Welcome to the second release of the new look of our magazine Futurities. We would like to thank you for your enthusiastic feedback on our new look, as well as for all the compliments about the new focus and organization! We are pleased that the new thrust of the magazine has been so well received and we warmly invite you to write to us with more feedback, observations, suggestions, and requests for future editions.
Just to remind you and help you to find your way around our new sections, the content is organized into several focused areas including the Spotlight, that focuses on an aspect of simulation, presenting leading edge approaches, techniques and technology developments; Technology Transfer, that covers technical or mathematical analyses of different engineering problems, as well as academic papers; Know-how, that presents industrial use cases describing the engineering challenge faced, the approach taken, and methodology used in resolving it; Research & Innovation, that offers updates and insights from research projects, as well as providing a showcase for interesting innovative applications; Product Peeks, that provides an overview of some of the latest software products on the market and there are more to follow in the editions to come.
This issue’s Spotlight, which we named Back to Nature, investigates greener applications of technology and innovations to achieve greater sustainability. We look at engineering design inspired by nature and that attempts to capture and leverage natural characteristics in the engineering world, in terms of shapes, structures and properties. Of particular interest in this regard are the articles about a European project on composite materials using recycled tyres, and a discussion of bio-inspired lattice structures.
special issue
This Special Issue of Futurities is fully dedicated the value chain of Additive Manufacturing, including several pieces from different specialists in the AM sector, going from the powder experts, to the manufacturers and the AM quality control professionals, looking at this growing market from different perspectives and presenting various types of 3D printing processes and materials for industrial production.
additive manufacturing
special issue
This publication is a collection of papers addressing different industrial sectors and covering applications ranging from lubrication of transmissions, cooling of engines, prevention of aquaplaning, and fire extinguishing, to the electrification of mobility solutions and the study of snow drifts.
Particleworks
special issue
A special edition highlights how modeFRONTIER has impacted many industries: indeed you will be amazed by how many familiar everyday products have benefitted from this approach.
modefrontier
special issue
The Oil&Gas Industry encompasses a wide range of diverse and highly demanding environments which pose a continued and varied stream of relevant issues and problems to solve.
Oil&Gas Industry