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Volume 7, Issue 1
Welcome to Volume 7, Issue 1 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
A Cool Emulator
Mentor, a Siemens Business, Emulation Division designs, manufactures and sells a hardware emulation system under the Veloce® registered trademark. A wide range of semiconductor and systems manufacturers... View Journal Article
Implementing New Distributed Chilled Water Pumping System
When designing or upgrading a building, there are several areas that require significant engineering to ensure they can operate in as green a manner as possible. One of these areas is the chilled water... View Journal Article
Rapid Beverage Cooling Analysis
There is an increasing market for appliances that are designed to cool beverages many times faster than a conventional refrigeration approach. When the liquid is prepackaged in a can or bottle, there are... View Journal Article
Reliability Evaluation of Sintered Copper Die Bonding Materials
Hitachi Chemical is one of the group of companies of Hitachi Ltd and we have about 19,000 employees with annual revenues of ~$5Bn/yr. About 50% of our business is in materials manufacture and 50% is in... View Journal Article
Using FloEFD as an Engineering Tool
FloEFD starts to make a lot of sense, especially for the internal pipe flow, where the SmartCells™ technology within FloEFD really comes into play. SmartCells will recognize directly from the... View Journal Article
Edge Devices are Hot for IoT
Dell has been working on improving their IoT device (Internet of Things), Edge Gateway Model which helps with integration of IT and operation technology. The latest model 5100 from Dell is focused on creating... View Journal Article
Thermal Interface for Pluggable Optics Modules
Power on pluggable optics modules (POMs) such as SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, CFP2, CFP8 has increased along with the demand for higher bandwidth. POMs give access at the faceplate to an optical signal. Existing... View Journal Article
Volume 6, Issue 2
Welcome to Volume 6, Issue 2 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
Fast Design of Medical Ultrasound Probes
Ultrasound systems for diagnostic images have been around for several decades. They have advanced in the last twenty years to include much more sophisticated electronics that deals with high quality... View Journal Article
IR-Camera Thermal Management
FLIR Systems develops thermal imaging cameras and components for a wide variety of commercial and government applications. Depending on the end use, a product design might be driven by economical or... View Journal Article
Curiosity: Life on Mars
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) is part of the payload of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, better known as the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in August 2012. REMS is... View Journal Article
Rocket Science and FloMASTER
Like most space launch vehicles, the Korean Aerospace Research Institutes (KARI), NARO spacecraft uses liquid oxygen (LOX) and Kerosene as propellants. The two liquids are piped to the rocket motors separately... View Journal Article
Kehoe Myers and JS Pump Team up to Design the Water Supply System for Australia’s Newest Airport
Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is the first international airport built in Australia in the last 50 years. The site is approximately 839ha in area and is located in hilly terrain with an elevation... View Journal Article
Team Bath Racing Takes to the Track
At Team Bath Racing, we are a group of undergraduate engineers at the University of Bath who, each year design and build our own single-seat open wheeled race car to enter into Formula Student competitions... View Journal Article
Volume 6, Issue 1
Welcome to Volume 6, Issue 1 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
Bose Automotive Systems
Finding new ways to make our Products Cool! View Journal Article
Comparing FloMASTER ORC Results to Experimental Data
With the release of V8, FloMASTER has introduced functionality to fully model ORC systems so that engineers can consider key design parameters such as available superheat, high and low side system pressures,... View Journal Article
System Level Evaluation of 4-Quadrant Mixed Flow Diffuser Pump Behavior Using CFD
When looking to analyze a thermo-fluid system one of the most important aspects to consider is: what will cause fluid flow in the system. This may be as simple as imposing a flow rate or using a difference... View Journal Article
Huawei Delivers Outstandingly Accurate Models
The increased functionality and power dissipation has made the thermal design of communication device applications crucial in today’s increasingly high computing power communication device industry.... View Journal Article
Winging It!
Engineers at Irkut Corporation were looking for a way to get better external aerodynamics data than what they were currently able to get from tube experiments. View Journal Article
Aces High for Team Velarde
2017 sees Team Velarde begin their third year in the championship. Pilot Juan Velarde is looking to build upon his impressive 2016 record where he took the top spot in qualifying in one round and proved... View Journal Article
Predicting Water Treatment Plant Performance with FloMASTER
Water treatment systems are designed to deal with feed water quality. They comprise mechanical sub-systems made up of pumps, filters and tanks which are connected by valves and pipework generally installed... View Journal Article
Volume 5, Issue 2
Welcome to Volume 5, Issue 2 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
Optimizing a NASCAR Racing Machine
NASCAR is the most popular motorsport competition in the USA. The three largest racing-series are the Sprint Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500... View Journal Article
Fujifilm Frontloads Camera Design with FloTHERM?
