The two companies also established a collaborative development initiative, which will provide the most versatile and comprehensive simulation capabilities for a wide range of industries, including Automotive, Aerospace, Biomedical, Biodiagnostics, Fuel Cells, Materials, Microfluidics, MEMS, Plasma, and Semiconductor Equipment and Processes.

The transaction was completed on 21 January 2004 and included notably software products together with all intellectual property assets, personnel, and facilities as well as customer base and all related commercial rights.

NikaFS attributes its success to the elegance (ease-of-use and functionality) and robustness of the EFD.Lab software it sells and to the company’s dedication to helping its customers implement CFD analysis successfully.

Additionally, the proceedings are now available from the 3rd International Conference on Marine CFD that was held in London on 6&7 February 2003. The conference was organised on behalf of Riviera Maritime Media Ltd by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Proceedings are available as bound volumes or on CD-ROM priced at £115.00 (£95 if you are a member of RINA)

Invented by Otto Bayer in 1937, Polyurethane (PUR) foam is an extremely common material, especially in our cars (bumpers, dashboards, seats, etc.) and in our homes (as insulating material for walls, pipes and refrigerators). PUR is produced by mixing alcohol and isocyanates. The resulting reaction generates gas bubbles which become trapped in the curing compound.

Pre-formed foam plastics are produced by casting processes, where the reactants are mixed just before they enter the mould. When foaming large structures, the curing process may start while the reactants are still being fed into the form, which can result in poor product quality with undesirable voids. To ensure successful filling, both the filling and foaming processes must therefore be optimized together.

This seminar will touch on various topics within this broad segment, showing how CFD modeling with Fluent can assist manufacturers in improving emissions performance. Topics covered will include exhaust after treatment and evaporative emissions control, including a description of the modeling concept as well as numerous examples.

Researchers, engineers and engineering managers involved in emissions control, engineers new to CFD, and existing FLUENT users interested in expanding their knowledge of FLUENT 6.1 would benefit from this valuable seminar.

For more information and to register for this Lunch ’n Learn, visit the seminar website.

PathScale C, C++ and Fortran 90/95 compilers leverage the AMD Opteron processor's high-performance 64-bit functionality and industry-leading price/performance. Results on real application code and industry standard benchmarks show that the PathScale Compiler Suite offers the highest performance 64-bit compilers for AMD Opteron processor-based Linux servers by a margin of up to 40 percent.