Cool solutions to hot problems

摘要

In a move said to allow engineers to not only identify where heat flow congestion occurs and why, but also to identify potential solutions, Mentor Graphics has launched FloTHERM 9. The software, featuring patent pending technology, introduces bottleneck and shortcut fields. According to the company, these fields elevate the use of simulation from an observation tool to an effective thermal design problem solver which can suggest potential solutions. Bottleneck and shortcut information is calculated using heat flux and temperature gradient.