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ANSYS Discovery Live: Geometry & Simulation of Stent Design

Biomedical engineers design stents to open or prevent blockages in arteries. They must consider and optimize a number of design parameters to ensure a stent has the flexibility to withstand localized forces, and the structural integrity to retain its artery-opening shape. Watch video of Ansys Discovery Live being used for geometry and simulation of stent designs.

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Exploring Life Sciences in the Cloud

Opin Kerfi‘s HPC resources and UberCloud’s HPC software container for Abaqus provided the compute power and environment needed to reduce the simulation time and allowed a large number of iterations to be run in order to get the optimal design and accurate device placement.

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How University of Washington is Developing a Novel Medical Device with OnScale Simulation

This “stress-testing” has paid off, and the team obtained an extremely reliable numerical model with which they can rapidly test new ideas, explore elastic wave physics, and validate experimental results.

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How Verathon Used OnScale to Cut Their Simulation Time by 80%

Verathon is expecting their newest devices to be ready within a 2 month time frame, as opposed to the industry standard 18 month cycle.

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Application of Pointwise T-Rex Meshing and CFD Modeling to the Analysis of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (S-CO2) Power Cycles

This case study demonstrates how Pointwise, by greatly simplifying and speeding up the meshing process was critical to the successful modeling of an S-CO2 compressor test bed system.

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Simulation Software & 3D Printers Make Better Copper Coils

3D printing is a hot topic now as it broadens possibilities for on-demand and customized products, even with complex geometries. It eliminates the need for welding, soldering, bending and similar steps in coil design as 3D printers build the object in one piece and in the exact shape as drawn in CAD.

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Creating Intuitive Software to Enhance Physical Product Offerings at Hyde Marine

Most Tesla car owners would agree that over-the-air updates are their favorite feature. The car gets better with time as software updates improve the driver’s experience. Hyde Marine has applied this principle to their products by using EASA to create highly intuitive, fit-for-purpose apps that enhance their customers’ experience.

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Expanded MDO for Effectiveness Based Design Technologies: The EXPEDITE Program and Successes with ESTECO Technologies

Research conducted in parallel with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Expanded Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) for Effectiveness Based Design Technologies (EXPEDITE) program is presented. Special consideration is given to detailing the design, components, and execution of a modern aircraft conceptual MDO process within the ESTECO modeFRONTIER® and VOLTA® software products.

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‘A CASE OF SUCCESS: MDO APPLIED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRAER 175 ENHANCED WINGTIP’

This paper presents the roadmap for the development of the new wingtip for the EMBRAER 175 aircraft, and how MultiDisciplinary Optimization (MDO) was applied on its definition and design.

Virtual Coffee Break Series: Part 23

Fast and Cost-Effective Compressor Map Generation using Cloud-Based CFD

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 22

TotalSim US: Truck Add-on Predictor

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 21

Virtual Testing of Severe Service Control Valve with Autodesk CFD in the AWS Cloud

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 20

Afton Chemical Corporation: Fluid Performance

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 19

Coupling in-house Finite Element code with Ansys Fluent

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RevSim Coffee Break Series: Part 18

HPC Case Study: Clippard Instrument Laboratory had a proportional valve that was not delivering consistent performance. See how Democratizing HPC was able to help.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 17

HPC Case Study: North Sea Asset Life Extension – Assessing Impacts on Helicopter Operations.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 16

ANSOL, a small engineering company, was in need of big computing power to perform complex simulations.  Democratizing HPC makes High Performance Computing available to all regardless of size or budget.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 15

Case Study: Gas Liquid Two-Phase Flow Application – Evaluation of gas rate due to liquid flow in energy plant liquid storage facility

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break: Part 14

Developing efficient processes to gain critical information to test aerodynamics and analyze racing behavior on various tracks keeps NASCAR ahead of the curve.

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Big Wave Surfboard Optimization Using Pointwise and CRUNCH CFD

To the elite big wave surfer, extra speed and stability are crucial parameters of the surfboard design that allow them to catch that monster wave, ride it….and ultimately survive it!

