Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Blog - LEAP Australia & New Zealand

Feb22

Guest Blog by RMIT Racing: Using Augmented Reality (AR) for R18c - Designing for the Future

Posted By LEAP CFD Team on Feb 22, 2018

RMIT Racing explains how both their combustion and electric F-SAE teams have decided to employ the use of Augmented Reality (AR) with technical support from LEAP for their 2018 campaigns, including an impressive visualisation of the aerodynamics of the R17c vehicle.

Oct13

2017 World Solar Challenge: proudly supporting student teams on their adventure of a lifetime

Posted By LEAP CFD Team on Oct 13, 2017

The world’s best solar car teams are driving into Adelaide today, 4-5 days after they started their journey in Darwin, and 2+ years after commencing their initial planning and engineering design following the 2015 competition. Congratulations to all the teams - read more about the simulation work done by committed student teams in the lead-up to this pioneering race.

Jun21

Swapping Fuel for More Beer on your next Caravan Holiday

Posted By LEAP CFD Team on Jun 21, 2017

Caravan owners are well aware that the speed they drive at and the shape of their caravan can greatly affect fuel consumption.
In partnership with Caravan World magazine, we've taken a closer look into the performance of caravans with the aid of CFD, including some less obvious factors that can help shave off the drag on your caravan and improve fuel consumption.

Apr14

Exciting advances in Wind Engineering using ANSYS CFD

Posted By LEAP CFD Team on Apr 14, 2015

Wind engineering requires engineers to consider how a building responds to its environment as well as the effect that the structure will have on the space around it. Learn more about the use of CFD in wind engineering...

Aug26

Guest Blog: The untold CFD story of James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger

Posted By LEAP CFD Team on Aug 26, 2014

Phil Durbin from Finite Elements explains the untold CFD story of the design and testing of James Cameron's DeepSea Challenger, a solo manned submarine that ventured 11km down to the deepest place on earth, the Marianas Trench, in March 2012.