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New exhaust configuration for the AW609 tilt rotor engine bay

2015-04-24

The engine bay is an essential component of the AgustaWestland AW609 tilt rotor nacelle, since it determines the performance of the engine and assures safe maneuvers for every flight condition.

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Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 757 used to get the bugs out

2015-04-24

Boeing is in the midst of several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 in a first-round effort to evaluate new technologies in 2015 that are expected to reduce environmental effects on natural laminar flow as a way to improve aerodynamic efficiency while reducing noise and carbon emissions.

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LiuGong builds commitment to R&D into new China hub

2015-05-05

At Intermat, LiuGong announced that it was in a 60-day countdown before its new Global Research and Development Center opens in June at Liuzhou, also home to the company's global headquarters.

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Simulation-driven design

2015-04-17

PowerINSIGHT 2.0 from Exa Corp. provides real-time collaboration to reduce the risk of product compromise and costly late-stage design changes. The upgrade derives compelling presentations from terabytes of simulation data rapidly and accurately, the company claims.

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Additive-manufacturing database

2015-03-31

The Senvol Database is a searchable database for industrial 3-D printing machines and materials.

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Heat-pipe embedded CFRP enclosures for electronics thermal management

2015-03-24

In the area of electronics enclosures, traditional metal structures conduct and spread heat over large surfaces, but composites act as insulation. Heat generated by components causes internal temperatures to rise and has detrimental impact on the performance and reliability of the electronics.

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Lanxess develops new modeling approach to simulated composites’ cooling behavior

2015-04-10

A new tool to precisely simulate the thermal processes in Lanxess’s weight-saving Tepex continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite was announced by the company at the recent Plastics in Automotive Engineering conference at Mannheim, Germany.

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3D printers

2015-03-16

Old World Labs introduces two 3D printers in its MC Series, delivering precision and accuracy with improved resolution.

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Altair optimizes 3D-printed structures for complex, lightweight designs

2015-04-02

The company expects to better support the use of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, by releasing new OptiStruct solver capabilities for topology optimization. The company claims this new technology is the first tool developed specifically for designers of lattice structures.

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Zen Technologies, Rockwell Collins develop next-gen flight simulator for Indian market

2015-04-11

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Multiphysics modeling and simulation apps

2015-04-18

COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.1 supports the creation of multiphysics models and simulations as well as the building and sharing of easy-to-use simulation apps.

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Rockwell Collins launches new high-fidelity image generator

2015-04-29

One of the key differentiators of the EP-8100 for commercial and military simulation and training is the system’s ability to use customers’ existing databases.

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Noise joins exhaust emissions on industry challenge list

2015-04-21

Off-highway vehicles may not move at the same speed as trucks or other large road vehicles, says Exa's Doug Hatfield, but that in itself presents challenges that on-road vehicles do not face.

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Accelerated testing of embedded software code leverages AUTOSAR and virtual validation

2015-06-09

The AUTOSAR standard is all about improving embedded electronic systems in vehicles, but did you know that it also promotes the early testing of software code? The early testing and validation of embedded software reduces the number of ECU prototypes and additional test systems needed down the road, and it benefits the whole development process.

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Comprehensive CAD program

2015-04-17

Delcam will launch in May the 2015 R2 version of its PowerSHAPE Pro software, which includes new options for reverse engineering as well as improvements to speed up and simplify the editing of product designs to make them more suitable for manufacture.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Honda's U.S. engineering

2015-04-28

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Software toolkit for HMI development

2015-06-23

Elektrobit releases an easier-to-use toolkit that enables development of multimodal user interfaces with advanced graphics, plus voice-, touch-, and gesture-based commands, for sophisticated human-machine interface (HMI) systems.

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Energid actively working on simulation technologies for lunar and planetary rovers

2015-07-23

Physics-based robot simulation leveraging stochastic optimization and game theory will support new NASA missions.

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Road-surface modeling aims to support autonomous driving

2015-06-09

New surface scanning technology is being utilized by rFpro to produce digital road models with unprecedented accuracy and speed to help make autonomous driving safer.

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Controlling engines with virtual sensors

2015-06-09

To reduce cost and improve performance in engines, Honeywell is offering a software tool to embed virtual sensors in engines, using first-principles models that resides in the engine control unit.