Terrafugia’s "Roadable Aircraft" Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYS
PITTSBURGH, PA-- The world's first commercial "flying car" will go the distance on both highways and runways next year when it rolls off the production line -- thanks, in part, to design optimization from ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS).Terrafugia's beta prototype design is shown in a near wing-stall case, with the propeller being modeled using software from ANSYS. Image courtesy Terrafugia.Massachusetts-based Terrafugia used ANSYS® engineering simulation software to design and verify its new production prototype of the Transition® aircraft that also can drive on the highway. Terrafugia engineers conducted whole-vehicle airflow tests that assessed the effects of design ...
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Siemens PLM Software and Joe Gibbs Racing®, one of the premier organizations in NASCAR®, announced the licensing of Siemens’ D-CubedTM software for integration in specialty applications.The D-Cubed 3D DCM (Dimensional Constraint Manager) will now be deployed in any in-house software application that requires a 3D geometric constraint solving component. The 3D DCM is already integrated in NX™ software, which Joe Gibbs Racing continues to use for all aspects of product development.Hendrick Motorsports, winner of the 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship; Joe Gibbs Racing, winner of the 2000, 2002, and 2005 NASCAR Sprint ...
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Terrafugia’s "Roadable Aircraft" Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYSPITTSBURGH, PA– The world’s first commercial “flying car” will go the distance on both highways and runways next year when it rolls off the production line — thanks, in part, to design optimization from ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS).Terrafugia’s beta prototype design is shown in a near wing-stall case, with the propeller... [Read more of this article]
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