News, Successes, News Archive

September 2008: Taiwan Auto-Design Co. becomes LINFLOW Distributor
We now have a LINFLOW Distributor in Taiwan: Taiwan Auto-Design Co.
LINFLOW is very well suited for the Automotive Industry, and can be utilized for such diversified tasks as Flow Induced Vibrations ("FSI"), CFD-shape optimization of car-bodies, studies of cross-wind stabilitiy of cars, acoustics as a function of vehicle speed, and pulses in fuel pipes (to mention a few).
Contact Dr. Johnson Liao at Taiwan Auto-Design Co for more information (e-mail: johnsonLiao@cadmen.com)

June 2008: Device Reducing Slamming Forces Successfully Tested!
On 24 June, the "Deflektor" (a device invented by Jan Christian Anker; patent pending) was successfully tested by dropping a "fully occupied" conventional lifeboat from a height of 3 meters. The test was a great success, the maximum acceleration in vertical direction was reduced by a factor of approximately 4.

The "Deflektor" proved to improve not only the maximum accelerations, but also the overall behavior of the lifeboat during and after the drop. Although a conventional lifeboat was tested, the findings are directly applicable to free fall lifeboats. Another nice aspect of the "Deflektor" is that it can be fitted to an existing conventional or free fall lifeboat within a very short time and on site (provided that there is free space below the keel); this was impressively demonstrated during the course of the test.
The test was supported by StatoilHydro through their LOOP Program. The support by StatoilHydro is greatly appreciated and we strongly recommend anybody who has an idea for a product that is related to StatoilHydro's business to consider their LOOP program.

March 2008: Patent on Device Reducing Slamming Forces
Jan Christian Anker has submitted a patent application for a device that reduces slamming loads on ships, free fall lifeboats, and off shore structures.
Simulations indicate that the device can reduce forces due to slamming as much as by 95%. The beuty of the device is that it is passive, extremely simple, and can easily be integrated with existing structures. The development would not have been possible without access to AUTODYN™ from ANSYS, Inc.; key features utilized were Explicit Analysis and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.
For the beginning, ANKER - ZEMER Engineering AS will handle all questions concerning licensing and related issues. There is already substantial interest in the invention.

November 2007: ANKER - ZEMER Presents at SAVIAC
The 78th Shock & Vibration Symposium was held from November 4 - November 8, 2007 at the Sheraton City Center in Philadelphia, PA. The featured government agency was the Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock (Philadelphia). The featured commercial agencies were General Dynamics Electric Boat and Lockheed Martin. Dr. Leo Laine and Ola Pramm Larsen gave a paper on "Numerical Study of How the Ground Schock Coupling Factor is influenced by Soil Properties", and Dr. Leo Laine and Ola Pramm Larsen together with Dr. Morgan Johansson of REINERTSEN Sverige AB in Gøteborg (Sweden) gave a paper on "Explosion at an Intersection in an Urbane Environment - Experiments and Analyses". Both papers were presented by Ola Pramm Larsen; both papers were very well received.

June 2007: SEO in Norway
We have recently performed a search engine optimization (SEO) for a Norwegian real estate company. The company was not found in Google on 3 essential search terms. We modified one web-page only, and now the company is found as number one on Google on 3 search terms (11 000 to 110 000 competing pages), and number 3 and better on related terms. The time from the submittal of the new page until the changes took effect was approximately two weeks (which is unusually fast).

January 2007: SEO for web-pages competing internationally
Our website is sucsessfully optimized for Google for verious targeted keywords like
explicit analysis, engineering simulation software and FSI Software
More information here.

April 2006: Free Fall Lifeboat Simulation Successfully completed
We have performed simulations on a specific free fall lifeboat (in Norwegian: "fritt-fall båter" or "fritt-fall livbåter") as a demo project. The simulations include both medium (i.e. water) and deformable structure (i.e. lifboat). Computed were displacements of the lifeboat, stresses in the hull as well as the movement of the water; all as a function of time. Due to a Non-Disclosure Agreement, we are not allowed to provide details. However, we can reveal that the movement of the lifeboat and that the animations showing the splashing of the water agrees amazingly well with what has been observed in tests.
A different approach is described (in Norwegian) here and here. We have to little information about the approach too fully appreciate how the structural dynamics during the drop of the free fall lifeboat is accounted for.

2005-11-28: FIGES hosted LINFLOW introduction seminars in Bursa, Turkey 28-29 November
FIGES hosted this introduction to LINFLOW™1.4. LINFLOW is an Fluid-Structure Interaction software from ANKER – ZEMER Engineering AB, Sweden. The creator of the LINFLOW software, M.Sc.,Ph.Lic Aeronautical Engineering Jari Hyvarinen lectured.
Here is the schedule for the LINFLOW 1.4 introduction.

