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EMI/EMC Induced Automotive System Failure

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Mention of EMI/EMC-induced automotive system failure in the press last week coincided with one of the bigger technical conferences held annually in Silicon Valley – DesignCon. It was in this conference two years ago that we organized a workshop on chip–package–system simulation methodologies specifically as they pertain to EMI/EMC analysis.

Electromagnetic interference, coupling and susceptibility are complex topics. To predict such an event or occurrence requires design teams separated by organizational boundaries to collaborate effectively “outside” the silos they reside in. An automotive system design company working on the next-generation air-bag control system will be responsible for designing the printed circuit board (PCB) to meet stringent performance, reliability and cost metrics. Its teams typically perform numerous simulations to ensure that the board, by itself, meets the requirements outlined for the team. However, PCBs are passive electrically. They (along with the cables) radiate only when the integrated circuit (IC) that is present on these PCBs performs the necessary operations and generates current flow through the various traces. Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars, Seminars and Events This Week

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Learn ImageTo our friends in China — Happy New Year! To our friends in the U.S. — this week is Valentine’s Day and there’s still time to send flowers or chocolates to your loved ones. To our valued customers and engineers around the world — here’s this weeks list of ANSYS webinars, seminars and events for the week of February 11th.

February 11, 2013 Altium Designer 2013 Definition of Insanity Tour Chicago, Illinois
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February 14, 2013		 Pacific Design & Manufacturing Anaheim, California
February 12, 2013 EMI/EMC Capabilities Online
February 13, 2013 Ask the Expert – Contact Enhancements in ANSYS Mechanical and MAPDL 14.5 Online
February 13, 2013 Altium Designer 2013 Definition of Insanity Tour Atlanta, Georgia
February 13, 2013 Ask the Expert Webinar – Modeling Reacting Flows with ANSYS CFD (Session – 2) Online
February 13, 2013 Virtual Prototyping in Rubber Seal Manufacturing and Testing Online
February 14, 2013 EMI/EMC Capabilities Online
February 14, 2013 ANSYS Lunch & Learn Series: Chip-Package-System Design Methodology Austin, Texas
February 15, 2013 Altium Designer 2013 Definition of Insanity Tour Boston, Massachusetts

ANSYS Webinars Full Descriptions

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Reactions Are Everywhere – Learn About Modeling Reacting Flows

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsOur existence depends on reactions. They are all around us. Driving to work, we convert the hydrocarbon fuel through a combustion reaction into water vapors and carbon dioxide. In the case where you have those fancy hybrids or electric cars, you still need that electrochemical reaction to take place to draw current and run the electric motor.

We breath air. The oxygen in air helps in burning the glucose in our body and provide us with energy. So, be it a very complicated engine or a biological system like humans, reactions are everywhere. Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars, Seminars and Events This Week – Dec 3

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsThis week we have four new ANSYS webinars including a continuation of our Ask the Expert series. From San Jose, California at BIOMED Device to the CSIA-ICCAD 2012 in Beijing, China you’ll also find our experts at events where you can meet and discuss the latest advancements in simulation engineering technology.

Let’s begin with the ANSYS webinars. A reminder – if you miss one of our webinars you can access on-demand recordings via our Resource Library within a few days after the scheduled event.

ANSYS Webinars Ask the Expert Series

Improving Productivity with New Features ANSYS 14.5 for Geometry and Meshing

Wednesday, December 05, 2012
4:00 pm EST, 9:00 pm GMT (REGISTER)

A typical simulation workflow requires reading geometry, cleaning it, creating a closed body, generating mesh and reviewing mesh quality. For having a hex dominant mesh, additional geometry decomposition steps may be required. This process can be tedious.

In ANSYS 14.5, there are host of new features in ANSYS DesignModeler (DM) and ANSYS Meshing (AM) that makes preprocessing faster, more efficient and hence resulting in improved productivity for CFD and Mechanical workflows. These enhancements include support of newer CAD releases, usability for DM and AM, improved performance while dealing with large sized CAD geometry and hex dominant mesh in AM. Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars, Events and Seminars This Week – Nov 5

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsEach Monday, we like to give you a quick snapshot of the ANSYS webinars, seminars and other events of interest that are scheduled for the coming week. Today, I’d also like to take a moment to remind you that if you have missed any of our past webinars, you can find recordings in our Resource Library.