Our department focuses on the development of cameras with high performance and high quality, to preserve the culture of photography and to develop imaging technology. The team I belong to develops the elemental... View Journal Article
Using FloEFD? to design Liquid-Cooled Nozzles for Cutting Tools
The Mitsubishi Group is a huge Japanese industrial conglomerate and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is one of the subsidiary companies of Mitsubishi Mining Company Ltd. and has been in existence for approximately... View Journal Article
Liquid Cooling Technology
Leveraging FloTHERM to design a Compact Liquid Cooling System for High Power Microelectronic Devices View Journal Article
Volume 5, Issue 1
Welcome to Volume 5, Issue 1 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
Geek Hub-What’s the Fastest Way to Dry Your Hands? FloEFD Investigates…
A 3D model was constructed with a hand placed below a mass flow boundary condition applied to an underside face of a convective hand dryer part. Hot-dry air blown over the hand and a transient simulation... View Journal Article
FloMASTER Simulation Helps European Nuclear Safeguards Activities
The increasing world energy demand and concerns over CO2 emissions have led to the search of sources alternative to coal and gas. The continuous increase of uranium production and demand (Figure 1) indicates... View Journal Article
Making Light Work of Lifting-Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH use FloEFD? for Creo? in their Mobile Harbor Crane Designs
Liebherr Werk-Nenzing GmbH, manufacturer of maritime cranes, crawler cranes and foundation equipment, demonstrates the importance of modern “Frontloading“ simulation tools which go far beyond... View Journal Article
Steering Towards Flow Optimization
The ever-shortening product cycles and decreasing development times in the automotive industry raise the need for up-to-date simulation tools equipped with reliable physical calculation methods. The use... View Journal Article
Dynamic Compact Thermal Model Development within ROHM Semiconductor
It is commonly accepted that two of the trends in the electronics industry are miniaturization and the electrification of all things. As a result electronics today are deployed into dynamic and sometimes... View Journal Article
Volume 4, Issue 2
Welcome to Volume 4, Issue 2 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
Electronics Thermal Design with Thales and FloTHERM? XT
The goal of electronics thermal design is to accurately predict component junction temperatures to ensure that they are within specification. Easier said than done. Before CFD was used, designers used simple... View Journal Article
How To... Optimize Heatsinks with FloTHERM and Command Center
With design cycles and design margins ever shrinking there is a need to maximize efficiencies in every phase of the design process and as a result thermal design using CFD is typically part of the process.... View Journal Article
FloEFD? Shines a Light on Automotive Lighting
The biggest bottlenecks in the analysis process are related to handling the complex geometries inherent in headlights and in turn creating a computational mesh of those geometries for analysis. Learn how... View Journal Article
FloEFD? Improves the Accuracy of Validation Rig Measurements
A familiar dilemma for any instrumentation engineer…you need to measure a system fluid property accurately but the very presence of instrumentation in the system affects the property that you are... View Journal Article
System Control logic enhancements through Fluid-Mechanical valve dynamic transfer functions
A steam turbine control valve is used to control and manage the amount of steam allowed to enter the steam turbine and thereby produce a consistent power output. For this system, pressurized oil is used... View Journal Article
Volume 4, Issue 1
Welcome to Volume 4, Issue 1 of Engineering Edge.
In This Issue
The Three Waves of Commercial CFD
In recent years, many papers have been published on the history of flow simulation. Many early CFD pioneers like Brian Spalding, David Tatchell, Ferit Boysan and Michael Engelman have talked or written... View Journal Article
Designing a Modern Submarine
FloMASTER is the tool of choice for ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for system analysis. Numerical system simulations in the design process of submarines are a good tool for engineers to find the best solution... View Journal Article
ShowerPower Turbulator keeps IGBTs Cool
When designing a liquid cooled system in the FloEFD for Creo CFD package we consider several issues in order to ensure a reliable solution that is capable of delivering the performance needed over the required... View Journal Article
FloTHERM - Powering Power Supply Development
To make the most efficient use of FloTHERM, Emerson use Mentor webparts [2] to define models of porous materials, centrifugal blowers, thermoelectric coolers (TECs), fans at high altitude, and complex geometry. View Journal Article
Engineering Techniques for a Helicopter Rotor Simulation
This study demonstrates that all software tools have successfully validated the problem of predicting the helicopter rotor blade characteristics. View Journal Article
Volume 3, Issue 2
In This Issue
Yamaha Revs Your Heart
An Evaluation of Delamination of Power Modules using the MicReD T3Ster View Journal Article
Saipem S.p.A moves FloEFD Offshore
Saipem S.p.A deployed FloEFD to simulate a number of geometries including a semi-submersible crane vessel, a J-Lay Tower, and an offshore construction vessel, the program became core to its problem solving... View Journal Article
FloMASTER for Dynamic Water Network Simulations Down Under
Reliable and efficient wastewater systems are a necessity of modern city life. Dynamic modeling of the water transport process will help identify operational problems early and hence protect the environment... View Journal Article
Using the MicReD T3Ster to Develop High Thermal Conductivity Sintered Silver Paste