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Pointwise and the Evolution of Faster, Easier, More Reliable Automated Meshing

Generating high-quality automated meshes for CFD analysis is difficult for three reasons: the geometry models upon which the mesh is built are complex, the mesh has numerous quality constraints, and it must resolve flowfield features that are unknown at the time the mesh is created.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break: Part 13

Case Study – CFD Analysis of a V6 Intake Manifold with STAR-CCM+

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 12

Case Study – Pallet Design

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 11

Case Study – Dielectric Heating of an Insulated Block

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 10

Rev-Sim Coffee Break Webinar Series. HPC (High Performance Computing) Part 10: Data Classification

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Torso Model Generation for Simulating Pacemaker Performance

Synopsys helps MicroPort reduce reliance on animal testing.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Web Series: Part 9

Rev-Sim Coffee Break Webinar Series. HPC (High Performance Computing) Part 9: Radial Fan CFD Simulation

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Welding Simulation

Democratizing HPC – Part 8: Welding Simulation

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break: Part 7

CFD Modeling of ABB Transformers

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break: Part 6

Democratizing HPC. Ohio Supercomputer Case Study: Aircraft Design

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break: Part 5

Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series:  Democratizing High Performance Computing – Air Bag Simulation with ANSYS LS-DYNA

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 4 – Greenlight Optics

A RevSim virtual coffee break short video featuring a Greenlight Optics Case Study.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 3 – ANSYS for Bioreactors

A RevSim virtual coffee break short video highlighting the virtual modeling and simulation of pharmaceutical production tank mixers by ANSYS.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Series: Part 2 – BWAY Buckets

Case study showcasing the democratization of HPC services and resources for everyday business purposes.

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Rev-Sim Coffee Break Webinar Series. Part 1: Introduction

Rev-Sim Coffee Break Webinar Series.  HPC (High Performance Computing) Part 1: Series Introduction

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Shaping up to Hover and Fly

A case study highlighting how the Italian Aerospace Research Centre uses Optimus to explore innovative tiltrotor aerodynamic design concepts.

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Improving Blood Circulation

Optimus identifies best shape for patient-specific coronary stents

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Taking Wing

Optimus helped Fuji Heavy Industries realize 1.2% reduction in aircraft takeoff weight

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Sliding to the Faster Finish

A case study on aerodynamics optimization of a bobsled.

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Glanzner Dynamics Reduced Their Need for Physical Prototyping by 90%

Glanzner Dynamics is a small design company based in Einhausen, Germany. They are improving HVAC duct dystem through cloud-based simulation from SimScale.

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Rimac’s Journey Towards Full Vehicle System Simulation

Rimac, a Croatia-based automotive technology powerhouse, needed a more efficient and flexible way to evaluate multi-physics powertrain systems.

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BellaSeno used SimScale to maximize fluid flow through its high-end 3D printed implants Senella®

Success story featuring BellaSeno – a preclinical stage medical device startup aiming to introduce a new generation of absorbable implants for breast reconstruction.

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The Growing Acceptance of CAE

Simulation is being used for lawsuits in court, treating schizophrenia, use in middle school education and in deep learning.

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Deep Learning for Fluid Flow Prediction in the Cloud

UberCloud project #211 on Deep Learning for Fluid Flow Prediction in the Advania Cloud has been performed solely for educational purposes, for our wider engineering community.

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Ninth Graders Tap HPC in the Cloud to Design Flying Boats

9th-grade students in Norway designed flying boats in ANSYS Discovery Live, 3D-printed them, and ‘crowned’ their 3-month tech course with a final competition for the best flying boat.

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HPC in Personalized Non-invasive Clinical Treatment of Schizophrenia and Parkinson’s

India’s National Institute of Health was able for schizophrenia to replace highly risky brain-invasive operations with an innovative technique of non-invasive low-risk treatment based on CAE.

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Paving the Way for Rapid Simulation Results

Material Transfer Vehicle (MTV) manufacturer, Astec Industries, finds smooth roads with ANSYS.

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Rossignol has a team of engineers that work with skiers, designers and others to create new products. Of course, time to market is critical for them in terms of the ski season.

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Simulation Sheds Light on Building Dispute

PBBL Law Offices in Las Vegas/Orlando approached UberCloud and Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics asking for HPC support in a lawsuit dealing with a twin tower residential condominium.

