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Calibration and complexity

2014-09-26

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Caterpillar joins Argonne's VERIFI team to undertake cooperative virtual engine design

2014-09-22

Internal combustion engines are poised for dramatic breakthroughs in improving efficiency with lower emissions, due in part to low-temperature combustion regimes. Such regimes show great efficiency and emissions potential, but they present optimization and control challenges.

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Multi-processor simulation

2014-08-21

dSPACE’s SCALEXIO, the company’s latest hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) technology, is now more powerful with its new extension for a multi-processor (MP) simulation platform.

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Sheet molding composite

2014-09-29

Tough Class A Ultra Lite from Continental Structural Plastics is a 1.2 specific-gravity sheet molding composite formulation that provides engineers the ability to design with a lower specific-gravity material without sacrificing mechanical properties, surface qualities, and adhesion requirements.

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Closed-cell silicone sponge sheeting

2014-08-27

BELLOFOAM closed-cell silicone sponge sheeting from Bellofram Silicones is designed to support a variety of industrial, manufacturing, gasketing, insulation, sealing, and padding requirements in automotive, aerospace, factory floor, and industrial environments.

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Renault applies model-based systems engineering to dual-clutch transmission

2014-10-08

The model-based systems engineering approach allows Renault to evaluate, throughout the development phases, the key attributes of the complete vehicle including the engine, transmission, actuators, and chassis.

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Math to road cycle is similar yet diverse for trains, trucks, and tractors

2014-08-29

Product engineering projects are always circular. As new versions evolve, data that comes back to design teams is incorporated into the next iteration. Panelists at the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress will explore this cycle in a panel entitled “Math to Lab to Road.”

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Mercedes shows its metal and chooses steel over aluminum

2014-09-23

Mercedes-Benz is replacing aluminum pistons with a new generation of high-strength steel in some of its car diesel engines.

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Toyota reveals new platform, hybrid powertrain in C-HR concept

2014-10-07

The crossover concept is an important vehicle for Toyota, demonstrating the Japanese automaker's desire for more "engaging" design—a key attribute particularly in the highly competitive European C-segment market.

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dSPACE supplying in-lab GPS simulation system to DOT/NHTSA

2014-10-02

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Optimizing commercial vehicle muffler size, volume via CFD

2014-10-13

Researchers at VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. in India employed downsizing to design a commercial vehicle exhaust system using the ANSYS CFD tool Fluent, resulting in a 14.1% reductions in both size and volume and a mass savings of 2%.

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Composites design optimization for automated fiber placement

2014-08-25

Coriolis Composites and SAFRAN Aircelle worked together on a thrust reverser component demonstrator made with carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) material and an AFP process. This component is an inner fixed structure, made of two monolithic carbon skins and a core.

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Seals for oil-lubricated wheel-end applications

2014-09-24

The seal from SKF features a multilip cassette seal design incorporating optimized lip geometry, stainless steel counter surface, and a specially formulated nitrile compound to reduce wear and aging.

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Thermal management plucks CAFE's low-hanging fruit

2017-12-07

Thermal system upgrades are being incorporated first because of cost-effectiveness. Experts at the SAE Thermal Management System Symposium see additional opportunities.

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3D PDF add-on

2017-10-08

A 3D PDF add-on is available to complement and enhance Theorem’s CATIA V5 to Creo View visualization product, part of the company’s Visualize 3D range.

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Assessing a vehicle’s cooling system performance

2017-11-09

Cooling system performance on the 1500AJP Ultra Boom and other JLG vehicles has been significantly improved through the use of CFD software tools.

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High temperature, flexible epoxy

2017-08-29

EpoxySet EC-1030FL is a flexible, two-part epoxy designed to replace silicones for potting, encapsulating and casting applications where temperatures up to 200°C (392°F) are required.

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Self-lubricating sliding bearings

2017-11-13

Following in-house tribological testing and customer-specific field investigations, Federal-Mogul Powertrain's deva.tex self-lubricating composite bearings are being commercialized for use in construction machines, agricultural vehicles and other special-purpose vehicles, such as road sweepers.

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Simulation key to additive manufacturing analysis at MTC

2017-11-16

Borja Lazaro Toralles and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in the UK have recognized additive manufacturing as a field that is going to play a vital role in the future across multiple industries.

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Irkut's MC-21 takes first flight, thanks to a global team

2017-08-12

Eaton manufactured engine-driven pumps for the first flying MC-21 prototype and supplied additional system sub-components including thermal bypass valves, while Pratt & Whitney supplied its PW1000G GTF engine and Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, and Elbit supplies various avionics systems.