NAMICS has been developing low temperature sintered nano-silver adhesive pastes, using its proprietary Metallo-organic (MO) compound technology in a two stage process for thick film applications. View Journal Article
Design for Pressure Surge in FloMASTER
There are several types of surge suppression equipment available on the market which can be modeled in FloMASTER. Three of the most common types are gas relief valves, water hammer arrestors, and surge... View Journal Article
Volume 3, Issue 1
Thermal Efficiency: Facebook’s Datacenter Server Design
Facebook calculate that over a three year period, new server designs alone will deliver at least 19% more throughput, cost approximately 10% less, and use several tons less raw materials to build than... View Journal Article
Seiko Epson Corporation - Empowering Engineers since 1989
By adopting FloEFD, Seiko Epson designers were able to affect designs as they developed, with the confidence that any discrepancies in results would be picked up by the analysis team during testing. View Journal Article
More Power Please
The use of FloEFD in their design process helps Raul to test design variations for venting, fan position and geometries, as well as housing changes for better airflow. In the case of the metal housings... View Journal Article
New Release: FloTHERM V10.0
FloTHERM V10.0 is a significant user experience with several functionality and usability enhancements. View Journal Article
New Release: MicReD? Industrial Power Tester 1500A
Introducing the new MicReD® Industrial Power Tester 1500A for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance. View Journal Article
Volume 2, Issue 3
The Latest Philips TVs make LEDs Dance
In recent years there has been an explosion in LED-LCD displays, and a proliferation of LED TVs in people's homes. They offer a great picture, great styling with a thin form factor, increased functionality... View Journal Article
The A to Z of Breaking a World Water Speed Record
When Voxdale was approached by leading Belgian Speedboat manufacturer, Bernico International, to design an innovative Formula 2 class boat to break the then world record in 2008 and the 100 mph barrier,... View Journal Article
Zero to 90 in 166,440 Hours
In 1994 a young PhD candidate loaded up a transit van, pointed it east and set off for Altenberg. His intention was to meet up with the British skeleton team at one of the most notorious and demanding tracks... View Journal Article
Harnessing the Power of the Sun
1D fluid-dynamic study of a molten salts thermal energy storage system. View Journal Article
Hybrid Innovation by Toyota
The general principal of a hybrid is to reduce the fuel consumption by leveraging both the electric motor and combustion engine, depending on which part of the drive cycle you are in. View Journal Article
Volume 2, Issue 2
Turbine Vane Cooling with FloEFD
Gas turbines play an important role in many applications, such as aero-engines, power generation and natural gas production. To increase the power output and thermal efficiency of gas turbines the inlet... View Journal Article
Six steps for successful FloTHERM studies
The size and complexity of the range of models that can be simulated begins at chip level and ends far beyond the rack level, with varying degrees of complexity: from simple cuboids to sophisticated, detailed... View Journal Article
Volume 2, Issue 1
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Microgravity Cow Bones
Designing an experimental capsule environment to assess the effects of bone density in space. View Journal Article
Hot Lumens of Street Lighting LEDs
How physical testing and CFD analysis helped develop new LED-based street lighting luminaires. View Journal Article
Introducing FloTHERM? XT
From concept through to verification for electronic cooling simulation. View Journal Article
Andras Poppe Interview
The prestigious Harvey Rosten Award For Excellence was won by Andras Poppe, Mentor Graphics' Product Marketing Manager for MicReD® (Microelectronics Research and Development) group and faculty member... View Journal Article
DENSO: State of the Art in Automotive Thermal Design
ECUs for vehicles and their components are becoming more complicated and intricate to produce energy-efficient and environmentally friendly cars. Successful thermal design is critical for manufacturers. View Journal Article
Ask the GSS Expert… Excel export function
The ability to run FloMASTER via a third party application, such as Excel, has long been recognized by users as an invaluable productivity aid. It streamlines the post-processing effort and opens up the... View Journal Article
Bose Automotive Systems
Finding new ways to make our Products Cool! View Journal Article
FloEFD helps Dr.Schneider's mission: To make the Car the Best Place in the World
Dr. Schneider's primary products are visible parts for the car interior: air vent , stowage boxes, kinematic components, bezels, covers and trims, grills and window frames. View Journal Article
E-Cooling: Cooling Power Electronics at Room Level
E-Cooling, an engineering consultancy firm based in Germany, has expertise in the thermal design of Power Electronics, Transformers and Chokes at the component level or at room level where the computational... View Journal Article
Comparing FloMASTER ORC Results to Experimental Data
With the release of V8, FloMASTER has introduced functionality to fully model ORC systems so that engineers can consider key design parameters such as available superheat, high and low side system pressures,... View Journal Article
Geek Hub
Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV), are caused by vortex shedding and can occur when long slender structures such as chimneys or car antennas are exposed to a flowing fluid. The repeated pattern of wind causes... View Journal Article
System Level Evaluation of 4-Quadrant Mixed Flow Diffuser Pump Behavior Using CFD
When looking to analyze a thermo-fluid system one of the most important aspects to consider is: what will cause fluid flow in the system. This may be as simple as imposing a flow rate or using a difference... View Journal Article
