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Fluent Inc., the world's leading supplier of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software and services, announces an agreement with Bill Davis Racing of High Point, North Carolina. Fluent CFD software has a long history of use in Formula 1, IRL and CART, and is rapidly becoming a vital engineering tool in NASCAR as well. “In order to further our advantage on the track, computer-aided engineering (CAE) is where we are heading with the Bill Davis Racing program. The advancement in technology has allowed performance gains in areas where intuition previously guided us. Coupling CAE with our team's wealth of design and on-track experience allows us to move forward even more. In order to understand the importance of even the smallest improvement in performance, consider that for a 500 mile race, a mere 1/10th of 1% improvement moves us a half mile closer to the checkered flag, all other factors being equal,” says Joshua Dawson, Bill Davis Racing's team powertrain engineer. Championship race teams the world over choose Fluent software and services for their flow modeling and heat transfer needs. Fluent represents the cutting edge of CFD technology – honed by many years of experience in the racing industry. Fluent Inc. also works closely with the racing divisions of the various automotive OEMs to ensure that their NASCAR clients receive the best possible engineering support. Through the use of Fluent's software, Bill Davis Racing can solve complex engineering problems while cutting down its prototyping and physical testing costs. Typical problems tackled by Bill Davis Racing using FLUENT include, intake and exhaust manifolds, air boxes, cylinder heads and ports, water jacket cooling and thermal analysis.