver substantial collaboration, data management and process automation benefits. |
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| NIKA releases EFD.flexx |
06 January 2007 - NAFEMS
NIKA GmbH today announced the release of EFD.Flexx. EFD.Flexx offers an innovative licensing model for the NIKA Engineering Fluid Dynamics product family. The EFD product family consists of EFD.Lab, EFD.V5 for CATIA V5 and EFD.Pro for Pro/ENGINEER. With the addition of EFD.Flexx licensing mechanism, companies employing multi-CAD strategies and or distributed development structures will be able to exchange data internally and with clients or suppliers in various formats. |
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| CD-adapco releases STAR-CCM+ V2 |
06 January 2007 - NAFEMS
CD-adapco has announced the second major release of STAR-CCM+. First released in 2004, STAR-CCM+ combines the very latest CFD and computing technology, delivered in an environment that is easier to use than any other tool on the market. This release adds state-of-the-art meshing technology and a wealth of advanced physics to STAR-CCM+'s capabilities. |
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| Simmetrix Inc have announced the release of Parallel MeshSim |
06 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Parallel MeshSim provides a breakthrough technology for meshing of very large scale simulation problems based on a unique approach to meshing parallelization. Parallel MeshSim does not require the model representation to be reduced to a facet-based representation with a loss of data, but rather works directly with the GeomSim modules providing parallel mesh generation directly on geometry defined by the major geometry kernels (ACIS, Granite, Parasolid). Facet-based representations of geometry are also supported but not required. |
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| Fluent connection 1.1 released |
05 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., has announced the release of Fluent Connection 1.1 software that helps streamline the process of creating simulation models based on design data from leading computer-aided design packages. |
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| Solidworks launch PDMWorks enterprise |
05 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled new software that will make it easier for large product development teams to securely share and manage enterprise data and engineering documents while ensuring version control. PDMWorks Enterprise enables large or geographically dispersed design teams to work concurrently on product designs. |
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| Fluent launches new versions of TGrid, GAMBIT and 3Matic |
05 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc. have announced new releases of TGrid 4.0, GAMBIT 2.3 and 3Matic-for-Fluent 1.0, all major upgrades to Fluent's preprocessing capabilities. These three products provide several new functionality advantages that enable Fluent users to proceed from CAD geometries to Fluent CFD solvers in unprecedented timescales. |
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| ALGOR V19.2 released |
04 January 2007 - NAFEMS
ALGOR has announced that its latest finite element analysis software release, ALGOR V19.2, features all-new enhancements for computational fluid dynamics and Mechanical Event Simulation. |
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| NIKA releases generation 7 of EFD products |
04 January 2007 - NAFEMS
NIKA GmbH today released the latest version of its powerful Engineering Fluid Dynamics product family. The product family consisting of EFD.Lab, EFD.V5 for CATIA V5 and EFD.Pro for Pro/ENGINEER will feature an expanded list of physical models such as thermoelectric coolers for more realistic operating environments. In addition, it will offer improved mesh generation algorithms for effortless meshing of complex models and new animation capabilities for even more realistic visualization of designs. |
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| ABAQUS student edition V6.6 |
04 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Dassault Systemes announces the availability of ABAQUS Student Edition Version 6.6. The new software offers engineering students many of the latest simulation capabilities for vibration analysis, material failure characterization, tire modeling, and visualization that were made available earlier this year in the commercial version of ABAQUS Version 6.6 software. |
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| UGS adds SMART engineering as new CAE channel partner |
03 January 2007 - NAFEMS
UGS have announced a partnership with SMART Engineering GmbH to sell Femap with NX Nastran software for finite element modeling. “We are pleased to welcome SMART Engineering into our channel program,” said Wolfram Schloter, manager of Germany Channel Programs, UGS. “They are a very competent, respected, and successful partner for digital analysis and simulation. We have already received positive customer feedback on this new partnership.” |
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| SolidWorks 2007 launched |
03 January 2007 - NAFEMS
SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2007 software, offering design teams unprecedented opportunities to work faster and smarter in the quest for better products. In addition to more than 200 new features, this latest version of the leading 3D CAD software introduces SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology, which for the first time puts expert-level techniques for 3D CAD's most challenging design operations in the hands of every user. |
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| Ricardo launches FEARCE software |
03 January 2007 - NAFEMS
The British engineering consultancy Ricardo plc has announced the release of its new FEARCE 7.0 software from its Michigan offices. It brings together many analysis activities by using a common data exchange protocol and a library of interfaces to third- party finite element packages and other computer-aided engineering applications, such as performance simulation and computational fluid dynamics. Key features of FEARCE 7.0 include: |
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| Revision 6 of LMS virtual.lab released |
02 January 2007 - NAFEMS
LMS have announced the release of LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 6. This new release introduces an advanced and unified modeling environment, integrating all the required model creation and simulation tools to perform accurate system-level performance analyses. |
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| Multi-disciplinary development frees engineering resources to focus on innovation and robustness |
02 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation and decision-making, today announced the public release of Altair HyperWorks 8.0, The Engineering Framework for Product Design. The integrated suite of advanced computer-aided engineering software tools delivers advanced technology and functionality to increase efficiency and reduce cycle time in the development of innovative, robust products. |
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| ABAQUS for CATIA V5 version 2.3 announced |
02 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Dassault Systemes announces the availability of Version 2.3 of ABAQUS for CATIA V5. Integrated within the CATIA V5 Product Lifecycle Management solution from Dassault Systemes, the latest software product from the SIMULIA brand improves the deployment of high-value analysis workflows and advanced simulation technology across product development organizations in a wide range of industries, including ground vehicles, aerospace and defense, biomedical, and others. |
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| MSC announces MD patran |
01 January 2007 - NAFEMS
MSC.Software today announced MD Patran, an enterprise-level solution that delivers highly enhanced multidisciplinary capabilities to pre- and post-processing for CAE simulation. |
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| North American symposium on design integration |
01 January 2007 - NAFEMS
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced the “Symposium on the Integration of Analysis in Product Design”.
