Mobile and Social CFD

• CFD and others… is the new blog of Z.J. Wang, the Wilson Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University.  Z.J. knows what he’s talking about so his is a blog you should follow.  Subscribe or RSS today.
• GLView Express is a free iPad and iPhone app for viewing 3D models and CFD results.
• CD-adapco has an official LinkedIn group.
• upFront.eZine presents this list of CAD-related software for mobile systems running Android.

CFD Jobs

• Pointwise, maker of the Pointwise and Gridgen CFD meshing software, is looking to hire a Technical Support Engineer.
• Flow Science, maker of the FLOW-3D CFD solver, is seeking both a Developer and a Software Engineer.

CFD Applications

• Oak Ridge National Lab engineers spend 60 million processor hours performing a CFD benchmark of internal combustion engines on Jaguar, a Cray XT5 rated at  2.33 petaflops.
• CFD impacts fluid dispensing technology.
• Learn how to model an F-16 in SolidWorks with this new tutorial.
• Honda Performance Development uses CFD to design their CR-Z Racer and other high performance automobiles.

CFD Software Releases

• Exa released PowerFLOW 4.3c with support for Cray’s XE6 supercomputers.
• Dassault Systemes released DraftSight V1R1.3, their free CAD software.
• Siemens PLM Software released NX 8 including updates to the software’s CFD capabilities.
• Symscape released Caedium v3.0 with hybrid modeling and cloud computing.
• CADNexus offers the CAPRI Cart3D Connector, a software bridge between CAD software and the Cart3D CFD software.