http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ FEA Forums » Tag: CFD - Recent Posts en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:23:51 +0000 http://www.FEA-Forums.com/topic/18#post-23 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:46:05 +0000 admin 23@http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ <p>FLUENT CFD Software from ANSYS Helps F1 Team More Than Double Point Tally</p> <p>SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that ANSYS engineering simulation software assisted the BMW Sauber F1 Team, who has more than double last year's points total in the 2007 Constructors' Championship.</p> <p>Prior to the season, the BMW Sauber F1 Team signed an extended agreement with Fluent Deutschland, a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., to use FLUENT(R) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to run powerful engineering simulations on its new supercomputer -- one of the largest in Europe -- rather than invest in a second wind tunnel. This investment in CFD has allowed the team to run increasingly complex simulations of race car aerodynamics, far quicker than was previously possible. This has enabled the BMW Sauber F1 Team to analyze and implement design changes more quickly, which combined with other advances the team has made, has delivered the team's best performance in the Constructors' Championship to date.</p> <p>"The launch of our latest supercomputer was a decisive reinforcement of our CFD capacity. Unlike other teams, we didn't plan to build a second wind tunnel. Instead, we have used the key relationship commitment with ANSYS to continue to develop and exploit the expanding potential for CFD that high- performance computing gives us," explained Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director. He added that wind tunnel testing will continue as an important design element of their F1 racing car design because of validation of results and other areas of car development.</p> <p>"The big difference with CFD compared to wind tunnels is that you not only get results, but also get an understanding of what goes on. Wind tunnel testing remains important with experimental work and CFD complementing each other," Theissen said.</p> <p>To optimize the performance of the FLUENT CFD software, the BMW Sauber F1 Team invested in a custom-built supercomputer called "Albert2," the successor to its original Albert supercomputer developed in 2004. Powered by 512 Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5160 dual core processors, Albert(2) is 5.5 times more powerful and three times faster than the first Albert computer. Albert2 was specifically designed and built to run CFD simulations using the latest version of FLUENT software. It has the capacity to make 12,288,000,000,000 calculations per second, which highlights the staggering pace of advance in the potential power available to perform CFD simulations. Theoretically, the BMW Sauber F1 Team could run simulations approaching and even exceeding the landmark figure of 1 billion cells. When FLUENT became the first CFD software tool to be used in F1 -- by the Benetton team of 1992 -- simulations of only 100,000 cells were possible, such as the analysis of a front wing. The possibility of FLUENT meshes of 1 billion cells or more demonstrates how the continued partnership between the BMW Sauber F1 Team and ANSYS is proving critical to driving CFD development and making the technology ever-more important in the design process.</p> <p>"Working together with the BMW Sauber F1 Team, we are exploring how maximum benefit can be yielded in aerodynamic design," said Ferit Boysan, vice president and general manager at ANSYS, Inc. "Relationships such as this are genuinely pioneering the engineering simulation possibilities of the future, and they could well have implications far beyond F1 racing. We are working at the leading edge of the technology, with the exciting thing being that we don't even know what the limits are yet."</p> <p>Computer-aided engineering and CFD simulations can be applied to many areas of the racing car, allowing team engineers to quickly and accurately test a number of design candidates before developing only the most promising for wind tunnel testing. The new compute power offered by the Albert2 supercomputer allows full-car simulations in addition to the aerodynamic testing of components such as the front and rear wings, turning vanes, brake ducts, fuel tanks and more.</p> <p>For downloadable, high-resolution images, visit <a href="http://www.ansys.com/newsimages" rel="nofollow">http://www.ansys.com/newsimages</a>.</p> <p>About the BMW Sauber F1 Team</p> <p>The BMW Sauber F1 Team is a Formula One racing team with bases in Munich, Germany and Hinwil, Switzerland. The team came into existence on January 1st 2006 following the purchase of a majority share of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW. For its first season in 2006, the team scored two podium finishes and placed fifth in the Constructors' Championship. The BMW Sauber F1 Team continues to use the facilities in Hinwil, mostly for chassis construction and improving aerodynamics, while BMW's headquarters in Munich is responsible for designing and building the entire powertrain and electronics. The BMW Sauber F1 Team has been using the FLUENT software tool from ANSYS, Inc. for its racing car design and development since 2001.</p> <p>About ANSYS, Inc.</p> <p>ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company and its global network of channel partners provide sales, support and training for customers. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., with more than 40 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ approximately 1,400 people and distribute ANSYS products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries. Visit <a href="http://www.ansys.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ansys.com</a> for more information.</p> <p>ANSYS, ANSYS Workbench, AUTODYN, CFX, FLUENT and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other brand, product, service and feature names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.