NAFEMS is an independent not-for-profit body with the sole aim of promoting the effective use of engineering simulation methods such as finite element analysis, multibody system dynamics and computational fluid dynamics. |
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| Altair acquires Mecalog & RADIOSS suite |
01 January 2007 - NAFEMS
Altair Engineering, Inc. has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Mecalog Group and its RADIOSS product family of computer-aided engineering software technology. Headquartered in Antony, France, Mecalog is a leading global developer of transient, non-linear CAE technology to simulate safety related performance as well as other impact events. Under the terms of the acquisition, Mecalog’s global sales force, software development and support staff will also become part of Altair. Specific financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. |
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| Fluent announces the immediate release of FLUENT for CATIA V5 |
31 December 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the worldwide leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, announces the immediate release of FLUENT for CATIA V5. With this new product, Fluent delivers its rapid flow modeling technology into Dassault Systèmes' CATIA V5 product lifecycle management environment. By providing a high degree of automation and robustness, rapid flow modeling allows fluid flow analysis to be applied early in the design cycle, resulting in improved design performance and reduced time to market. |
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| Fluent new solution for data center cooling |
30 December 2006 - Fluent
CoolSim is designed to help dramatically reduce the risk of thermal-related equipment failures by enabling data center facility owners, engineers and designers to accurately simulate air flow and temperatures for various equipment racks throughout the entire data center. |
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| Putting the swerve into soccer |
29 December 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced the results of pioneering work at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Fluent Europe Ltd. |
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| New solution improves engineering simulation speed and accuracy |
25 December 2006 - Fluent
ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that the upcoming releases of its multiphysics simulation software, ANSYS 11.0 and FLUENT 6.3, will include support for Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Enabling high-performance computing on the Microsoft Windows platform, the new solution helps customers deploy computer-aided engineering at a higher level than in the past, decreasing the time required for simulations and increasing the accuracy of results. |
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| Knowledge base archive launched |
07 August 2006 - NAFEMS
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, have launched an on-line version of it's popular 'Knowledge Base' series. |
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| Fluent previews first fully-embedded CFD solution for CATIA V5 |
04 June 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., previewed its new CFD software "FLUENT for CATIA" to attendees at the annual CFD Summit in Detroit, Michigan today. The product is scheduled for release in 2006, with final prototypes to be demonstrated at the European CATIA Forum in Frankfurt, Germany. Additional demonstrations of FLUENT for CATIA will be made at the European Automotive CFD Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, where Fluent and Dassault Systèmes will jointly present the benefits of integrated analysis in the automotive PLM environment. |
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| FLUENT 6.2 provides better understanding of equipment performance in the power industry |
03 June 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, recently announced the release of the latest version of its flagship CFD software, FLUENT 6.2. This release has over 300 new capabilities that aim to broaden the range of possible CFD applications in all industries. For combustion and pollution prediction, FLUENT 6.2 builds on a wealth of existing capabilities, helping in both current and emerging power generation applications to address regulatory concerns for NOx, SOx, mercury, and particulate emissions. A new stiff chemistry algorithm enables efficient modeling of laminar finite rate chemistry. A series of improvements to the NOx models allow for emissions to be more accurately predicted. Overall usability for solving complicated reaction mechanisms is also enhanced by a new ability to create custom material databases to be used in future simulations, storing both material proprieties and reaction mechanisms. The full integration of PrePDF into FLUENT 6.2 makes combustion analysis faster and easier. |
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| New fluid mechanics textbook from John Wiley & Sons |
02 June 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, today announced its contribution to the latest version of the undergraduate engineering textbook by Bruce Munson, Donald Young, and Ted Okiishi; Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The book is intended for third and fourth-year engineering students who are interested in learning more about the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. The principles they seek to teach are classical and have been well-established. The book therefore reflects many years of teaching experience by the authors and is built on previous Editions and their introductory courses in fluid mechanics. |
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| FLUENT 6.2 leads the way in chemical and hydrocarbon processing industries |
01 June 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, recently announced the release of the latest version of its flagship CFD software, FLUENT 6.2. This release has over 300 new capabilities that will broaden the range of possible CFD applications in both the chemical and hydrocarbon processing Industries. Key enhancements to the core FLUENT solver have led to dramatic speed-ups for transient simulations, as well as improved accuracy, without compromising robustness and ease of use. With this latest release, Fluent Inc. continues to focus on improving usability and increasing the range of applicability of CFD for process industry applications involving complex physics, chemistry and geometries. |
