http://www.cfdreview.com Serving the CFD Community with News, Articles, and Discussion http://www.cfdreview.com/images/topics/topicslash.gif http://www.cfdreview.com http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/19/1740218&rdf=1 The Open Source CFD International Conference 2010 to be held 4th/5th November 2010 in Munich, Germany has issued a Call for Abstracts. Authors are invited to submit abstracts of 300-500 words, including title and author contact information and affiliation. http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/19/1738213&rdf=1 Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the FloTHERM® IC productivity tool targeting the semiconductor industry for thermal characterization and design. Addressing increased complexity, chip density, and high-speed requirements for today’s silicon designs, the FloTHERM IC solution is deployed as a unique web-based platform that delivers a high level of automation to http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/17/1645204&rdf=1 Flow Science’s Italian associate, XC Engineering, using the powerful modeling capabilities of FLOW-3D, has helped prove that the huge horse that Leonardo Da Vinci designed but never got to cast, is feasible. XC Engineering worked with the Institute and Museum of the History of Science (IMSS) in Florence, Italy, to http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/17/1639257&rdf=1 ANSYS' Sandeep Sovani, Manager - Global Automotive Market Strategy, will present the SAE World Congress Technical Session Keynote on Tuesday, April 13 at 1:00 p.m. The keynote address will cover the topic of Aerodynamics Design Exploration and Optimization. http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/17/1634212&rdf=1 Flow Science, Inc. announces its 10th annual FLOW-3D European Users Conference on May 19, 2010 at the Hôtel de la Paix in Reims, France, in the heart of Champagne-Ardenne region. The conference is open to FLOW-3D users and other interested persons throughout Europe. The meeting will feature user presentations from http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/11/1753249&rdf=1 The latest release of Caedium (v2.1) from Symscape now supports Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard) in addition to Windows and Linux. Also in this new release are various enhancements to 3D selection, the properties panel, and geometry creation for all platforms. http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/11/1750258&rdf=1 Mentor Graphics will host Flow, Pressure, Cavitation! Use ‘X-Ray Vision’ to Avert a Design Disaster on March 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM US/Eastern. The ability to recognize and predict reactive forces such as pressure, torque and aerodynamic coefficients can be critical for a products’ stability, reliability, its usability and in http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/09/2249219&rdf=1 Pointwise announces the latest release of its Pointwise computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software featuring tools for addressing problems associated with computer aided design (CAD) geometry data. Pointwise’s Solid Meshing feature suite can automatically create watertight geometry models without the gaps and overlaps that can cripple the mesh generation process. http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/09/1453222&rdf=1 Flow Science, Inc. announces its 2010 FLOW-3D World Users Conference to be held September 23-24, 2010 at the Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The conference, which lands on the 30th anniversary of Flow Science, is open to FLOW-3D users and those interested in learning about the software. http://www.cfdreview.com/article.pl?sid=10/03/09/1444212&rdf=1 SoftInWay Inc., an innovator in the areas of design and optimization of turbomachinery, has pushed the envelope of classroom-based education and proudly presents a series of new online training courses that allow engineers to enhance their expertise and consult industry experts without leaving their offices. The first two online courses