CFD Software Helps Streamline Toyotas Prius Hybrid

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CFD Software Helps Streamline Toyotas Prius Hybrid

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Car maker and supplier turn to SimuTech Group for automotive analysis studies.

Rochester, NY: October 18, 2011 SimuTech Group (SimuTech), the largest full service ANSYS channel partner across the US and Canada that provides complete sales, support, training, and consulting services, reports that it performed a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for Toyota and its supplier Tiercon. SimuTech used ANSYS CFD software to conduct aerodynamic comparison studies on the new PLUS Performance Package for Toyotas Prius hybrid vehicle. SimuTech engineers performed simulations to determine optimum airflow across the vehicles outer body. As a result of using the software, the engineers verified that the ground effects kit developed for this new package provided an overall improvement in aerodynamic drag.

Toyota Prius airflow simulation

According to Alan McKim, SimuTech vice-president of customer services, We were pleased to work with Toyota and Tiercon to assure they achieved the results they were looking for. SimuTech is ideally positioned to help other companies realize that upfront analysis in the design process helps them save time and money, as well as optimize designs. ANSYS advanced physics modeling capabilities combined with engineering expertise can eliminate the need for trial and error testing. Though the majority of our work is providing engineering technical support and guidance to our ANSYS software users, we were more than happy to work with Tiercon and Toyota by providing advanced consulting services for this particular analysis.

About SimuTech Group

SimuTech Group, Inc. is North America's largest full-service provider of ANSYS engineering simulation software for finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). SimuTech also resells and supports Moldflow for plastics injection-molding TOSCA Structure for shape optimization and fe-safe for fatigue analysis. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, the company has 10 offices in North America. www.SimuTechGroup.com