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| High-fidelity aerospace & defense CFD simulations with FLUENT 6.2 |
31 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the leading provider of CFD software and services, announces the latest release of its flagship software, FLUENT 6.2. This release features numerous enhancements that broaden the scope of aerospace and defense problems that can now be solved. In addition, beta testers have reported dramatic speed-ups ranging from two to ten-fold for transient simulations. With many commercial firsts and innovations in the CFD industry over the last 20 years, Fluent has established a reputation as the company that can make the aerospace and defense industry's toughest problems tractable. |
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| Release of the Educational CFD Tool FlowLab 1.2 builds on existing classroom success |
30 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the worldwide leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, announces today the release of FlowLab 1.2, its student-friendly fluids laboratory educational software. FlowLab is a unique piece of software that uses the power of flow visualization through classical CFD exercises to teach basic fluid mechanics principles in the engineering classroom. The software runs Fluent's general purpose CFD code, FLUENT 6, and pre-processor, GAMBIT 2, in the background, with a user-friendly, student-specific graphical user interface as its front end. Students have been using FlowLab as a complement to traditional laboratory exercises for four years and this release is directed at extending the usability of the software as well as introducing a variety of new features. |
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| FLUENT 6.2 broadens the spectrum of CFD simulations in automotive applications |
29 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., recently announced the release of the latest version of its flagship CFD software, FLUENT 6.2. This release has over 300 new capabilities, many of which are uniquely important for automotive simulations. FLUENT 6.2 broadens the spectrum of potential CFD applications in the automotive industry. At the same time, key enhancements to the core FLUENT solver have led to dramatic speed-ups and improved accuracy, significantly boosting performance for many automotive simulations. |
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| Simulation in product, equipment and component development |
24 May 2006 - NAFEMS
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced the confirmed agenda for the Seminar “Simulation in Product, Equipment and Component Development”, to be held in Oporto, Portugal on June 22nd 2006. |
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| Fluent previews 3Matic-for-FLUENT & TGrid 4.0 wrapping solution for automotive underhood thermal management |
21 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and Materialise, the world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, previewed a new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management today to delegates at the bi-annual European Automotive CFD Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The solution combines a batch geometry preconditioning module, 3Matic-for-FLUENT, custom developed by Materialise, and the new TGrid 4.0 wrapper technology from Fluent. Scheduled for release in late 2005, with final prototypes to be demonstrated at all European and Asian Fluent User Group events throughout 2005, the product is aimed at improving the CFD process of geometry to meshed model for a wide range of applications including UTM. |
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| Bull to demonstrate performance of Fluent on NovaScale servers |
21 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and Bull, provider of NovaScale computer systems, announced today their intent to work together to provide high performance computing solutions for the CAE community. As a new member of Fluent's partnership program, Bull will leverage its expertise in HPC applications and high-end servers to ensure optimum performance of Fluent's software on the full range of NovaScale servers. |
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| studentFLUENT Educational CFD tool enables classroom success for Colleges and Universities in North America |
20 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the release of studentFLUENT, the student edition of the leading commercial CFD software, FLUENT 6. studentFLUENT provides the full CFD solver interface and extensive range of physical modeling capabilities that commercial engineers use when working with FLUENT 6, however, the maximum model size is limited to 20,000 cells. studentFluent is available to colleges and universities in North America. According to the studentFLUENT Product Manager, Dr. Shane Moeykens, "studentFLUENT should provide intermediate and advanced engineering students the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge and experience with the world's most popular general-purpose CFD solver, FLUENT 6.". |
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| Highly scalable solution with flexible delivery model provides lowest entry point into CFD |
20 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the immediate release of FloWizard V2 today. FloWizard leads in "rapid flow modeling" a flexible approach to CFD simulation that allows for accurate and quick engineering design validation much earlier in the product development cycle. FloWizard V2 builds on the success of the product's 2004 debut, which already gained a strong following in the design engineering community worldwide. |
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| FLUENT 6.3 Beta release shows CFD performance enhancements with new Intel C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux |
19 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, today announces that the recently released beta version of its flagship flow simulation software, FLUENT 6.3, includes significant performance improvements on the Linux operating system, stemming from the adoption of Intel C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux. Using the Intel C++ Compiler, FLUENT 6.3 beta has been compared to nine typical CFD examples and shows performance improvements ranging from a few percent up to as much as 50%. The compiler has been applied mainly to the Intel Xeon processor, but, it is also showing significant performance gains with the Intel Itanium processor. FLUENT is the most popular CFD software in the world by far, and is used extensively on Linux OS. |
