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Flowmaster Ltd.

Flowmaster Ltd. was a leading British Engineering Simulation Software company based in Milton Keynes, UK. Its flagship 1D CFD product, also named ‘Flowmaster’, was first released commercially in 1987 although initial versions went back to the early 1980s having originated from BHRA, the not-for-profit British Hydromechanics Research Association, later to become the BHR Group. Flowmaster 1D thermo-fluid systems simulation software employed a matrix type solver and was the first tool of its type onto the market. It was initially sold and marketed by Amazon Computers Ltd based in Milton Keynes, UK. The software covered many different industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, oil and gas, power generation, process, rail and water. Flowmaster software itself was based on extensive experimental validation data from D. S. Miller’s internationally respected scientific textbook, ‘Internal Flow Systems’, first published in 1978. A company called Flowmaster International (that later became Flowmaster Ltd) was created in 1992 when Richard Tickle was appointed CEO. During the next ten years Flowmaster experienced significant growth opening international sales offices near Frankfurt, Germany and Chicago, USA.…

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Flowmaster Ltd. was a leading British Engineering Simulation Software company based in Milton Keynes, UK. Its flagship 1D CFD product, also named ‘Flowmaster’, was first released commercially in 1987 although initial versions went back to the early 1980s having originated from BHRA, the not-for-profit British Hydromechanics Research Association, later to become the BHR Group. Flowmaster 1D thermo-fluid systems simulation software employed a matrix type solver and was the first tool of its type onto the market. It was initially sold and marketed by Amazon Computers Ltd based in Milton Keynes, UK. The software covered many different industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, oil and gas, power generation, process, rail and water. Flowmaster software itself was based on extensive experimental validation data from D. S. Miller’s internationally respected scientific textbook, ‘Internal Flow Systems’, first published in 1978. A company called Flowmaster International (that later became Flowmaster Ltd) was created in 1992 when Richard Tickle was appointed CEO. During the next ten years Flowmaster experienced significant growth opening international sales offices near Frankfurt, Germany and Chicago, USA.…

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  1. publication date: 1978 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1987 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1978". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1987". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374877177

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