One of the more common techniques for accelerating designs and avoiding unexpected design problems involves software tools. For energy harvesting (EH) applications, Mentor Graphics on-line modeling and simulation platform called SystemVision, a cloud-based design system, provides component/system suppliers and users the basis for a new EH design tool. Since many designers are intrigued by the […]

At Sensors Expo 2013, Darrell Teagarden, business unit director for systems Modeling & Analysis for the Systems-Level Engineering Division of Mentor Graphics explains modeling and simulation for virtual…

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Mentor Graphics couples its tools for component and system-level CFD CFD was once the exclusive realm of analysts with deep theoretical backgrounds and extensive experience. While those analysts still rule the realm, they’re no longer alone. The growth of early (often called “upfront” or “concurrent”) CFD tools has opened the field up to a new…

The Presenters of this On-Demand Webinar discuss how easily you can solve LED’s thermal problems, helping you eliminate critical component temperatures, increase product reliability and ultimately product longevity. You will learn from demonstrations how to optimize your heat sink efficiency, reduce weight and material costs by choosing the right material from a thermal and cost…

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a powerful tool to simulate, analyze, and optimize designs. The leading CFD providers will discuss software features and functionality such as flow features and benefits, solver technology, as well as describe an example of CFD use in the real world. Register below to view the webinar and/or the pdf of…

By Dr. Ivo Weinhold, Product Marketing Manager, Mentor Graphics, Mechanical Analysis Division, Wilsonville, OR Reprint Info>> Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation has long had the reputation of being too difficult, slow, and expensive to be performed as part of the mainstream design process. That may have been true 10 years ago, but CFD has changed…

The upgraded software features enhancements in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) model creation, solution performance, and results visualization. According to Mentor Graphics, these improvements will help users who build environments, data centers, and clean rooms to quickly set up build scenarios and accurately analyze them for proper cooling, heating, contamination control, and ventilation. The result…

Step-by-step directions guide designers through the use of new technology for engineering fluid dynamics. Engineering fluid dynamics (floEFD) meshing technology detects fluid regions within a CAD model and automatically meshes them. floEFD uses an octree mesh. To refine the mesh, isotropic splitting is used. This effort results in eight identical smaller cells. A cut-cell treatment…