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North West Houston Sub Section
Welcome to the website of the North West Houston Sub Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME), the Internet resource of choice for Mechanical Engineers in the North West Harris County & Houston area.
November 18, 2009 Luncheon
with
Anthony Botting
Principal
Simulation Products Manager
Texas Engineering Systems, LP.
Our speaker will show and discuss examples of developing CFD simulations for centrifugal pumps for liquid and gas. Traditional and alternate methodologies for general CFD modeling and discretization will be outlined, and some simulation modeling terms defined. We'll use SolidWorks Flow Simulation to demonstrate the examples where rotating regions are employed so that a moving mesh is not required. Rotating region boundary conditions are discussed for variations in placement relative to “stator” areas. Various output data will be shown to include driving torque and efficiency. In one case a pump performance curve development will be discussed.
When & Where :
Stress Engineering Services' NEW Conference Center in Building #2
13610 Westland East Blvd, Houston
Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!
Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.
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Wednesday November 18, 2009
- 11:30 am Lunch served
- 11:45 am Announcements
- 12 noon Presentation begins
- 1:00 pm Official Meeting Closes
A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :
Anthony Botting worked many years on mechanical and analysis engineering in Finite Element Analysis (FEA), composite materials structural design and analysis, and aerodynamics. He worked on industry projects for TRW, Martin Marietta, Kaman Sciences Corp., and Hughes, to name a few. Much of his work focused on FEA and advanced composite materials for spacecraft structures. Anthony also worked on Navy contracts for General Dynamics in submarine nuclear weapons mechanical interface retrofitting and design. He was also employed as the Southern US Regional Technical Manager for Structural Research and Analysis Corporation (SRAC, developers of SolidWorks Simulation FEA code) for several years before founding Texas Engineering Systems.
At Texas Engineering Systems, Anthony holds certification credentials as SolidWorks Instructor and Technician, and Advanced Professional Simulation Flow Support Instructor and Technician. Anthony provides technical support, training, mentoring, and consultative services to customers for the Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis codes sold and serviced by the Company.
Anthony earned a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. He was awarded a fellowship sponsored by the US Army, where he focused on structural mechanics, finite element methods, and composite structures analysis. His thesis topic was an investigation into delamination mitigation using alternate ply-drop termination techniques for tapered composite structures for applications to helicopter rotor blades.
We meet on fourth Thursday of the month for lunch unless noted.
TBA
Your suggestions and assistance are welcome. Contact Julian Bedoya
Executive Committee for Northwest Houston Sub Section
The officers for the 2009
operating year for the Northwest Houston Sub Section of ASME are:
Chair: Dr. Rafik Boubenider
Vice-Chair: Jackie Smith, P.E.
Secretary: Ramon San Pedro, P.E.
Treasurer and Webmaster: Richard Boswell, P.E.
Arrangements: Wendy Davis
Programs : Julian Bedoya
Unless noted, all may be reached at 281-955-2900.
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