Different aspects of CFD are considered in their research and the one of a kind report covers all CFD fields and tries to represent a world wide picture of the CFD market. Eldanel has subsequently made the report available and an introduction [pdf file] to the report is available for free.

Eldanel has found that many different professional groups are interested in the research, so they are planning to continue to conduct analytical research of the CFD market.

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The one day symposium brings 25 technical experts from the top CAE application development teams, keynote speakers from HP and Visteon Climate Systems, and over 300 engineers and managers to discuss current trends in engineering simulation. There is no cost for this event, but seating is limited -- so register online today!

The Institute of Safety Research at the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (FZR) focuses on safety assessments in nuclear plant and the chemical process industry. In this field, most of the passive safety components rely on natural convection to remove heat, and often involve large heat fluxes and boiling flows. We chose CFX-4 to help us in studying these flows because of its open interface that allows us easily to add our own models when required.

Before deciding on CFX-4, we undertook a number of validation projects. An example was the simulation of a scaled emergency condenser (NOKO) constructed in the laboratory of Forschungszentrum Jülich. We modelled the heat transfer from heated tubes in the primary circuit to the pool in the secondary circuit, accounting for the transient and laminar flow in the pool. CFX-4's calculation of the temperature stratification and the development of the plume were in good agreement with the experimental results.

Please email me or reply there if you have any comments or suggestions. Anyway I am starting with developming software based on that method (user friendly, for windows, for educational purposes) so if you have any comments, suggestions - email me. "

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“Tim will play a leading role in driving the development of the organisation as it strives to reach its strategic objectives of greater internationalisation and wider technology support through revised products and membership opportunities” said Dr Paul Newton, Managing Director of NAFEMS.

Tim brings extensive experience of many different aspects of the implementation of engineering analysis techniques. Over the past fifteen years, he has been involved in a variety of roles involving sales and marketing, technical support, training, consulting work and general management.

Support for 32-bit and 64-bit operation

But many CFD applications (grid generation, for instance) will be fine running in 32-bit address space for some time to come. This is where the Opteron shines because it can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications natively, whereas the Intel 64-bit processor (the Itanium) uses an emulation layer to run 32-bit applications. The result is good CPU performance in both modes.