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| New integrated high performance computing system at Ferrari Highlights Fluent CFD Software |
19 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., today announces its participation at a grand opening event in Maranello, Italy, of a new and revolutionary data center dedicated to Ferrari's aerodynamic research & development. This data center is a clear demonstration of the deployment of an High Performance Computing solution delivered by a partnership between Fluent, American Power Conversion and AMD, and focused on the high-level performance, stability and reliability required to perform external aerodynamic simulations for Formula One Racing. During the event, Fluent and APC's customers have the opportunity to hear directly from the solution suppliers the key needs and requirements of the engineering team at Scuderia Ferrari and to discuss the issues and challenges faced in designing and implementing a data center of considerable complexity and size. |
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| Fluent Asia Pacific and DEM Solutions deliver revolutionary particulate modeling CFD capability in Japan |
18 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Asia Pacific, the wholly owned subsidiary of Fluent Inc., the world's leading supplier of computational flow modeling software, is to begin immediate distribution of EDEM, a revolutionary discrete element modeling software solution for particle flow simulation developed by DEM Solutions Ltd. Fluent Asia Pacific will be the exclusive distributor of EDEM in Japan, providing sales, technical support and training. |
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| Fluent introduces CoolSim Data Center Environment Thermal Audit Solution to the North American Market |
18 May 2006 - Fluent
CoolSim is designed to help dramatically reduce the risk of thermal-related equipment failures by enabling data center facility owners, engineers and designers to accurately simulate air flow and temperatures for various equipment racks throughout the entire data center. |
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| New product provides rapid flow modeling for V5 PLM users |
17 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the immediate release of FLUENT for CATIA V5. With this new product, Fluent delivers its rapid flow modeling technology into Dassault Systèmes' CATIA V5 product lifecycle management environment. By providing a high degree of automation and robustness, rapid flow modeling allows fluid flow analysis to be applied early in the design cycle, resulting in improved design performance and reduced time to market. |
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| Fluent pioneers rapid flow modeling for design with FloWizard V2.1 |
16 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the worldwide leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, announces the immediate release of FloWizard V2.1. This is the product's third release in one and a half years, ensuring that it is firmly established as the leading rapid flow modeling and thermal analysis engineering software for engineering designers available today. |
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| Eberspächer and Fluent Developing CFD Technology to design automotive diesel filters |
15 May 2006 - Fluent
Fluent Inc and J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG, a leading German automotive parts manufacturer, today announces a joint collaboration to develop a diesel particulate filter simulation tool. This new tool will allow companies to computationally design and optimise particulate filters in passenger car and truck applications with respect to soot loading and regeneration behavior for a filter's projected full lifecycle before it is even manufactured. |
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| Fluent offers healthcare symposium on fluids modeling |
15 May 2006 - Fluent
For those tasked with solving challenging problems in the healthcare industry, the Healthcare Symposium provides an opportunity to hear from industry leaders about state-of-the-art modeling techniques for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, drug formulation, drug delivery systems, and physiological flows. |
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| Modelling concrete structures with finite elements |
14 May 2006 - NAFEMS
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced that registration is open for the upcoming seminar, 'Modelling Concrete Structures with Finite Elements', to be held in London on May 24th 2006. |
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| NAFEMS launch Autosim |
09 February 2006 - NAFEMS
Thirty-two of Europe’s leading automotive companies have joined forces to launch the EC funded Autosim project, which will ensure that the entire European automotive industry is making the most effective use of engineering simulation techniques. |
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| Prediction and modelling of failure using FEA |
08 February 2006 - NAFEMS
Prediction and simulation of failure has a growing importance since designing against ultimate and fatigue strength should be predicted more precisely, as testing is expensive. Including more simulation shortens design time which often is an important parameter. A more accurate prediction of the ultimate and fatigue strength can also lead to more optimized designs. |
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| AxSTREAM v1.7.05 released |
01 February 2006 - NAFEMS
SoftInWay, Inc., is pleased to announce the availability of a new version of AxSTREAM, a professional tool for rapid turbomachinery flow path design and optimization. |
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| Noran releases NEiModeler V9.1 |
25 January 2006 - NAFEMS
Noran Engineering, Inc. a leading developer of Nastran Finite Element Analysis software used extensively for product design and simulation www.NEiNastran.com announced that its release of its NEiModeler V9.1 will extend both ends of the user spectrum for the product by providing special features for new and experienced users. |
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| Noran releases NEiModeler V9.1 |
24 January 2006 - NAFEMS
