Newmerical Technologies' Opinion Solicited Regarding Yankee Stadium Wind Problems
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jun 01 (MARKET WIRE) --
Attention US Sports Editors:
Newmerical Technologies International, listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange-Venture (TSX VENTURE: CFD) is a world leader in computational
fluid dynamics (www.newmerical.com) and in wind effects around buildings
and stadiums (cwe.newmerical.com).
Structural design and directional orientation of baseball stadiums can
affect wind patterns and spatial distribution of wind speeds within the
confines of a stadium both at ground level and higher elevations. This
can influence the flight trajectories and distance travelled by
baseballs. Wind approaching from certain directions can exacerbate the
effects. The study of stadium-related wind effects, early in the design
phase of proposed stadiums and prior to structural renovations on
existing stadiums, can yield further understanding as to a stadium's
potential labeling as a "hitter-friendly" or "pitcher-friendly" ballpark.
Newmerical Technologies' General Manager, Dr. Dennis Torok, based in
Minneapolis, has been continuously in the news lately as he has been
invited to provide opinions on the possible causes of the significant
increase in home runs being hit in the "new" Yankee Stadium. Dennis is a
world-class wind-engineering expert and an avid baseball fan. His
comments on wind issues relative to Yankee Stadium have appeared in New
York Magazine, Newsday, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, Kansas City Star
and as a panelist on National Public Radio "Science Friday". They can be
read in the news section of cwe.newmerical.com.
He has also been interviewed for an article to appear in USA Today on
Tuesday June 2nd. We invite you to read it.
These interviews have attracted the attention of baseball enthusiasts and
the general public to the merits and superiority of computational wind
engineering, in which Newmerical Technologies is a leader. Newmerical
Technologies' unique scientific methods in this area may be of interest
to teams considering new stadiums or wanting to correct existing
anomalous situations caused either by the lack of wind studies or by wind
studies carried out using archaic legacy methods.
Contacts:
Newmerical Technologies International
Dr. Dennis Torok
Minneapolis, General Manager
612-374-3495
dennis.torok@newmerical.com
Newmerical Technologies International
Eric Camfield
Boston
781-330-4470
eric.camfield@newmerical.com
Newmerical Technologies International
Martin Aube
Montreal, Vice President Operations
514-398-2671
martin.aube@newmerical.com
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