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On Demand Webinar: Modeling Fluid Flow in the Power Generation Industry: Challenges and Solutions

Webinar, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

Optimization of Sea Water Pumping System

Oil & Gas, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

Rocket Propellant Line Waterhammer Transients In a Variable-G Environment

Engineer, Engineering, Aerospace + 2 more

Analytical Approaches To Modeling Transient Vaporous Cavitation in Multi-Pipe Fluid Systems

Engineer, Engineering, Pipe Flow Modeling + 1 more

Gas-flow Calculations: Don't Choke

Chemical, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

X-34 High Pressure Nitrogen Reaction Control System Design and Analysis

Engineer, Engineering, Arrow + 3 more

Optimizing Pumping Systems to Minimize First or Life-cycle Cost

Engineer, Engineering, Fathom + 3 more

Cutting Costs in Pump and Pipe Sizing

Engineer, Engineering, Fathom + 5 more

Resolving Operational Problems in Pumping Non-Settling Slurries

Engineer, Engineering, Fathom + 1 more

Hydraulic Model Calibration of a Nuclear Plant Service Water System

Engineer, Engineering, Fathom + 4 more

Pulsation Analysis in Positive Displacement Pump Systems Using Waterhammer, Modal and Animation Software

Oil & Gas, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

A Proposed Guideline For Applying Waterhammer Predictions Under Transient Cavitation Conditions

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 2 more

When the Joukowsky Equation Does Not Predict Maximum Water Hammer Pressures

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 3 more

Unappreciated challenges in applying four quadrant pump data to waterhammer simulation

Engineer, Engineering, Fathom + 3 more

Making the world a safer and better place - A plea for more data, validation cases and guidelines for waterhammer simulation

Oil & Gas, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

Improved Method of Estimating Steam Hammer Loads

Engineer, Engineering, xStream + 3 more

Going Infinite In a Finite World

Blog, Engineer, Financial Management + 5 more

AFT 30 Years Ago and Today

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

My Recent Visit With Newton and Galileo

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

Once Again, I Am Amazed By the Ancient Romans

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Predicting the Future is Hard

Food & Beverage, Blog, Operations + 7 more

When Waterhammer Makes Things Explode

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

2,500 Year Old Pump Technology is Still a Thing

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

Jobs, Artificial Intelligence, and the Coming Robot Apocalypse

Blog, AI, Oil & Gas + 8 more

AFT Software Makes a Splash on Lunar Rocket ARTEMIS I

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

When Waterhammer Makes Things Explode

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Waterhammer and World Languages – A Decade Ago and Today

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

Would Newton Approve of How You Use His Law?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 5 more

Houston, the Energy Capital of the World…Friend or Foe?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 11 more

Safety In Nuclear Power Steam Piping Part II: Some Background on Engineer Evans Goodling

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Steam Piping in Nuclear Power Plants Is Not As Safe As Commonly Believed

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 4 more

Space Debris, Forever Chemicals and Zombie Movies - the Quest for Sustainability

Sustainability, Blog, Chemical + 9 more

Looking Behind High Gasoline/Petrol Prices – Trends in Oil Refining

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 8 more

Russia, War and Big Changes for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

What Does the Ukrainian Fluid Flow Term “Hydro Udar” Mean?

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

For Geeks Only – Solving Transient Compressible Flow Equations

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 4 more

Is there steam on your (Microsoft) Windows? How ASME Steam Tables came to be.

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 8 more

AFT Impulse: A Quarter Century as a World Leader

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Orbital Reef: A Business Park in Space?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Calling All Waterhammer Experts – We Need You On This New Committee!

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 7 more

Eagles: NFL Football Team, National Emblem or Wind Turbine Foe?

Blog, AI, Engineer + 6 more

The Fluid Mechanics of an African Safari

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Why Does Pipe Flow Hydraulics Need an Institute?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 12 more

I Got My Professional Engineer (P.E.) License – OK, Why?

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 7 more

Gas and Steam Transient Analysis is Freaking Hard!

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 5 more

Will Hydrogen Be Our Future?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 11 more

Nuclear Power to the Rescue!