Noran Engineering, Inc. a leading developer of Nastran Finite Element Analysis software used extensively for product design and simulation www.NEiNastran.com announced that its release of its NEiModeler V9.1 will extend both ends of the user spectrum for the product by providing special features for new and experienced users. |
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| CD-adapco announces the release of the STAR-CAD Gateways V4.02: CAD-embedded simulation |
20 January 2006 - NAFEMS
January 20, 2006 London and New-York: CD-adapco announces the release of the STAR-CAD Gateways V4.02,CAD-embedded Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with access to the full capabilities of STAR-CD V3.26 and STAR-CCM+ V1.08. |
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| Algor V19 supports 64-bit windows and 32- and 64-bit red hat linux for all analysis types |
18 January 2006 - NAFEMS
ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced that its latest finite element analysis software release, ALGOR V19, features all-new expanded support for 64-bit Microsoft Windows and 32- and 64-bit Red Hat Linux operating systems for all analysis types. |
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| ALGOR launches FEMPRO pre-processing software |
12 January 2006 - NAFEMS
ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced the immediate availability of FEMPRO, which has been designed to compete with Femap in the arena of pre- and post-processing for NASTRAN-compatible and other finite element analysis software. |
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| Garner CAD technic chooses Altair HyperWorks engineering |
03 January 2006 - NAFEMS
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation and decision-making, today announced that Garner CAD Technic GmbH, a member of the GCT Group, which specializes in engineering services for the aerospace market, has chosen the Altair HyperWorks suite to offer its clients a broader set of services in finite element modeling and structural optimization. |
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| FLUENT 6.3 Beta release shows CFD performance enhancements with new Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux |
14 December 2005 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, today announces that the recently released beta version of its flagship flow simulation software, FLUENT 6.3, includes significant performance improvements on the Linux operating system, stemming from the adoption of Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux. |
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| Seminar Integrated Open CAD/CAE Platforms for Mechanical Engineering |
01 November 2005 - NAFEMS
The one-day seminar on Integrated Open CAD/CAE Platforms for Mechanical Engineering, on September 28th 2005 at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, attracted more than 80 participants who showed great interest to learn and discuss the latest trends and developments in the integration of computer aided design and analysis for mechanical engineering. |
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| New McGraw-Hill fluid mechanics textbook draws on Fluent's CFD software and examples |
24 March 2005 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announced today its contribution to the new undergraduate engineering textbook by Yunus Çengel and John Cimbala; Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. This book is aimed at a college level syllabus for engineering students. Professor Çengel, professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, has written three very successful textbooks in the area of thermal sciences, including the top-selling textbook on Thermodynamics. Professor Cimbala is an award-winning expert in Air Quality and Environmental Engineering at Penn State University. |
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| Fluent and ABAQUS announce availability of fluid-structure interaction capability |
08 March 2005 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the leading provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software and services, and ABAQUS, Inc., the leading supplier of software and services for advanced finite element structural analysis (FEA), have announced new software capability for simulation of fluid-structure interaction (FSI). |
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| Respective leaders in CFD & FEA join forces to deliver open approach solution to range of multidisciplinary simulations |
08 March 2005 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and ABAQUS, Inc., announced today the availability of new software capability for simulation of fluid-structure interaction. Using recently released software from both companies (ABAQUS 6.5 and FLUENT 6.2), the new FSI capability fills a gap in the market by enabling users to solve complex multidisciplinary design problems involving coupled fluid flow and structural phenomena using leading technologies from their respective domains and backed by the two most highly respected support teams in the industry. |
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| FLUENT 6.2 raises the industry standard for CFD |
07 March 2005 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., today announced the release of the latest version of its flagship CFD software, FLUENT 6.2. This release has over 300 new capabilities that aim to broaden the range of possible CFD applications in all industries. Key enhancements to the core FLUENT solver have led to dramatic speed-ups and improved accuracy without compromising robustness and ease of use. FLUENT 6.2 has been beta-tested extensively by users and subjected to the most comprehensive real-world industrial test matrix available in the CFD industry today. Beta users have reported impressive performance improvements in FLUENT 6.2 compared to its already notable predecessor, FLUENT 6.1. |
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| Release of GAMBIT 2.2 takes CAD cleanup and CFD meshing to a new level |
15 December 2004 - Fluent
GAMBIT 2.1's semi-automatic Cleanup tools have been enhanced now in v2.2. Fully automatic cleanup options are available for the most critical bottlenecks like slivers, short edges and sharp angles. A new "Cleanup Duplicate" geometry functionality has been added helping to provide full Cleanup toolkit for rapid geometry conditioning. New smoothing and enhanced "Healing" operations also continue to produce higher quality geometries. Holes can easily be covered with an extended wire frame operation and flow domains can be created using the new, fully automatic, multi-volume stitch algorithm. |
