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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2002 - For the last 2 years OPTIMUM Power Technology has sponsored FSAE as both a Corporate and a Supplier sponsor. But 2003 will be different! This year Virtual Engines will be available to all FSAE for FREE! (Subject to a small administrative charge of $100) We will provide sample single and multi-cylinder motorcycle engine models as a starting point for every team. Our training manual and reference manuals will also be provided. Web cast training will also be available at no cost. Every FSAE team can benefit from modeling the gas dynamics within their engines. Optimizing intake and exhaust geometries becomes feasible. Advanced visualization shows exactly why one solution may work and another may not. (A small GIF file is attached to this email - drag this into Internet explorer or Netscape to see a small wave action animation.) Virtual Engines is a native Windows application and will run on all modern PCs We are offering Virtual Engines with the following modules to every FSAE team:
 Optimization within Virtual Engines is the next generation tool for engine design. Imagine taking a base engine model and asking the question: 'How can we get more power?' In the past, (and with many other existing codes) a simulation would be run and the results assessed. The design engineer would then decide on which changes to make to improve the engine. Our new method automates this process: A base engine model is created. Then, an engineer selects which parts of the engine can be changed in the search for improved performance. This could be the camshaft, it could be the intake or exhaust manifold length or diameter or all of those or any part of the engine. Using embedded Design Of Experiments (DOE) algorithms Virtual Engines with Optimization searches the design space for improved engine designs that meet your design goal . In the end, many engines may be run and better engines can be identified, all automatically and quickly. Join Motorsports teams from CART, IRL, WRC, F1, & Le Mans who are all accelerating their development programs using Virtual Engines with Optimization. Remember - the theoretical methods used within Virtual Engines are fully documented within several well-respected textbooks including: "Design and Simulation of 4-Stroke Engines" by Gordon Blair, available through SAE at www.sae.org. In addition to giving you valuable insight into the Virtual 4-Stroke, these textbooks give practical advice to the engine designer.
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