2005-10-05: TCN CAE 2005
International conference on CAE and Computational Technologies for industry.
This conference was held in Lecce, Italy. For the program please, klick here.
More information here.

2005-09-07: SIMDI 05, 7-8 september 2005
The Simulation and Data Intensive Fair 2005 was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Jari Hyvarinen gave the presentation: "LINFLOW - A generalized Aeroelastic, Fluid-Elastic & Acoustic Analysis Software Developed by ANKER-ZEMER Engineering AB"
SIMDI website here.

2005-06-21: SOFTEC hosted LINFLOW Seminars in Rio de Janeiro, São Jose dos Campos, and São Paulo
SOFTEC organized several seminars and presentations in Brazil on the LINFLOW™ Fluid-Structure Interaction software from ANKER – ZEMER Engineering. The seminars where open to anyone with an interest in Fluid-Structure Interactionand Acoustics, and took place in the timeframe 21 – 28 June. SOFTEC personnel together with the creator of the LINFLOW software, M.Sc.,Ph.Lic Aeronautical Engineering Jari Hyvarinen conducted the seminars. Jari Hyvarinen is Chief Technologist at ANKER – ZEMER Engineering.

The schedule as follows:

June 21: Seminar at Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro. This seminar is not public.

June 22: LINFLOW Introduction and FSI Seminar in Rio de Janeiro. The seminar is from 08:30 till 17:30, it is open to the public. Contact information: See below.

June 23: LINFLOW Introductory Course in Rio de Janeiro. This course is for Invited

June 24: SOFTEC Customers and SOFTEC Personnel. Time 08:30 to 17:30 both days. This course is a full training course that covers all aspects of LINFLOW in detail.

June 27: Introduction to LINFLOW and FSI in São Paulo. This 1/2 -day seminar, that runs from 08:30 to 12:30, is open to the public. Contact information: See below.

June 28: 1/2 -day seminar at Embraer in  São Jose dos Campos. This seminar is not public.

For further information, please contact:

Fatima Souza
SOFTEC Software Technology
ASD-ANSYS SUPPORT DISTRIBUTOR
CSD-CIVILFEM SUPPORT DISTRIBUTOR
PABX: 55-21-2531-1002
fatima@softec.com.br <mailto:thiagomelo@softec.com.br>
www.softec.com.br

PETROBRAS is one of the largest oil companies in the world today. PETROBRAS is an industry leader in the development of advanced deepwater and ultra-deep water technology for oil production PETROBRAS was awarded the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) prize twice in 1992 and 2001 , the most important award in the field of offshore oil exploration.

EMBRAER is one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, a fact that might be virtually unknown to people in the Nordic Countries (unless they subscribe to Aviation Week and Space Technology). EMBRAER is focusing on specific market segments like regional, military, and corporate aviation. EMBRAER’s aircrafts have been selected by companies in 58 countries on 5 continents. EMBRAER’s aircrafts are reasonably priced and cost-effective to operate and maintain.

2005-04-11: SAE World Congress, Detroit - Cobo Center
ANKER-ZEMER Engineering will participate together with other Technology Network Alliance Members (CAD-FEM, FE-design, and Enginsoft) at the German Pavilion in Macomb Hall.
We will show products for simulation and optimization for the automotive industries. ANKER - ZEMER Engineering will demonstrate LINFLOW for aeroelasticity (e.g.: Vibrations due to airflow over a carbody) and acoustics (e.g.: Noise transmission from an exhaust pipe as a function of vehicle speed) .
More information here.

2005-03-21: Agenda LINFLOW 1.4 Introductory Seminar Beijing
Klick above to read the agenda!

Contact information:
Jieyong Xu, Ph.D.
CFD Business Director
Ansys China
RM 1803-4 ZhaoFeng Plaza
1027 ChangNing Rd.
Shanghai 200050
Tel: +86-21-52410707 ext. 816
E-mail: jy.xu@ansys.com.cn
www.ansys.com.cn

LINFLOW 1.4 Released
We have now released LINFLOW 1.4. There are many enhancements, the most significant one being a Module for Spectrum Analysis.

2004-11-10: CAD-FEM Users' Meeting in Dresden: Fluid meets Structure
JARI HYVAERINEN and J.C. ANKER participated at CAD-FEM Users' Meeting in Dresden 10 - 12 November. Both presented papers (Jari one and Jan Christian two). The event had more than 650 participants plus personnel from CAD-FEM, ANSYS Inc., LSTC, and several exhibitors. This is the premium event in applied simulations in Europe, and is strongly recommended.

2004-10-08: LINFLOW AT CAT-PRO IN STUTTGART AND IN AADORF
JARI HYVAERINEN and J.C. ANKER demonstrated LINFLOW at CAT-PRO in Stuttgart 11 - 14 October, and in Aadorf (near Zuerich) on 15 October. Please find the links at our main page.