Computers in engineering

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December 2007

Fluid simulation reduces valve prototype development time

Aerospace valve manufacturer Shaw Aero Devices recently faced a challenge from one of its customers to build a solenoid valve with a pressure drop of 0.75 psi at a flow rate of 4.45 gal/min, while its standard valve measured outat 6.09 psi.
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October 2007

Anark aims to make better use of CAD data

Anark has been working in the real-time 3-D application development arena since 1994, and in that time it has noticed a gap between current 3-D CAD tools and collaborative product data management (CPDM) products. The company intends to bridge that gap with the recent release of its Anark Core Platform.
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September 2007

Telescope microshutters tested using LabVIEW FPGA

With the help of National Instruments' (NI) LabVIEW field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA's successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, recently passed a milestone on its march toward a 2013 launch.
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