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| Events: Fluent Turbomachinery Seminar
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Posted Thu September 11, 2003 @08:18AM
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Fluent Inc., world leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is partnering with Concepts NREC and Engineous Software to offer a Lunch ’n Learn Seminar on the Design, Analysis and Optimization of Turbomachinery, Tuesday, October 7, from 9 a.m to 3 p.m., in Southfield, MI.
The seminar is an excellent opportunity for designers, analysts and managers to see how off the shelf software from Concepts NREC, Fluent and Engineous can be used to build a complete simulation-based design system for turbomachinery.
The morning session will include a live demonstration of the Agile Engineering Design System, EASy! For Pumps, focused on the design of an automotive water cooling pump.
The demonstration will employ the iSIGHT integration and optimization tool to determine an optimum impeller blade shape and the embedded FLUENT CFD volute module to analyze and optimize the volute geometry. In addition to hydraulics, geometrical constraints and low-cost manufacturing issues will be included in the design exercise. The design approach that will be presented is applicable to all classes of turbomachinery including pumps, fans and turbochargers.
For more information and to register for this free seminar, visit Fluent at http://www.fluent.com/direct/detroitseminar/.
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| Events: First CFX South American Users Conference
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| Business: ACUITIV™ Software and Ascension Technology Form Alliance
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Posted Wed September 10, 2003 @08:19AM
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ACUITIV™ Software, the leading provider of next-generation Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) visualization software, and Ascension Technology Corporation, a leading manufacturer of motion tracking technology, today announced a joint partnership. As part of the agreement, both will participate in joint marketing and sales efforts, as well as complete interoperability testing. With this partnership, users of immersive environments will now benefit from an end-to-end visualization and motion capturing solution set.
As the popularity of immersive environments continues to grow in the automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, and chemical processing industries to better develop, analyze, and collaborate on product designs, ACUITIV Software and Ascension have partnered to offer customers the only combination of products that seamlessly integrates CFD visualization and motion tracking for real-time analysis, interaction, and control. Previously, additional software solutions and complex coding were required to ensure complete interoperability.
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| AMD Releases Opteron 146 and 846 Processors |
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Posted Tue September 09, 2003 @04:15PM
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techman writes "AMD has released and Opteron Model 146 for 1P workstations and Opteron Model 846 for 4- to 8-way-capable servers , both at 2GHz.
The AMD Opteron processor is based on AMD’s eighth-generation processor core, which marked the introduction of AMD64, the industry’s first 64-bit, x86 technology implementation. This technology preserves companies’ investments in 32-bit applications, while allowing a seamless transition to 64-bit computing as those companies require. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance server and workstation solutions for today’s most demanding enterprise applications. The processor is scalable, reliable and compatible, which can result in lower total cost of ownership. Key AMD Opteron processor innovations include an integrated memory controller, which reduces memory bottlenecks, and HyperTransport technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and reducing latency.
Read the press release here: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoo m/0,,51_104_543~74126,00.html"
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| Application: Assessing Wind Power Potential of a Site with CFD
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Posted Tue September 09, 2003 @08:29AM
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By Christiane Montavon,
ANSYS CFX
The power and energy output of a wind turbine is a cubic function of the wind speed. Doubling the wind speed can mean a substantial increase in the energy output, thereby improving the economic viability of an installation. It is vital to assess the wind power potential of a site with as much accuracy as possible, taking into account seasonal as well as year to year variations in the local wind climate.
The standard way to assess the potential of a site is to measure the on-site wind conditions carefully and consistently for at least a year. Since wind conditions can vary significantly from year to year, measurements are usually correlated with measurements taken at a nearby site, for which a longer-term record is available. The measurements at the site of interest are then 'corrected' for the long-term trend.
At the time of assessing the wind energy potential of the site of Mt-Crosin East, Jakob Vollenweider, of the Swiss utility company JUVENT, considered an alternative option. In addition to a short-term measurement campaign, he commissioned a CFD analysis of the wind conditions on the site, which, together with a long-term data set at the meteorological station of Chasseral a few kilometers away, allowed construction of wind potential maps in the area of Mt-Crosin.
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