Here’s just a quick look at a few of the ANSYS webinars on tap this week. The full calendar is at the end of this post.

ANSYS Webinars – Including our Ask the Expert Series

Predicting Boiling Heat Transfer in IC Engine Cooling Jackets with ANSYS Fluent

Wednesday, November 07, 2012
4:00 pm EST, 9:00pm GMT (REGISTER)

There has been a change in the thermal management of IC engines where engineers now like to harness the superior cooling rates available when limited and controlled Nucleate Boiling is used to remove heat from high temperature zones. Any flaws in the design of such systems, such as uncontrolled heat transfer that leads to Film Boiling (Dry out condition), can have an adverse effect on the cooling performance. A detailed boiling heat transfer model for this design process would allow engineers not only to weed out flawed coolant passages early, but also to accurately predict the temperature for subsequent analysis like thermal stress analysis in solid, IC engine combustion analysis etc. Continue reading →

ANSYS Webinars and Events This Week – Sept 3

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image of Learning text on a keyboard ANSYS Webinars and EventsSeptember has arrived and in the US with the Labor Day picnics well under way and students are back on campus. Why not get your plan for for learning in order as well. ANSYS webinars and events are the perfect way to boost your knowledge and expertise in simulation engineering. Let’s get started with our list of this weeks opportunities!

ANSYS Webinars, Seminars and Events This Week

Curious About Making User Defined Functions in ANSYS Fluent?

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
9:00 am EDT, 1:00 pm GMT (REGISTER HERE)

ANSYS Fluent is a general CFD solver. To make it even more flexible you have the possibility to write your own functions to work together with the solver. Writing UDF:s can get very complicated and be as versatile as the applications themselves. This webinar aims at showing the basic process of writing and using an UDF. This will be done by showing how to define a profile, which is general and simple enough to be of use for any ANSYS Fluent user. In more detail the topics included will be:

  • Writing the C-code
  • Interpreting or Compiling the code
  • Hooking the code in the GUI
  • Running the simulation with a UDF
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ANSYS Seminars, Webinars and Workshops – June 4 – 8

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ANSYS Events This Week

image of Learning text on a keyboardLeading the pack in learning, ANSYS Seminars, Webinars and Workshops for this week offer several opportunities to learn from the experts. Our Ask the Expert Webinar Series continues with two separate events on Wednesday, June 6th. Our full listing of upcoming events this week and beyond can be found on the ANSYS Events Calendar, simply select the region of the world that meets your needs.

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Ask the Expert – Wireless Power Transfer

Wednesday, June 06, 2012
4:00 pm EDT, 8:00 pm GMT
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Wireless Power Transfer is now being watched with interest by many electronics engineers who understand challenges such as usability and safety in designing charging technology. While this new technology started with smaller mobile devices such as cell phones and laptop PCs, it is now being applied in the area of automotive EV (electric vehicle) charging systems which require larger power capacities in a very limited space. The key component in the technology is a loosely coupled transformer needing coupled electromagnetic field analysis and circuit simulation for its design. ANSYS products provide an intuitive solution which characterize the efficiency of these devices. This presentation introduces wireless power transfer simulation using Maxwell and Simplorer including a specific example of the magnetic resonance type.

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Tablet Computing and Design

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Tablet computers have amazing versatility: They represent a complete mobile computer
primarily operated by touching the screen.

Tablets are transforming the way we work, play, and interact with each other. The devices facilitate reading books, watching TV, accessing social networks, shopping, studying , playing games and many other things.

These smaller, feature-driven products create a range of new challenges for designers, the most common accurately predicting performance of a tablet design while meeting strict electrical standards. For instance, an increase in video resolution compounds the growing demand for video data bandwidth. Devices must handle large amounts of data quickly to satisfy consumer expectations.tablet computing Continue reading →