Advanced CFD Methodology for Fast Flow-Transients

CFD Research Corporation

Huntsville, AL
 

FASTRAN: High accuracy Computa- tional Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code for compressible viscous flows

• The basic methodology was developed in SBIR Phase II. CFD Research Corporation invested several person-years to add capabilities for unstructured grids, automated chimera overset grids, six-degree-of-freedom model for moving body analysis, Graphic User Interface (GUI), and commercial quality documentation

• FASTRAN is being commercialized as CFD-FASTRAN. Several ads have appeared in Aerospace America and software has been exhibited at AIAA Reno Conferences
• Typical license fee for CFD-FASTRAN is $50,000. Over a dozen licenses have been obtained from Raytheon, MICOM, Lockheed-Martin, Samsung Aerospace, STAE, and Embry-Riddle and Cranfield Universities
• Several contracts from Lockheed Skunk Works, Martin Baker, MICOM, and U.S. Navy

• Aircraft, missile, and car aerodynamics
• Multiple moving body dynamic analysis including store separation, ejecting pilot/seat and aircraft canopy dynamics, train moving through tunnel and others
• Design and analysis of aircraft components such as wings, ducts, etc.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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