ANSYS Inc., organizer of the first ‘International Aerospace CFD Conference’ (IACC), has issued a call for papers. This prestigious event represents an excellent opportunity to meet and share ideas with leading practitioners of CFD in the Global Aerospace and Defense industry and offers attendees a chance to learn about the very latest best practices and technological advances in the field. The IACC is timed conveniently to fit the schedule of those wishing to attend the Paris Air Show Le Bourget taking place at the nearby Congress Center of La Villette, Paris on 18 – 19 June 2007.

The IACC comes at a time when the ability of CFD and related CAE technologies to cut costs, reduce development timelines and provide greater insight into design performance, is becoming ever more important to the aerospace industry. Billions are now bet on new and increasingly complex products. Systems integrators are reducing their business risk by partnering with suppliers around the world who can engineer their own parts. Engineering services themselves are being outsourced more and more in a global economy. Even the Defense Industry is feeling the pressure, responding with greater adoption of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products and partnering with commercial companies to develop dual-use technologies. The rising oil price has also pushed the need for greater efficiencies, not only in terms of reduced costs but in driving the search for new designs to deal with pending tighter regulations in fields such as acoustics and carbon emissions, and the search for alternative fuel sources. All these factors make the IACC a timely event of international significance.

Papers are welcome on a wide range of related topic areas including:

- Aerodynamics - Icing - Ballistics - Multidisciplinary Design - Air Wakes - IR Signatures - Core Component Thermal Management - Propulsion Systems - Electronics Cooling - Safety/Hazard Assessment - Environmental Control - Seakeeping and Maneuvering - Fire Suppression - Homeland Security - Flow-Induced Noise and Aeroacoustics - Sloshing - Hydraulics Fluid Management Systems - Store Separation

Abstracts of papers should be submitted by no later than February 2nd for consideration; authors of the abstracts will be informed of whether their paper has been chosen no later than the beginning of March. Final copies of chosen papers must be provided by May 1st. All papers must be written and presented in English.

For information on submitting papers, please visit www.fluent.com/events/iacc or www.iacc.ansys.com, and click on Announcement and Call for Papers on the right hand side of the window or contact Vincent Canu at: vincent.canu@fluent.fr

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For further general information, contact: Leigh Bramall ANSYS Fluent 0044 (0)114 281 8888 leigh@fluent.co.uk www.iacc.ansys.com

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