Sustainability, Reporting, Blog + 11 more

Cloudy With a Chance of Herd Immunity

Blog, AI, Oil & Gas + 8 more

Digital Twin – Identical or Fraternal?

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Pump Geeks from a Century Ago - von Kármán and Knapp

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 6 more

AFT Arrow is 25 Years Old…and Still Going Strong

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

A Scenic Journey into Colorado's Mining Past Over Engineer Pass

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Keeping the Future COVID-19 Vaccine Cool

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Secret Variable-g Feature in AFT Software? Yep, and It is Now Visible to All

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 6 more

Space – Fiction and Reality Both Equally Entertain

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Multi-scenario graphing and animation in AFT Impulse

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 6 more

Predicting the Future is Easy

Blog, Engineer, Financial Management + 5 more

The Modern World, Technology, Social Distancing and Pandemics

Reporting, Blog, Operations + 4 more

A Light Bulb is Autarkic, A Pump is Not

Blog, Chemical, Engineer + 9 more

It’s a New Decade, Baby – Let’s Go Solve Some Problems!

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 8 more

It's Star Wars Time Again!

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Engineering Technology East and West: Riding on a Bullet (Train) in China

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

Engineers: Stress and Pressure at Work

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Fluid Mechanics 101 – The Class That Changed My Life

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 12 more

Waterhammer: In our Booth?

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 7 more

My (Not So Secret) Disney Obsession

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 6 more

A Space Shuttle Trifecta Achieved Today

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

When a Lowly Engineering Student Ends Up Working With One of His Exalted Professors

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

What’s Old is New Again: Introducing the New Automated Networking Sizing Add-on Module

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 8 more

An Unexpected Honor After 34 Years as an ASME Member

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

A Modern Equivalent of “Beating Swords into Plowshares”

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

The United States Government Is Shut Down. Does Anyone Care?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

The Powerful Yet Frail Human Mind: Reality, Cognitive Biases, and Collective Hallucinations

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 9 more

What Do the New AFT Impulse 7 and Bordeaux, France Have in Common?

Reporting, Blog, Operations + 5 more

A Trillion Dollar Waterhammer Problem? Oh My!

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

Turning Negative Experiences Into New Directions

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

Did you know that New Jersey is a barrier in Spain?

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

When Pipe Stress Analysis Meets Waterhammer Hydraulics: New Waterhammer Guidelines for Engineers

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 4 more

Where the Jobs Are(n’t)

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Reaching to the Sky in Dubai

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 10 more

We Have Some Really Kewl New Stuff For You in AFT Fathom 10!

Reporting, Blog, Operations + 5 more

How a Russian Hydraulics Handbook Gained the Respect of the American Nuclear Industry

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

What is Pogo and Why On Earth Would Anyone Want To Suppress It?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 5 more

Star Wars vs. Star Trek: Which Is Better?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

Shhhh! Suppressing Sound Waves From Rocket and Space Shuttle Engines

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

The Knowledge Quest: Connecting With Fluids Education at Universities

Blog, Chemical, Engineer + 7 more

Hydropower Big and Small: My Recent Visit to a 5 MW Plant

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Hurricanes and the Art of Computer Modeling

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 5 more

The Itaipu Dam vs. the Hoover Dam is No Contest: Itaipu Wins By a Landslide

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 8 more

Get the Salt Out! California, Israel, the World...and Desalination Technology

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

All the Sexy Aerospace Stuff That is Happening

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

2000 Years of Roman Pipe Technology and 100 Years of American Pump Technology

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

Taking the Pulse of Fluid Systems: Introducing the New AFT Impulse PFA Module

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

America's Wacky New President...and Technology

Food & Beverage, Blog, Oil & Gas + 11 more

Seventy-Five Years After Pearl Harbor, Which Was 38 Years After First Flight at Kitty Hawk