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Fit for Purpose App at ZF & TRW Automotive

Learn how a Pitman Arm Smart Generator process was reduced from 2 weeks down to only a few hours with a fit for purpose app.

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Zhongli Corporation

Automotive supplier, Zhongli Corporation,  sought to improve time to market by leveraging simulation more broadly.

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Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries

One of the world’s leading heavy equipment manufacturers, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) was in need of tools to improve communication and simulation.

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Implementing Rules-Based Simulation Automation for Democratizing Automotive Wheel Design

CAE Engineers Tim Hood and Jeromy Elder present the Goal, Challenges and Successes of Democratizing Simulation at Superior Industries.

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Wind ITO Fulfillment Center: Capturing Proprietary Processes for Wind Farm Siting Analysis

Democratizing Simulation at General Electric Global and General Electric Renewables wind farm engineering.

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Analysis Template Development at NASA Langley

Achieving safe, robust, and feasible Democratization at NASA Langley Research Center.

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GKN Driveline: Propshaft Analysis

Implementing and leveraging Democratized Simulation at GKN Driveline delivers big results.

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Semiconductor Optimization at First Solar Achieved through Democratization

By using high performance computing to process these large data models, First Solar is able to continue innovating in advanced technologies that lower electric costs, increase energy yield and provide stable and reliable grid integration. Through First Solar’s research and development, their large-scale solar farms can deliver energy to utilities at prices that are lower than fossil fuels.

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Democratization at Jeco Plastic Products Lands New Opportunities

Jeco Plastic Products is a small custom-mold manufacturer of high-tolerance products with a customer base that includes large U.S. and
international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the automotive, aerospace, printing and defense industries. When faced with a very difficult situation in its ability to quickly change a product design for a major large German automotive OEM, Jeco needed to upgrade its modeling and simulation from tedious physical testing to a quicker, HPC-based strategy.

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NASCAR Models Aerodynamics to Boost Safety and Performance

Drive a car not originally built for racing around an oval track at 200 mph for a couple hours and you begin to understand why stock car drivers want the latest and greatest information on how their car will handle in close traffic on a banked curve. Traditionally, engineers in NASCAR relied on wind-tunnel and track testing. But in recent
years, NASCAR began looking for an alternative.

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Clippard Avoids Manufacturing Process Defect with Democratization

Clippard Instrument Laboratory, a community-oriented company near Cincinnati, specializes in miniature pneumatics. So, when the team encountered a proportional valve that was not delivering consistent performance, they knew they needed to take a closer look at the valve components and design.

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Rapid Concept Engineering at The Aerospace Corp.

In this article, published in 2012 as an MSC Partner Showcase, Don Tolle, now at CIMdata, describes how Comet’s Intelligent Templates are used at the Aerospace Corp., to rapidly perform STOP (integrated Structural/Thermal/Optics) analysis using the platform’s Abstract Modeling techniques.

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GDLS Achieves Early Simulation using Simulation Automation Platform

In this 2008 case study whitepaper, Bruce Jenkins interviews senior engineer Mike Patterson at General Dynamics Land Systems, about their use of the Comet simulation automation and Abstract Modeling technology to bring simulation upfront.

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AAM Sees Dramatic Productivity Gains

In this 2014 case study whitepaper, Bruce Jenkins of Ora Research interviewed the engineering team at AAM about their use of the simulation automation platform from Comet Solutions and the ROI they have measured.

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Numerous Democratization Success Stories at CAASE18

CAASE18 (the Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering) will showcase 22 presentations, workshops and discussions all focused on democratization.

Democratization & Enterprise Wide Deployment at Pfizer

A major limitation of most modeling and simulation tools is that only subject matter experts can use them. Pfizer has overcome this limitation by using EASA’s patented “application” technology to create a proprietary “app store” of intuitive web apps that drive a wide variety of models created with tools such as gPROMS, Aspen Plus, DynoChem, Fluent, and MATLAB, as well as in-house codes and scripts. These web apps incorporate both expertise and comprehensive error checks, enabling users who are not familiar with the underlying modeling tools to safely use them.

