Virtual Crash Test Dummies: A Data Management Test

Using its SLM tool to automate and manage huge data sources, SIMULIA accelerates the qualification process for its Abaqus FEA crash test dummy models from weeks to days.

Physical crash dummies may have dozens of sensors and other sophisticated mechanical parts, but their digital brethren can be just as complicated. With more than 100,000 elements and dozens of validation tests to manage, companies delivering the complex FEA simulation models that lie at the heart of the virtual crash test dummies are starting to leverage a new type of software platform to facilitate the process.

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QinetiQ’s Zephyr solar powered unmanned aircraft soars to new world records

QinetiQ today (14:40 UK time on Friday 16 July) announced that Zephyr, the leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) has been flying for the past week, smashing a number of long-standing world records.

Currently flying high above the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Zephyr has already passed the seven day / 168 hour mark and the clock is still running. This DOUBLES the unofficial world record for longest duration unmanned flight of 82 hours, 37 minutes set in 2008 and already held by Zephyr, and is well in excess of the current official world record of 30 hours 24 minutes set by Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk on 22 March 2001.

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Vibration-powered Generators Replace AA, AAA Batteries

Brother Industries Ltd developed small vibration-powered generators that can replace AA and AAA batteries. For example, when the generator, which the company calls "Vibration-powered Generating Battery" is set inside a remote control, it is possible to use the remote by shaking it to generate power.

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Cloud Computing for the PLM Industry

Microsoft and Siemens PLM Software have partnered to create the project lifecycle management (PLM) industry’s first cloud computing-based quality management solution.

The project will use the Microsoft Windows Azure platform cloud computer services to run Siemens PLM Software’s Dimensional Planning and Validation (DPV) application.

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YUDO selects Moldex3D for design verification and optimization of hot runner system

CoreTech System (Moldex3D) Co., Ltd., the world leading true 3D injection molding simulation innovator, announced that YUDO Co., Ltd., one of the world’s largest suppliers of hot runner systems, has selected Moldex3D software to meet globally growing demand for technologically advanced engineering analysis solutions.

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Intergraph Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Hexagon AB

Intergraph announced that it will be acquired by Hexagon AB for an enterprise value of $2.125 billion.  Hexagon is a leading global provider of precision measurement technology systems.  Hexagon was founded in 1992, is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and is publicly traded on the Nordic exchange (ticker “HEXAB”) with a secondary listing on the Swiss Exchange (ticker “HEXN”).  The transaction combines a leading global measurement hardware company with a leading global process engineering and geospatial software company to create a unique and differentiated technology business in the marketplace.

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R&DE picks Abaqus FEA software for composites work

Dassault Systèmes (DS, Paris, France and Providence, R.I., USA) announced that Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) (R&DE (E), Pune, India) has selected Abaqus Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software from SIMULIA to meet its virtual testing requirements. R&DE (E) is an engineering group working with metal and composite materials to drive innovation in structural and mechanical systems through research, collaboration, and the use of state of the art technology.

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Mitsubishi Motors Selects Siemens PLM Software Technology to Improve Productivity and Efficiency

Siemens PLM Software announced that leading global automobile manufacturer Mitsubishi Motor Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) selected Teamcenter® software to integrate management of CAE and CAD data to optimize simulation analysis and streamline data.

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Firehole Technologies releases CompositePro Version 4.0

 Firehole Technologies, Inc, a developer of analysis software for composite materials, announces the immediate availability of Helius:CompositePro™ Version 4.0. Previously available as CompositePro, the widely acclaimed desktop software package was acquired by Firehole from Peak Composites in 2009.

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Altair adds Moldex3D by CoreTech System to its HyperWorks Enabled Community

Altair adds Moldex3D by CoreTech System to its HyperWorks Enabled Community. Leading Injection Molding Simulation Solution Expands the Program’s Technology Offering

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