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

AFT Impulse 20th Anniversary: A Perspective From the Original Impulse Developer

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 6 more

Inside, Outside, On Top Of and Behind the Incredible Hoover Dam

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 4 more

(Almost) Live Report From the HUUUUGE MINExpo in Las Vegas

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 6 more

The Difficult Task of Balancing the Environment and the Economy

Sustainability, Blog, Engineer + 7 more

A 30,000 Foot View of the BREXIT Trend: Should We Stay or Should We Go - or Should We Even Care?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Predicting the Future? Oil, Politics, the Economy and Engineering

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 8 more

Now For Something Completely Different: The New Graph Guide in AFT Impulse 6

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

How Will the Death of Moore's Law Affect Engineers?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Can Engineers Accomplish the Impossible?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

The Great Climate Change Engineering Challenge

Sustainability, Blog, Process Simulation + 8 more

A Triple Choke Example: Why Getting Choked Flow Right Matters

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 5 more

AFT Arrow 6 is Gassed Up and Ready to Go!

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 4 more

AFT Arrow Turns 20 This Month - the Behind the Scenes Story

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 6 more

Mars, Martians and the Marvelous March to Space

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

A Personal Experience: The Mismatched Compressor and Air Distribution System in My Home

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 11 more

Making the Most of Your Extra Time

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 5 more

The Cool, New Features Coming Soon in AFT Fathom 9

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

Why Are Engineers So Dissatisfied?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Should Engineers Always Perform Waterhammer Analysis of New Pipe Systems? Part 2

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

The Blessing and Curse of Computational Engineering Software

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

AFT 20th Anniversary Conclusion: Prizes, Awards and the Future of AFT

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 4 more

Falling Oil Prices...Good or Bad?

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 9 more

The Drones Are Coming! The Drones Are Coming!

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 8 more

When Pipe Flow Modeling Is Not Enough

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 10 more

AFT Arrow Goes Nuclear - Validated Nuclear Version Now Available

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 5 more

Why Gases Are More Complicated Than Liquids: And How the New AFT Arrow 5 Can Help

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 8 more

Burst Pipe at World Cup Stadium Showers Media With Pervasiveness of Fluid Systems

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 8 more

AFT Expands Flow Services With New Flow Expert Package

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

The First Visual Software for Windows Released 20 Years Ago This Month

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 3 more

The Quest For Controlling Energy Costs

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Recent Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Supported by AFT Arrow

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

The Two P's: Why You Should Care That AFT is Celebrating Its 20th Year

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 8 more

Reflecting on AFT's 20 Years

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

From There to Here - The History of AFT Impulse Up Through the New Version 5

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

AFT Fathom Smooths Earthquake Impact From California's San Andreas Fault

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 3 more

Who Cares About the Surge in "Funny" Fluids?

Food & Beverage, Blog, Process Simulation + 13 more

Coming Soon To a Computer Screen Near You: AFT Impulse 5 - Act Now To Get New Features at Old Prices

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Rockets are Pumping Systems Too - The Aerospace Heritage of AFT

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 13 more

AFT Efforts To Improve Global Presence and Service

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Should Engineers Always Perform Waterhammer Analysis of New Pipe Systems?

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Are Technology and Automation Really Destroying Jobs?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

What do NASA, DuPont, GDF Suez and the University of Arkansas know about AFT software that you may not? Watch it here!

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 8 more

World Languages and Waterhammer

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Who said pipe flow can’t be fun? Disney’s World of Color water spectacular

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 7 more

AFT Fathom 8 and the Future of AFT

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

AFT Fathom 8...Worth the Wait

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

AFT Software Pricing Will Change in September with the Release of Fathom 8.

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

The Future of Engineering - Part 2

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

The Future of Engineering - Part 1

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

New Prices for Next Generation of AFT Software Products

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 3 more

Where Did the Name "Arrow" Come From?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 6 more

May the Force Be With You: Evaluating Unbalanced Forces Caused by Waterhammer

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

My 50th Anniversary Visit to the Site of John Glenn’s First American Flight Into Space

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Why I Like Bill Gates More Than Steve Jobs

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

It’s the Economy, Stupid. Or Is It?

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Thankful for the Opportunity to Shape a Changing World

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Where Did the Name "Fathom" Come From?

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

Save Money, Reduce Energy and Improve Sustainability with AFT

Sustainability, Blog, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Safety

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more