{"id":104704,"date":"2009-12-22T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.mentor.com:\/\/a7831e71e62062e6e72940c1eff44979"},"modified":"2009-12-22T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T11:23:08","slug":"blog-postcooking-with-cfd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/104704","title":{"rendered":"blog post:Cooking with CFD"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m the first to admit that I\u2019m no Julia Child \u2013 but from time to time I get the baking bug \u2026 especially around the holidays. I love the smell of holiday baking\u2026 cinnamon and cloves and mix them in with the smell of a live Christmas tree \u2026 divine.\u00a0 Unfortunately holiday baking is a bit of a hassle because I have to keep a keen watch over the goodies in the oven and turn them around to make sure they bake evenly. Before you think I\u2019ve gone off the deep end, hear me out. We have a fan-assisted oven. These ovens move the hot air inside the oven so you get an even cooking temperature faster. Due to this increased effectiveness you can cook at a lower temperature. Not a bad concept but in reality it is far from true at the Saye household.\u00a0 To get evenly cooked stuff, I need to turn whatever is inside around several times. Not good \u2014 especially for someone who likes to multitask and can get easily distracted.
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Simulation of airflow inside a single-tray, fan-assisted oven. Image courtesy of Mentor Graphics, Mechanical Analysis Division. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I had given up all hope of baking goodies for the holidays until I watched a recent presentation on optimizing flow fields \u2014 to watch this demo please follow this link\u00a0 Simulating and Optimizing Flow Fields <\/a> for the on-demand video.\u00a0 The model used for the presentation was very similar to the oven we have at home. The analysis showed that the air near the oven door remained much cooler\u00a0 (I grabbed a still shot from the presentation to show you what I mean).\u00a0\u00a0 Ok so I already knew this by observing the sad state of 1\/2 of my cupcakes but seeing the analysis results made me feel marginally better \u2013 at least now I know I\u2019m not that _bad_ of a cook. Oh and you may be pleased to hear that after watching this presentation I baked a batch of cookies and moved the pan closer to the back of the oven (where the fan sits) and guess what? The cookies were not too toxic!<\/p>\n

I guess the moral of the story is: when dealing with flow fields of any type, simulation can be an incredibly valuable tool for design engineers. It can help you visualize and understand problem areas so you can create much better designs and ultimately alleviate some heartache for your customers down the line.
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Hmmm\u2026 maybe I\u2019ll ask Santa for a new oven next year but I\u2019ll have to make sure the elves in Santa\u2019s workshop use CFD to build the perfect oven \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Speak with you in January!<\/p>\n

Happy Holidays,
\nNazita<\/p>\n

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PS. As I\u2019m typing today\u2019s post, London is covered in a light coating of snow so I would like to wish you and yours a warm, safe and festive holiday season. Thank you for your support during the past year and I look forward to speaking with you next year.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m the first to admit that I\u2019m no Julia Child \u2013 but from time to time I get the baking bug \u2026 especially around the holidays. I love the smell of holiday baking\u2026 cinnamon and cloves and mix them in with the smell of a live Christmas tree \u2026 divine.\u00a0 Unfortunately holiday baking is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":757,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/757"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}