Every year on the Friday following Thanksgiving, The Brennan family ventures out to a tree farm and gets the biggest pine tree we can find to fill our family living room. Our trees usually range from 14-17 feet tall and … Read More
Admitting that the headline is somewhat provocative, this is the exact situation in strength assessment of components made of metals. One might think that the task of evaluating the mechanical strength of a component should be a mundane thing since … Read More
Understanding behind-armor blunt trauma is important for developing effective personal ballistic protection solutions. Even if a bullet is stopped by the armor, some damage can still be transmitted to the body. By today’s standards, the protections are assessed on plastilina blocks … Read More
Subsurface mooring deployment, recovery, and performance in current and waves For many years moorings have been designed using basic mass-drag-buoyancy calculations, spreadsheets, rules-of-thumb, black magic scripts, and a dose of ‘salty-sea-dog’ experience. With these methods, we can frequently estimate a … Read More
This guest contribution on Innovation Intelligence is written by Nickolas Vlahopoulos, CTO of Michigan Engineering Services (MES). EFEA software by MES is a solver that performs analysis for mid- to high-frequency and acoustic simulations for complex structural-acoustic systems. EFEA is … Read More
Wimbledon 2016; what a ride! The shocking departure of 4 Slams winner Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer’s exciting quarter final win, Andy Murray’s victory over Milos Raonic, Serena Williams’ win of her 22nd Grand Slam title tying Steffi Graf’s record of major … Read More
Australia. The name immediately evokes vivid images of the vast outback, the iconic Sydney Opera House, the exotic Great Barrier Reef, aboriginal art, kangaroos, koalas and shudder….even crocodiles and snakes. Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Australia is a … Read More
This guest contribution on Innovation Intelligence is written by Brent Lancaster, Principle Support Engineer at ESRD, developers of StressCheck. ESRD is a member of the Altair Partner Alliance. Verification and validation (V&V) in finite element analysis (FEA) is becoming a major focus for organizations wanting … Read More
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