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Simplifying CAE with Automation & Embedded Expert Knowledge at Air International Thermal Systems

Air International reduces design lifecycles while putting simulation technology into more hands by creating custom, task-specific applications simplifying the use of many of its powerful computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools.

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Modernized GUI-Driven Apps at Monsanto

Monsanto extends the life of legacy applications, replacing ancient text based interfaces with modernized GUI driven EASA apps.

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Democratization of CAE at P&G

Proctor & Gamble democratizes simulation to a much broader user community, creating easy to use but intelligent apps to drive complex multi-step, multi-software workflows.

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Cloud Infrastructure Enables Easy & Fast Simulations in Shipbuilding

In this user success story, readers will find an UberCloud Experiment on a CFD Study of the Maneuverability of a KRISO Container Ship Model in the Cloud. This case study highlights how cloud infrastructure enabled easy and fast simulations, accessible with one click through the browser-based GUI, resulting in a dramatic increase in the engineer’s productivity and the ability of focus on the simulation experiment at hand.

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When fast isn’t fast enough

If you would get access to the heart of development at a top Formula 1 team, chances are high that you would find they simulate their vehicle-handling behavior using Modelica models. Dymola and the Vehicle Dynamics Library (VDL) are the de-facto standards for simulating car handling in the premiere motorsports leagues.

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Democratization Success Stories to be Presented at CAASE18

On June 5-7, more than 500 individuals will gather in Cleveland for the 2018 Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering. At CAASE18, numerous customer success stories covering democratization and simulation governance will be presented.

Cross Tidal Kites to Harvest Ocean Energy

Ocean Energy Tamed by Modelon. Modelica based system simulation is the key enabler for product innovation.

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ROI of 300% After Discovering CAE

Design and Innovation Solutions O&G CaseHow does one company undertake the herculean challenge of testing a product in a working environment 500m underground and submerged under water? By discovering and leveraging cloud-based CAE for CFD simulations, of course. Learn how Design and Innovation Solutions was able to understand the behavior of the system at play and what decisions were made to have the best design.

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SimScale

Accessibility at BWAY Corp.

Forrest Burney describes the success he experienced with the adoption of cloud-accessible simulation apps and the ROI realized at BWAY Corp.

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Comet Solutions

Highly Usable Apps at Intel

Zack Eckblad shares his views on the importance of usability, highly-usable simulation apps, speaking the language of the user for non-experts at Intel.

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Comet Solutions

Expert Knowledge Capture & Reuse at American-Axle & NASA

Ravi Desi (American-Axle Manufacturing) and Tory Scola (NASA Langley) discuss the importance of knowledge capture & reuse and why companies need to embrace targeted, solution-focused simulation apps to gain measurable improvements in innovation, development time, and related product quality.

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Comet Solutions

Democratizing CAE at GKN Driveline

Hear from Glenn Valine on his efforts to democratize CAE at GKN Driveline. Lessons learned include: How to make SPDM & Democratization a part of the approach to augment simulation opportunities, identify the new and important role for the engineer analyst, prepare for organizational change, and more.

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Comet Solutions

BWAY Teams up with Kinetic Vision, Comet Solutions to Improve Product Testing

BWAY found the solution through simulation applications, SimApps, that automate analyses for various American and Asian manufacturing companies.

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Comet Solutions

Engineering Firm Converts Welding Simulator to Manufacturing App

Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Emc²) and its partners developed a cloud-based tool called Virtual Fabrication Technology (VFT) that simulates welding processes employed in the manufacture of metallic products.

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Greenlight Optics Simulation Reduces Manufacturing Time

Greenlight sought to improve molding processes for plastic optics that were traditionally made of glass.

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GE: Producing a Custom Proposal Generation Tool with Process Knowledge Reuse

With EASA, GE was able to create and deploy a substantially simplified and streamlined “CPQ” (Configure, Price, Quote) method in the form of a custom web app with embedded expertise, coupled to a variety of underlying tools.

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Intel: Democratization of Simulation at Work

Comet Solutions has enabled Intel to automate very complex analysis tasks enabling significant (months to days) reduction in time-to-decision for product design teams.

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