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Simulation Helps Engineers Optimize Combustors Based on Critical-to-Quality...
Figure 1.Critical attributes for gas turbine combustors. Customers are demanding improved performance at lower cost from their aero-engines and land-based gas turbines. As a result, engineers designing...
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Keeping Smartphones Thermally Cool with Simulation
Figure 1. These cellphones would look cool in your hand. Engineers make sure they feel cool in your hand. You can make your smartphone cool (in the fashion sense of the word) by adding a cover of your...
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Artificial Intelligence Can Analyze Optical Material Properties from a Photo?...
Score one for our new robot overlords! Artificial intelligence (AI) can now read the optical material properties of a surface with a single click of your cellphone. Digital reconstruction of surfaces...
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How to Efficiently Simulate a Gas Turbine Flameout
Gas Turbine spray pattern colored by temperature using ANSYS Fluent If you perform as many gas turbine combustion and flameout simulations as I do, then you must be praying for the day that quantum...
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Will Digital Twins Improve Healthcare for Their Real-World Counterparts?
Your digital twin will one day inform the treatment your healthcare providers implement. Healthcare is rapidly embracing digital twin technology. The goal of this trend is to deliver data-driven...
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Innovative Contact Heating in Thermoforming Processes
Figure 1: cera2heat matrix module assemblies in a thermoforming test rig. Thermoforming is an important polymer production process in the manufacture of mass consumer goods, such as packaging...
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Will Electrification Disrupt Aerospace Companies?
Electrification can change the aerospace industry. The aerospace industry has two current electrification initiatives that could disrupt major players. The first electrification initiative is centered...
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Integrate Third Party Apps into ANSYS Workbench without Creating...
ANSYS 19.1 simplifies third party app integration so you don’t make Frankenstein’s monster. You can’t call yourself a simulation master until you Frankenstein numerous third-party applications into one...
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How to Improve the Range of RFID Readers with a Directional Antenna
Barcode scanning requires line of sight. RFID doesn’t need this requirement as it actively sends out signals. Self-checkout stations are a convenience marred by scanners that require line of sight....
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Addressing the Power Gap in Mobile Designs with Simulation
Improving mobile performance comes at the cost of battery life. Every year cellphones get more powerful, yet batteries barely see improvement. As a result, cellphone designers are tasked to meet next...
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Simulation Software Ensures Subsea Piping Designs Meet Standards
Simulation of a tee junction for use in subsea piping As engineers design subsea piping they must ensure it will survive the harsh conditions found underwater. Therefore, it is important to use...
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Small-Sliding Contacts Can Improve your Structural Analysis
The speed and accuracy of small-sliding contacts will make it a preferred choice compared to finite-sliding contacts. I’m often asked, “What is the best contact type for my structural analysis?” I...
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Optimize Bioreactors Quickly with Cloud-based HPC
Engineers use response surface methodology (RSM) to understand bioreactor performance. It’s amazing to think of all the products created in bioreactors. The medications we take, the beer we drink and...
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Simulation Proves Fighting Fire with Fiery Explosions Is Possible
Could you really fight fire with fire? This age-old adage has been touted for years, but when taken literally does it have any scientific merit? Simulation will solve this burning question. Simulation...
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Synthesizing Boron Nitride Nanotubes Through Simulation
TEM of an isolated 3-wall HTP-grown BNNT shown on a lacey carbon grid © 2014 BNNT, LLC Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are a new, man-made molecular fiber with revolutionary potential. They are an...
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How to Optimize Automotive Aerodynamics in Days
Simulation-driven design focuses on ideation, refinement and validation. Traditionally, aerodynamic optimizations take a lot of time. For each design alteration you must remesh, recompute and reassess...
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How to Set Up 3D Transformer Simulations in 15 Minutes
Set up your transformer simulations in about 15 minutes. The last thing consumers want is to plug in a new electronic device and smell burning circuitry. Therefore, engineers must carefully design the...
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Simulation is the Fastest Way to Get Autonomous Cars on the Market
Autonomous cars will only be safe when they are better able than humans to adapt to anything the open road can throw at them. Proving that cars are better than humans at driving will take upwards of 8...
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There’s No Room for Error in Aerospace: Bird Strikes, Water Landings and...
The aerospace industry demands accuracy. An engineer’s slightest error could crash probes into Mars or cause planes to vanish without a trace. These three articles — on bird strikes, water landing and...
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How to Reduce RFI in the Antenna Design of IoT and Consumer Electronics
IoT and consumer electronics continue to get smaller. This can cause receiver de-sensitization due to RFI interference. Engineers designing consumer electronics for the internet of things (IoT) do not...
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