Causal Systems has released the latest version of ENC, Engineering Noise Control software. The software evaluates practically all of the expressions and algorithms in the book, Engineering Noise Control 2nd edition by
DA Bies and CH Hansen.
Order the software from Causal Systems.
LMS has released version 2 of its Virtual Lab software suite. The software can be used to predict motion, durability, noise and vibration.
Read more on the LMS web site.
Fluent software version 6.1, now has the capabilities to make noise predictions.
Read more on the Fluent web site.
ANSYS and LMS International has signed cross licensing deals to exchange software capabilities. Initially, ANSYS will develop software that expands on LMS’s multi-body dynamics software LMS-DADS.
Read the full story on the ANSYS web site.
With the investment of ESI Group into Vibro-acoustic Sciences, the makers of AutoSEA and other software products, the company has been split into two groups. The sales office in San Diego and Detroit are now called ESI North America. Vibro-Acoustic Sciences now only exists in San Diego and is a research and develop company, working on improving AutoSEA and continuing to develop the Resound software.
Read the press release on the ESI Group web site.
National Instruments have released a new addon for LabVIEW, called the Sound and Vibration Toolset. The toolset includes baseband and zoom FFT, and octave analysis and many more features.
Read more on the NI web site.
HBM, a manufacturer of strain gauges and equipment, have released a software package called catman, for collecting large numbers of channels of strain gauge data.
Read more on the HBM web site.
Ansys have released version 7 of their finite element analysis software. There have been many improvements, including optimization routines, new elements, and my favourite – the ability to export analysis results into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
Read more on the ANSYS web site.
NASA has made available many software applications that it developed under an open source license agreement. For example, STARS is finite element software used for structural analysis, heat transfer, linear aerodynamics, CFD , and controls engineering. It has been used at NASADryden Flight Research Center for analysis of the X-29A, F18 HARV/TVCS, B-52/Pegasus, Generic Hypersonics, NASP, SR-71, and the high speed civil transport (HSCT), among others.
View the software available on the NASA web site.
LMS International, the distributors of acoustic and vibration simulation software, are holding a series of free seminars about their products, which you can “attend” through the internet.
Read the article on the LMS web site.