This major release offers turnkey aerodynamic and aero acoustic simulations in and around moving objects as found in aerospace and automotive industry for the control of aerodynamically generated noise. The CAA software is a development by TNO in The Netherlands and will be presented at the TNO Booth during the Paris Airshow (20 - 25 June 2003).

The novel workflow manager of the SWIFT software integrates meshing, CFD simulations, CAA simulations and visualisation in a very user-friendly way. This saves significant processing time by preventing unnecessary data exchange and mesh generation cycles.

AVL offers an advanced analysis toolchain for VTMS from 1D to high-end 3D CFD solutions - AVL FIRE and AVL SWIFT. Therefore all the following issues can be addressed and will be discussed at the conference on July 30th, 2003 in Plymouth, Michigan:

• Complete integrated VTMS toolchains
• Engine performance and heat rejection
• Exhaust gas after-treatment
• Passenger comfort, de-icing and de-fogging
• Optimization techniques

CFdesign earned the “Certified Select” status within the Solid Edge Voyager Program by delivering the highest level of integrated solution to meet the diverse needs of designers engaged in the development of mechanical and electronics products.

With this certification, CFdesign reaffirms the on-going partnership with Solid Edge to provide an integrated solution for creating, capturing and sharing digital knowledge.

“Our corporate mission has always been to empower product development teams with a CFD tool that is driven by leading MCAD systems, reducing development costs and timelines of more innovative products,” stated Blue Ridge Numerics vice president of marketing, Jim Spann. “Solid Edge Version 14 is clearly a leading MCAD system and we continue to see increasing demand among the Solid Edge community for an integrated CFD solution. The Certified Select status is an important statement of commitment to a common vision shared by our companies and customers.”

In an extensive array of industry-standard benchmarks such as SPEC®, STREAM Triad and Linpack, as well as on real-world scientific and engineering applications, the SGI Altix 3000 family bested similarly configured systems from IBM, HP and Sun--in some cases delivering more than two times the performance over the nearest competitor.

Real-world tests running applications from major technical compute markets included those in computational chemistry, biosciences, environmental modeling, and computational fluid dynamics.

Of particular interest to CFD Review readers will be the STAR-CD application benchmark.

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a crucial tool for the Center, which works closely with the diesel engine industry and requires increasingly accurate ways to measure fluid flow to improve performance and reduce emissions. There are twenty CFD engineers working at VTT Processes on various applications, many of whom use the powerful CFD solver, STAR-CD from the CD adapco Group.