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| Sauber Petronas' new Supercomputer uses Fluent's CFD Software |
10 December 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, announced today that its software is to be used on the new Supercomputer 'Albert' of the Formula 1 Motor Racing Team Sauber Petronas in Hinwil, Switzerland. 'Albert' is powered by 530 AMD 64-bit Opteron T processors and is currently among the most powerful computers being used within Formula 1 and the automotive industry as a whole. CFD is already recognized as a key factor in the battle for valuable World Championship points in Formula 1 and it is gaining even more importance with this announcement by Team Sauber Petronas. |
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| NAFEMS Launches North American Discussion Group |
01 December 2004 - NAFEMS
NAFEMS, the International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced the launch of an e-mail based discussion group for the North American analysis community. |
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| NAFEMS Student Awards 2005 |
26 November 2004 - NAFEMS
Engineering Analysis Association launches student awards scheme |
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| Reaction design announces KINetics plug-in for FLUENT CFD software |
18 November 2004 - Fluent
Reaction Design, Inc., announced today their intent to deliver the Reaction Design KINetics Module as an added-value capability of Fluent's flagship CFD software, FLUENT. The resulting technology provides the KINetics Module for reaction modeling coupled with FLUENT's flow simulation capability. Users of Reaction Design's CHEMKIN software benefit from this software integration because they can utilize consistent chemistry modeling when performing multidimensional reacting flow simulations in FLUENT. |
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| Fluent announces support for AMD Opteron Processors |
11 November 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announced today its support for the 32- and 64-bit AMD Opteron processor in its upcoming release of FLUENT 6.2. AMD provided Fluent with technical assistance and early access to its new processor technologies, allowing for support of this technology within FLUENT 6.2. |
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| Fluent Inc. announces support for Intel's EM64T 64-bit Processor |
08 November 2004 - Fluent
The solution integrates Intel Xeon processor-based servers supporting Intel EM64T with PCI Express technology and the InfiniBand I/O fabric. Building on the successes of Intel's architecture for the FLUENT user community, Intel EM64T extensions, together with several innovations in microprocessor architecture and resource ability, virtually eliminate the limitations in addressing large data set, while simultaneously and transparently supporting peak performance of 32-bit codes. FLUENT customers employing large scale clusters of compute-nodes with a high-speed interconnect benefit from support for PCI Express, which enables high-speed low-latency data transfers between nodes, a pivotal element in scalable parallel computations. |
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| A revolutionary new First Pass flow simulation tool |
24 August 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the immediate availability of FloWizard a highly automated simulation tool for conducting basic fluid flow and heat transfer analysis. FloWizard sets a new standard in ease of use for fluid dynamics calculations used by engineers and scientists. Its unique wizard-driven interface has been developed based on extensive usability tests involving engineers from leading companies around the world including members of the aerospace, automotive, consumer products, chemicals and manufacturing industries. |
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| Fluent releases TGrid 3.6 with HexCore technology |
17 March 2004 - Fluent
TGrid's new HexCore meshing technology offers a unique advantage to CFD analysts and designers, particularly when modeling fluid flow problems with open spaces, where a high mesh quality is required. This condition is commonly encountered in the modeling of automotive cabin interiors or complex internal ventilation designs, among others. '50% cell count reduction can be obtained on these types of applications using HexCore with no sacrifice in mesh quality,' says TGrid Product Manager Erling Eklund. 'With a speed and ease-of-use comparable to our Tet Mesher, and with high quality hexahedral cells, HexCore will lead to faster and more accurate CFD simulations for many automotive applications,' he adds. |
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| Speedo brings formula one technology to the pool |
10 March 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Europe Ltd. and Speedo, the world's leading swimwear brand, has brought Formula One technology to the pool with the launch of the fastest swimsuit in the world, FASTSKIN FSII. Born in the Speedo Aqualab (Speedo's research and development headquarters), FASTSKIN FSII increases speed by reducing passive drag by up to 4% more than the next best suit and is set to help swimmers blow the competition out of the water in Athens this summer. |
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| Easy-to-use First Pass CFD tool enables more intuitive, rapid design process |
25 February 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces FloWizard, a highly-automated 'first-pass' flow simulation tool designed to quickly validate product design concepts in the earliest stages of the development process. This powerful, yet easy-to-use tool allows engineers with a fundamental understanding of fluid dynamics to gain access to the power of fluid flow and heat transfer modeling to make informed design decisions. FloWizard is also fully customizable, and features peer-to-peer collaboration as a standard feature, allowing advanced users to collaborate with new users for support and the review of results. |
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| Fluent is official supplier of CFD software to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. |
13 November 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Incorporated, announces an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. of Mooresville, North Carolina. Although CFD software has a long history of use in automotive manufacturing and Formula One racing, DEI is one of the first to add this high technology tool to its engineering arsenal in NASCAR racing. |
