Examples

Transient Air Flow Over a Pitching Wing

symscape — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:13:44 -0400

Introduction

This screencast shows an entire simulation performed using our SymLab Professional add-on; starting with geometry creation, motion specification, and physics definition, and finishing with transient 3D pressure coefficient contours on the wing surface. Using our intuitive drag-and-drop tools you'll see how simple and easy it is to simulate air flow within our SymLab unified simulation environment.

DLR F4 Wing-Body Calculation

symscape — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:22:49 -0400

Introduction

The DLR F4 is an idealized wing-body model of a passenger jetliner, such as the Boeing 737, that was tested in multiple wind tunnels for comparison with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations.

NLR 7301 Multi-Element Airfoil Calculation

symscape — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:34:00 -0400

Introduction

Multi-element airfoils are common sights on open-wheel racing cars and aircraft during take-off and landing.

NACA 4415 Airfoil Calculation

symscape — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:00:51 -0500

Introduction

Rotor blade design is a key element in determining the efficiency of a wind turbine. A crucial precursor to a final rotor blade design is to select one or more 2D airfoil sections to form a smooth blade profile. A wind tunnel study of a 2D airfoil (NACA 4415), typical of an airfoil used by wind turbine rotors, is compared with predictions made by our Panel Flow add-on.

Potential Flow Around an Ellipsoid

symscape — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:06:36 -0500

Introduction

Comparing a computation for the flow around an ellipsoid from our Panel Flow add-on with exact analytic potential theory is a good test (or verification) of our panel method implementation.

Potential Flow Around a Sphere

symscape — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:05:42 -0500

Introduction

Comparing a computation for the flow around a sphere from our Panel Flow add-on with exact analytic potential theory is a good test (or verification) of our panel method implementation.