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• Keynote Speakers Announced for Open Source CFD International Conference 2013

  The Open Source CFD International Conference is pleased to confirm Mr. Jon Gunner from Koenigsegg Automotive AB, and Prof. Eric Paterson from Virginia Tech, as their Keynote Speakers at this year's conference in Hamburg. Jon Gunner, Technical Director at Koenigsegg has been confirmed as the opening Industrial Keynote Speaker on Thursday, 24th more

  13 May 2013

• Dassault Systèmes Acquires FE-DESIGN

  Powering Up the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform to Automate Structural and Fluid Optimization Dassault Systèmes , the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the acquisition of FE-DESIGN Group, a leader in design optimization more

  25 April 2013

• LMS Introduces LMS SoundBrush

  The First Technology Ever to Visualise Sound Fields in 3D While Measuring Leuven, Belgium – LMS International announces the introduction of LMS SoundBrush, its new and patented acoustic troubleshooting solution. LMS SoundBrush is a revolutionary, easy-to-use and complete tool that enables engineers to map sound propagation around an more

  15 April 2013

• IDAJ Acquires a Controlling Stake in ICON Technology & Process Consulting

  IDAJ and ICON, two of the world's leading independent service providers and system integrators of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) processes, are pleased to announce an IDAJ investment to become the majority shareholder in ICON. Thenews follows on from the earlier announcement in October 2012 which signalled the plan for IDAJ to become Far more

  14 March 2013

• Altair Announces Release of HyperWorks 12.0

  Altair today announced the release of HyperWorks 12.0, the most comprehensive computer-aided engineering platform in the PLM market. HyperWorks 12.0 offers new functionalities and end-user productivity advancements in product optimization, finite element modeling, multiphysics analysis, powertrain durability analysis, lightweight design and more

  6 March 2013

• Demand intensifies for Stress Engineers

  Research carried out by Global StressEngineers – www.globalstressengineers.info in the last three months has shown ongoing deterioration in the ability of companies to hire the stress engineers they need. Projected rises in demand for stress engineering skills is not being met by the supply of engineers into the sector,and is more

  11 February 2013

• Vanderplaats R&D releases GENESIS Version 12.2

  Vanderplaats R&D announces the release of GENESIS and Design Studio for Design Pre/Post-processing (Version 12.2) GENESIS Enhancements: * Tied / Glued Connections * Faster sensitivities calculations * Faster composite optimization * Faster pre-processing of Domain and Freeform shape variables * Faster SMS modal and sparse matrix more

  4 January 2013

• Vanderplaats R&D announces the release of VisualDOC Version 7.1

  Vanderplaats R&D announces the release of VisualDOC Version 7.1, Its Next Generation Multidisciplinary Design, Optimization, and Process Integration Software. VisualDOC 7.1 includes a large number of major and minor changes which are primarily aimed at improving the user-interface, significantly reducing memory usage, and improving the more

  4 January 2013

• Geometric acquires 3Cap Technologies GmbH

  Geometric Limited , a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Global Engineering Services and Outsourced Software Product Development (OSPD) solutions and technologies, today announced that its German subsidiary, Geometric Europe GmbH has acquired 100% stake in 3Cap Technologies GmbH (3Cap), a specialist in electronics engineering, more

  2 January 2013

• Open Source CFD International Conference 2012: Proceedings now available for download

  The 6th Open Source CFD International Conference 2012 took place in the Olympic city of London, UK on the 29th & 30th October. The conference attracted experts from academia and industry who shared the latest research in open source CFD. Industry segments were represented by Oil & Gas, Steelmaking, Automotive, Motorsport, IT, Chemical, more

  6 December 2012

• Flow Science Recipient of Intel's Voyager Award at SC 12

  Flow Science, the developers of FLOW-3D, a highly-accurate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package, has won for the second year in a row, the Intel® Cluster Ready Voyager Award, part of the Intel® Cluster Ready Partner Appreciation Awards at SC 12. The Voyager Awards recognize those organizations more

  14 November 2012

• Siemens Acquires LMS International

  Siemens expands its portfolio of industry software by acquiring LMS International NV (Leuven, Belgium), a leading provider of test and mechatronic simulation for complex products. "The mechatronic simulation will become more and more important for intelligent and competitive product development and more

  13 November 2012