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| Fluent announces release of FlowLab 1.1 building on the success of this unique educational CFD tool |
06 October 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the release of FlowLab 1.1 software. FlowLab is a unique piece of educational software that uses the power of flow visualization through CFD to teach basic fluid mechanics principles in the engineering classroom. The software runs Fluent's general purpose CFD code, FLUENT 6.1, and pre-processor, GAMBIT 2.1, in the background, with a user-friendly, student-specific graphical user interface on its front end. |
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| POLYFLOW 3.10 extends fluid structure interaction, optimization and advanced adaptive meshing capabilities |
03 October 2003 - Fluent
POLYFLOW 3.10 adds to the tried and proven strengths of the POLYFLOW CFD code in extrusion. Fluid structure interaction can result in excessive stresses that could degrade some solid parts of an extrusion die. In addition, any deformation of a die lip usually affects the shape of the die's extrudate, especially for a flat die. POLYFLOW 3.10 can now calculate the thermo-mechanical stress and deformations induced by generalized Newtonian or viscoelastic flows on a neighboring solid region. The new Graphical User Interface has a Windows look and feel making it easier to use. As part of the new interface, a navigation tree format helps users easily identify their location in the problem set-up. |
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| FLUENT CFD software released for Intel Itanium 2 processor based platform using Linux |
17 September 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. announced today the general availability of its flagship Computational Fluid Dynamics software, FLUENT V6.1.22, for the Intel Itanium 2 processor family running under the Linux operating system. The new release supports full FLUENT functionality, including 64-bit parallel processing, on the Itanium 2 processors and complements Fluent's earlier announcement of full support for Itanium 2 microarchitecture under the HP-UX operating environment from the Hewlett-Packard Company. |
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| Fluent announces coupling with LMS SYSNOISE for acoustics modeling |
06 August 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. and LMS International announced today the world leading Vibro-acoustics software LMS SYSNOISE Rev 5.6, released in April 2003, supports import of transient data from FLUENT 6.1, the leading computational fluid dynamics software from Fluent. This allows results from FLUENT to be used for comprehensive computational aero-acoustics simulations within SYSNOISE Rev5.6, complementing FLUENT 6.1's native aero-acoustics modeling capabilities. |
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| GAMBIT 2.1 provides new levels of geometry cleanup, HexCore Meshing and CAD Integration |
14 July 2003 - Fluent
GAMBIT 2.1 has a semi-automatic cleanup tool for repairing and preparing a CFD geometry for high quality meshing. Holes, overlapping faces, small features, sharp corners, etc. are quickly identified and various tools are directly accessible in the code to resolve this range of problems. GAMBIT's automated tetrahedral, hexahedral and hybrid meshing functions have been enhanced in V2.1 with a new HexCore capability. HexCore combines the flexibility and automation of tetrahedral meshing with the efficiency of Cartesian meshing, resulting in higher quality meshes and reduced cell count. |
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| Mixing simulation gets easier with the release of MixSim 2.0 |
21 May 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., in its continued commitment to providing CFD simulation technology to the process industry, releases MixSim 2.0 for use in modeling industrial mixing tank applications. MixSim has a mixing specific interface and is fully coupled with Fluent Inc.'s other packages (GAMBIT 2 for geometry and grid generation, and the FLUENT 6 solver for solver and physical models). The new intelligent geometry and meshing algorithms in MixSim 2.0, combined with mixing specific graphical presentation of results, enables users to set up CFD simulations of complex mixing tank configurations in a matter of minutes. |
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| GAMBIT 2.1 to include native CATIA V4 translation from spatial and automated cleanup tools |
11 April 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. and Spatial Corp., a Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris #13065, DSY.PA) company, today announced that Fluent's GAMBIT 2.1 preprocessor, due for general release in the next month, includes native CATIA V4 translation. GAMBIT is the preprocessor supplied with Fluent's world-leading computational fluid dynamics software. Fluent has licensed the native CATIA V4 import technology from Spatial, which is the sole provider of true, native CATIA translators. |
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| FLUENT 6.1 offers advances in steam generator modeling and pollution prediction |
04 April 2003 - Fluent
Accurate prediction of boiling and phase change is important for flow simulation of plant components such as steam generators, fuel assemblies, and condensers. FLUENT 6.1 has the ability to include interphase heat and mass transfer calculations with its Eulerian multiphase model, which significantly broadens the range of complicated geometries and physics that can be simulated in the power plant. |
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| FLUENT 6.1 introduces automated moving and deforming domain modeling to the Aerospace Industry |
04 April 2003 - Fluent
This version of FLUENT brings new possibilities for modeling store separation, valve opening/closing, positive displacement pumps, stage separation, missile launches, and flow around other moving equipment with its dynamic mesh modeling capability. Users only need to set-up the initial mesh and specify the motion of the boundaries. FLUENT then computes the flow, automatically updating the mesh as the boundaries change shape. For applications where the boundary motion is not known ahead of time, such as store separation, it can be computed by FLUENT as part of the solution process. "FLUENT can now easily simulate physical phenomena previously requiring tedious manual preparation," says Fluent's Chief Technology Officer, Dipankar Choudhury. "The applications for dynamic mesh modeling are limitless. Our users are thinking of new ways to use it all the time," he adds. |
