Effective June 2006, oil companies began distributing low sulfur diesel fuel to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) requirement for diesel fuel for on-road motor vehicles. The new fuel's sulfur content decreased from 500 ppm to 15 ppm. This change in material composition certainly justifies reevaluating the elastomer products used in these vehicles. In addition, other EPA regulations for truck engines have resulted in an operating temperature increase of almost 50F. The combination concerned engineers at Ashtabula Rubber who investigated alternate formulas for automotive customers. "Anytime you deal with a changing environment, it's important to understand the entire application as well as the full scale of the changes taking place," says Aaron Hall, engineering manager, Ashtabula Rubber Co. "The more we know about the operating environment, the better we are able to find the right material and design for our customers." For more information on Ashtabula Rubber design capabilities, go to http://rbi.ims.ca/4933-524.
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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