At this point Dyson made what could have been a strategic error; he took his invention to the incumbents in hopes of a licensing deal. Hoover, Electrolux and a few other domestic appliance companies were shown the details of the design and test results, but, luckily for Dyson, declined. They were so heavily invested in the “razor and blade” business model that they failed to recognize the potential.

The adoption of digital, or virtual, prototyping strategies is determining the winners and losers of today’s competitive markets. Yet adoption is constrained by personnel expertise availability. This article addresses the role of external simulation service providers in a corporate simulation strategy.

Take a look at the results from our CFD User Software Survey. 624 CFD software users responded to our survey request providing information on how they use CFD.

The world is full of great rivalries at the top tiers of competition. It is no different in the world of CFD simulation where Fluent and STAR-CCM+, and before that STAR-CD, have been battling for market leadership for over 20 years.

Co-sourcing is increasingly recognized as the most efficient means of building specialist teams able to handle complex, engineering projects. Here we explore the cost savings associated with co-sourcing CFD simulation workloads.

Every few months or so, some awesome flow visualization makes its way into mainstream culture. The latest is the “water flower.”

DEM is a method for tracking and simulating the complex interactions of sand modelling consisting of thousands of discrete particles.

While there are many tools that could help one answer the question as to whether a body will sink or float, perhaps none are as elegant and insightful as CFD. Today’s CFD software packages and methods have made it easier than ever to harness this powerful type of analysis.

The use of perforated plates in controlling fluid flow is widespread. They are one of our favorite flow control devices for many situations. Check out these 5 ways perforated plates can improve your flow designs.

Genetic Algorithms are are an under-appreciated and under-utilized resource for engineers. A genetic algorithm works by iteratively transforming a collection of possible solutions (sets) to the optimization problem by analogies with evolutionary functions such as reproduction, mutation and selection.

Every few months or so, some awesome flow visualization makes its way into mainstream culture. The latest is the “water flower.”

Quality Assurance is a critical aspect of making decisions based on predictive models such as engineering simulations. The three dimensions of a sound Quality Assurance approach are software reliability, user knowledge, and process control.

Robin Knowles of CFD Engine recently interviewed founding partner Stewart Bible, PE of Resolved Analytics for his Podcast Talking CFD. In 2016, Robin created Talking CFD to share information and stories from one engineer to another about owning and operating an engineering consultancy.

It's challenging to pin down a top ten list of inventions relying heavily on fluid mechanics or dynamics, especially when looking back over the entirety of history.  We gave it a shot anyway, basing our top ten list below on a combination of the overall impact of the invention and the depth of fluids science required.  The most important question we asked was, "How would society be different if this development had never occurred." So, for what it's worth, here is our "top ten".