Controlled technology

Are simulation results export controlled? EAR, ITAR, UK

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A simulation of a controlled part can itself be controlled technology. The definitions below are quoted from the regulators' own pages, read for this site.

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The US definitions

The EAR defines technology as information necessary for the development, production, use, operation, maintenance or repair of an item.

Source: eCFR, EAR definitions of terms

ITAR's technical data is information required for the design, development, manufacture, testing or modification of defense articles, including blueprints, drawings, plans and documentation.

Source: eCFR, ITAR definition of technical data

Any release in the United States of controlled technology to a foreign person is a deemed export to that person's most recent country of citizenship or permanent residency.

Source: eCFR, EAR section on exports

Technology that has been published, made available to the public without restrictions on further dissemination, is not subject to the EAR.

Source: eCFR, EAR section on published information

The UK lists

GOV.UK's guidance divides each category of the dual-use list into five parts, with software and technology as two of them, listed alongside the goods themselves.

Source: GOV.UK, export controls on dual-use items, software and technology

Whether the runs are yours to license at all is at who owns CFD results.

Describe the simulation archive you hold

7 of the 8 simulation vendors we read leave the results with the customer, and 3 keep some aggregated use. Tell us which tools hold your runs and we will reply about yours.

The simulation work

What does most of the archive come from?

  • A person reads every simulation enquiry
  • No solver vendor on the board is shown what you send
  • No geometry, mesh or results file is asked for here

Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

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7 of the 8 simulation vendors we read leave the results with the customer, and 3 keep some aggregated use. Tell us which tools hold your runs and we will reply about yours.

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