Fan Noise Simulation Using HELYX
Automotive cooling fans are one of the major noise sources within a vehicle and can generate 85dBA at certain frequencies. That’s as loud as a lawn mower or a screaming child. Extended periods above 85dBA can lead to permanent hearing loss. With the average American spending 8.5 hours driving per week, reducing fan noise is […]
Saving Energy and Reducing Faucet Pressure Losses with Continuous Adjoint Optimization
In the United States alone, individuals use an average of 88 gallons of water a day within their home [1]. Delivering that tremendous quantity of water involves a complex system of valves, pumps, and piping systems, each with their own engineer problems to solve. Conservation of potable water and reduction in energy usage to deliver […]
Surface Optimization with Continuous Adjoint
Engineers routinely seek to improve their designs in order to increase a device’s efficiency, reduce energy losses, and increase performance at a new operating point. This is of course when the right driving forces (business or engineering) exist and design improvements are economically feasible. Oftentimes, the methods we use to improve designs rely on the […]
Enhanced Topology Optimization with Multi-Objective Continuous Adjoint
Topology optimization has proven to be an integral tool in the virtual prototyping process within industry. Engineers leveraging next generation optimization methods, such as continuous adjoint, can quickly gain valuable insight needed to enhance their products. Oftentimes, real designs must satisfy multiple objectives e.g. maximizing mass flow while maximizing swirl for an inlet port of […]
CFD Analysis of Vehicle Aerodynamics with ELEMENTS
Analysis of vehicle aerodynamics using CFD can be time consuming and prone to variability without a consistently applied methodology. This on-demand webinar discusses how ELEMENTS can be used to provide more accurate and consistent CFD results when performing vehicle aerodynamics analysis. Within the webinar you will see: