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SAE International 2019 World Congress Experience and the Proliferation of Design Optimization

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently hosted their automotive-centric 2019 World Congress Experience (WCX) April 9-11 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. This conference is the premier automotive technology event, providing a platform to acquire critical knowledge as … Continue reading →

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This Week in CFD

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

There are several open positions in the CFD world including one at Pointwise, and that’s not counting internships. We’ve got interesting articles on CAD-embedded CFD (as an example, the image here is from SolidWorks) and numerical algorithms for LES. For … Continue reading →

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This Week in CFD

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

This week’s post demonstrates the broad applicability of CFD with references to pumps, drones, scrubbers, towers, birds (as seen in this image), and more plus a must-see video from NASA. And it must be that time of year to announce … Continue reading →

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CFD in AIAA’s Year in Review

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

CFD and related technology appears throughout the Aerospace America 2017 Year in Review issue. Here are the highlights I found in the order they appear in the magazine. Plus I’ve included a few non-CFD items that caught my eye.

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This Week in CFD

Posted on January 26, 2018 by

This week’s CFD news includes several long-ish but worthy reads on intelligence, exascale, and reading news itself. Plus the usual software and application updates. (This image courtesy of an article on CFD for F1.)

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Webinar: The Influence of Meshing Strategies on Simulation Efficiency

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

Join us for a live webinar on 13 December 2017 at 10:00 a.m. CST (UTC -6) during which we will explore the topic of identifying the best type of mesh to use for the fastest and most reliable CFD simulation. … Continue reading →

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Pointwise Aids Bid to Make World’s Fastest Bike

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

From the 2017 Q3 issue of The Connector: The Human Power Team is comprised of students with a shared goal: to build a highly advanced recumbent bicycle capable of breaking the world record for the fastest human alive. We will … Continue reading →

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