</p> <p>SOURCE ANSYS, Inc.</p> <p>CONTACT: Media, Kelly Wall, +1-724-514-3076, <a href="mailto:kelly.wall@ansys.com">kelly.wall@ansys.com</a>, or Maria Shields, +1-724-514-3077, <a href="mailto:maria.shields@ansys.com">maria.shields@ansys.com</a>, both of ANSYS, Inc. </p> http://www.FEA-Forums.com/topic/9#post-14 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:33:32 +0000 admin 14@http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ <p>MSC.Software ENTERS the COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) marketspace with the acquisition of Pioneer Solutions, Inc.</p> <p>SimEnterprise Multidiscipline Enterprise Simulation Expanded to Include CFD </p> <p>SANTA ANA, Calif. – August 7, 2007 - MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, today announced the acquisition of pioneerSOLUTIONS, Inc. Through this acquisition and the SimEnterprise open SOA, MSC.Software is able to deliver to its customers, an all-inclusive platform for multidiscipline simulation including fluids, structures, thermal, acoustics, motion and mechatronics. Through its Open CFD approach MSC.Software is now positioned to be the first company to deliver an all-in-one common user environment through the SimEnterprise simulation platform that covers fluids applications such as fluid flow, heat transfer, aerodynamics, climate control, chemical mixing, and fluid structures interaction (FSI).</p> <p>“MSC.Software is pleased to announce this strategic acquisition as we enter the CFD marketplace with our Open CFD solution,” said Bill Weyand, chief executive officer for MSC.Software. “Today there are over 40 CFD solver tools in the market, creating separate models for CFD. This is an outdated and costly approach. Customers want to be able to work with CFD in a single, multidiscipline environment, with a common and consistent work environment across all the disciplines, enabling them to drive innovative products to market faster.”</p> <p>“We are very excited to join the MSC.Software team and committed to bring pioneerSOLUTIONS’ passion for simulation based design and abstract modeling to the SimEnterprise products,” said Bruce Webster, founder and CEO of pioneerSOLUTIONS. “FluidConnection, our innovative OpenCFD product, fits perfectly into MSC.Software’s SimEnterprise strategy complementing its simulation based design paradigm with abstract modeling for CFD. This combination will not only extend SimEnterprise to be CFD compliant, but will do so in ways that MSC.Software’s customers will have unprecedented ease of use, reuse, flexibility and choice. This acquisition is a win/win for us, our customers and the CAE/PLM community at large.”</p> <p> “The acquisition of pioneerSOLUTIONS by MSC.Software is great news,” said Jose Nazario, Senior Technical Specialist, John Deere. “We have successfully used FluidConnection for years to automate our development process and CFD simulations. FluidConnection becoming integrated into the advanced SimEnterprise environment will open a variety of multi-disciplinary solutions important to reliably predict our products’ performance for different environments. We look forward to the extended capabilities of FluidConnection and SimEnterprise.”</p> <p> “Realizing a revolutionary idea like our Magenn Air Rotor System (MARS) family of lighter-than-air wind turbines represents many challenges” explains Mac Brown, CEO of Magenn Power Inc. “Through the employment of FluidConnection for CFD analysis, one reusable Abstract Model allows us to very efficiently and economically investigate the performance of various design alternatives and turbine sizes. A combination of FluidConnection and SimEnterprise will enable advanced multidiscipline simulations for comprehensive virtual tests.”</p> <p>This best in class approach to CFD breaks the commonly used approach of disconnected one-off CFD analysis and leverages SimXpert and SimEnterprise investments of common data model, common user environment, knowledge capture and re-use, and multidiscipline enabled solutions. Pioneer’s FluidConnection, already proven in major automotive, commercial and heavy machinery applications and recognized as a best practice by industry leaders, is deliverable now in SimEnterprise, and as a SimXpert workspace in early 2008.</p> <p> “MSC.Software continues its leadership role in enterprise simulation by making strategic acquisitions, such as this one, and providing a CFD simulation environment that works with multiple industry-preferred commercial and custom CFD solvers through an open CFD approach,” said Frank Kovacs, vice president, strategy &#38; business development. “Combination of MSC and pioneerSOLUTIONS technology and talents will provide the market with a compelling integrated platform for true multidisciplinary simulation.”</p> <p>About MSC.Software Corporation<br /> MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions, that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit <a href="http://www.mscsoftware.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mscsoftware.com</a> .</p> <p>About pioneerSOLUTIONS<br /> pioneerSOLUTIONS' business activities consist of software tools and services that accelerate the product development processes of manufacturing companies. With the introduction of Simulation Based Design principles enabling early and repeated virtual tests through automated procedures, our products and services have demonstrated the ability to make our customers’ development processes significantly more efficient. pioneerSOLUTIONS' offerings address fast growing customer needs to save development costs and significantly reduce risk and time to market. The added benefit of automatically capturing valuable engineering know-how facilitates re-use of best practices. For more information, visit the pioneerSOLUTIONS web site at <a href="http://pioneersol.com" rel="nofollow">http://pioneersol.com</a>.</p> <p>For more information about John Deere, visit <a href="http://johndeere.com" rel="nofollow">http://johndeere.com</a>.</p> <p>For more information about Magenn Power Inc., visit <a href="http://www.magenn.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.magenn.com/index.php</a>. </p>