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| FLUENT 6.1 sets new standards for modeling flow around moving objects |
17 March 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. announces the immediate availability of version 6.1 of its world-dominant Computational Fluid Dynamics software, FLUENT. This major release offers several key functionality advantages to FLUENT users, including dynamic mesh for modeling flow conditions in and around moving objects. This easy-to-use capability allows users to simply set up the initial mesh, prescribe the motion, and sit back and watch as FLUENT automatically changes the mesh to follow the motion. |
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| Fluent Inc. empowers building design professionals even more with the release of Airpak 2.1 airflow modeling software |
20 December 2002 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the world leader in flow modeling software, announces the newest version of its Airpak software. Airpak 2.1 is an easy-to-use airflow modeling design tool that allows for the accurate modeling of airflow, heat transfer, contaminant transport, and thermal comfort in ventilation systems, as well as external building flows. Airpak can also reduce risk for new designs and improve the efficiency of current designs while saving time and money. |
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| Fluent Inc to deliver interoperability solutions built on PTC's granite one
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29 October 2002 - Fluent
Granite One is the interoperability platform based on the unmatched geometry, feature and data exchange capabilities at the core of Pro/ENGINEER, PTC's market leading mechanical computer-aided design software. One of the key advantages of solutions built on Granite is the ability to interoperate associatively, providing updates to downstream applications based on any changes in an original solid model. |
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| Engineers discover secrets of soccer free kicks |
20 May 2002 - Fluent
Three collaborating groups of researchers have unravelled some of the underlying mysteries of 'bending' a soccer ball during kicking which will be a feature of the upcoming Soccer World Cup in Japan and Korea this year. They were inspired to understand this technically very difficult 'art' of scoring soccer goals from dead ball "free kick" situations, perfected by such world class soccer players as Brazil's Roberto Carlos, Germany's Michael Ballack and England's David Beckham. Engineers at the University of Sheffield's Sports Engineering Research Group, Yamagata University's Sports Science Laboratory and Fluent Benelux have carried out a fundamental scientific and engineering analysis of this exciting part of the 'beautiful game'. |
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| Many enhancements included with the release of POLYFLOW 3.9 |
06 May 2002 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the release of POLYFLOW 3.9. This software, created to aid in the simulation of laminar flows through dies and molds during such processes as extrusion, blow molding, glass forming, and fiber spinning, features new enhancements that help simplify and automate much of the user's work, while further extending the capabilities of the software. |
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| IcePro 3.0 is released bringing major enhancements to Fluent's Icepak Thermal Modeling Software |
24 April 2002 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software, announces the release of IcePro 3.0, its Pro/Engineer-to-Icepak interface. The interface builds on its successful integration of CAD software with the thermal modeling software Icepak. 'This release is an advance in the CAD integration paradigm introduced in the previous versions of the interface. By allowing the user to use simplification tools available in Pro/Engineer itself, the time required to get thermal models from CAD systems is reduced dramatically. The philosophy of the integrated Pro/Engineer CAD interface is to take advantage of design engineers' expertise in using Pro/Engineer to define the thermal model,' says Icepak Product Manager, Dr. Rajesh Nair. |
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| Fluent announces the release of GAMBIT 2.0 and G/Turbo CFD meshing software |
21 December 2001 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., world leader in computational fluid dynamics software, announces the release of GAMBIT 2.0, its general-purpose preprocessor for CFD analysis.
G/Turbo is an integral part of GAMBIT 2.0 and is designed specifically for meshing turbomachinery applications. 'GAMBIT 2.0 continues to allow engineers easier access into the CFD world,' says Erling Eklund, Fluent's GAMBIT Product Market Manager. 'With improved CAD integration and enhanced meshing tools, GAMBIT 2.0's features set new industry standards in meshing software,' adds Eklund. |
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| FLUENT 6.0 is released, Fluent Inc.'s Flagship CFD software offers more advanced features, rigorously tested |
17 December 2001 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the release of FLUENT 6.0. This major new offering from Fluent is built on its robust and time-tested, unstructured CFD platform, with particularly notable leaps forward in the modeling of engineering problems involving multiphase physics, rotating equipment, and combustion. Highly advanced tools, which enable the user to create a moving/deforming mesh for analysis of in-cylinder engine performance, also make their debut as a beta capability in this version. |
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| FLUENT 6.0 is released, Fluent Inc.'s Flagship CFD software's newest version |
17 December 2001 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the release of FLUENT 6.0. This major new offering from Fluent contains specific features geared to the accurate simulation of common aerospace engineering challenges, such as flow-induced noise, engine cooling, anti-icing, and turbine engine modeling. Major leaps forward in overall ease-of-use put this CFD code in a class by itself in its ability to work efficiently and integrate with the rest of the design and analysis desktop. |
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