25.10.2008 Quantum Racing Team wins also TP52 World Championship in Puerto Calero. 04.10.2008 The round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race starts today in Alicante: Puma Racing boat “Il mostro” begins its adventure. 20.09.2008 Quantum Racing Team wins TP52 Audi Med Cup Circuit, following victories in Sardinia, Mallorca and Portugal Trophies. August-September 2008 Porto Ricerca has been involved in the preliminary design and evaluation of a supersonic aircraft. Because of industrial secret issue, it is not possible now to provide more data. 09/11 July 2008 Porto Ricerca engineers attend 3rd OpenFOAM Workshop in Milano, both participating to Training Course and supporting Pointwise presence. July 2008 New collaboration with OMASUD, in the development of SkyCar aircraft. This work follows and complete a previous consultancy in late 2005. July 2008 As a consequence of delay in America’s Cup organization, Team New Zealand has decided to focus its activity in the design of a TP52 boat for the next (2009) championship; the project will involve part of the America’s Cup design team as well as part of the crew members. Porto Ricerca will be responsible for CFD analysis and design. May 2008 Porto Ricerca starts working in the development of Quantum TP52 boat, competing in Audi MedCup Circuit. The collaboration will concern both sails design and boat adjustment. December 2007 Following legal action between Oracle and Alinghi, which has stopped the organization of the next America’s Cup, Team New Zealand slows down its design activity. Waiting for a Court definitive decision, TNZ will go on studying and developing its methods and knowledge: Porto Ricerca will still be part of the project. 15.10.2007 Porto Ricerca engineers start working in Emirates Team New Zealand, final challenger in 32nd America’s Cup and now challenger in the next Cup. The activity will take place in Auckland, at TNZ base, and will concern the design of the boats and sails for the next edition of the most important trophy in the world of sailing. 8/10/2007 After more than 4 years development, Pointwise Inc. has released its next generation meshing software. This software, named Pointwise, is a new huge jump in meshing capability. An evaluation license can be requested contacting Porto Ricerca Snc, the Italian distributor of Pointwise Inc. products. August 2007 Following positive results in the 32nd America’s Cup, Porto Ricerca starts now a new challenging collaboration in the design of a new boat, to compete in the next Volvo Ocean Race, around the world. Porto Ricerca will collaborate with Botin-Carkeek Design Office (Santander, Spain) to prepare the boat for Puma Racing Team. May 2007 For Victory Challenge, the adventure of America’s Cup ends with a fifth place, just behind the “Top Teams”. The Swedish team has fought with the Spanish team, Desafio, till the final regatta, in order to enter the Final Fours. February 2007 Porto Ricerca engineers move to Valencia for the final part of the America’s Cup: the activity, concerning CFD study and design, will be held in the base of Victory Challenge, the Swedish America’s Cup Team. 4/7/2006 New collaboration with Meteor – Galileo Avionica, concerning the CFD simulation of an aerial target drone with a parachute recovery system. November 2005 Porto Ricerca collaborates with OMASUD, as a consultant in the aerodynamic development of the new Skycar aircraft October 2005 iSIGHT and FIPER, two software that drive intelligent automation to make design exploration and optimization more efficient October 2005 Comparison of two of the most used methods in the computational fluid dynamics field February 2006 Porto Ricerca engineers begin their work inside the Design team of Victory Challenge, the Swedish challenge in the 32nd America’s Cup. The effort will concern all the CFD design aspects of boat and sails and will last until the final races of the Cup in Valencia (spring-summer 2007) March 2004 CFD consultancy for Meteor (Galileo Avionica), for the development of the aerial target drones of Finmeccanica company. The work has concerned also the CFD simulation of a safe store separation and release. 25/8/2003 After the development of Zonda aerodynamics, a new collaboration has started with Pagani Automobili, for the development of new aerodynamic concepts for future models. Late 2003 New collaboration with Politecnico di Torino: Porto Ricerca will calculate the aerodynamics characteristics of a twin-hull airship, which Nautilus SpA is developing with University help. December 2002 High performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, 4-6 December 2002 Sett. 2002 Porto Ricerca collaborates with Picchio Automobili, to develop a new racing car for the Grand American Racing (Daytona) championship. June 2002 Amer Sport One, leaded by Grant Dalton, has been placed 3rd in the Volvo Ocean Race, after an 8 months long sailing race around the world. October 2001 Currently we are involved in the CFD research for the design of the Swedish sailboat for the 2003 America’s Cup edition. September 2001 We have supported the company Picchio in the design of the external shape of their race-cars, currently competing in Italian and European Sport Prototype championship, class SR1 and CN. May 2001 We have supported German Frers in the design of the best hull, keel, bulb and rudder for the Nautor Amer Sport One sailboat, which will participate in the Volvo Ocean Race. 1999 - 2000 Collaboration with Vulcan Air, for the development of the VF600 aircraft; the analysis has concerned the calculation of the main aerodynamics characteristics, the 2D analysis of flap, the evaluation of different intakes. 2000 Collaboratione with Politecnico di Torino, for the development of an high-altitude, solar powered UAV. Porto Ricerca has provided CFD softwares and support. Late 1999 Porto Ricerca has worked with Piaggio Aero Industries, in the evaluation of a turbofan configuration of Piaggio 180.