RealTime Graphical ThermalFluid System Cullimore Ring Technologies Inc

Real-Time Graphical Thermal/Fluid System Cullimore & Ring Technologies, Inc. , Littleton, Colorado Innovation • Thermal Desktop enables concurrent engineering for thermal analysts by providing full access to CAD-based geometry as well as data exchange to and from structural codes without compromising traditional thermal modeling practices. Accomplishments • Performs rapid model changes and what-if scenarios using material property aliases. • Applies heaters, loads, or fluxes to nodes, elements, and conic surfaces. • Provides graphical construction of procedural thermal entities such heat pipes, heaters, and thermostats. • Extensive CAD functions make model building fast and more effective: • Boolean resolved, extended surfaces • Super imposable drawing layers • Multiple port views with store/recall • Snap-on model building • Drag and Drop model editing • User-defined light sources • Wire frame, hidden, rendered views Government/Science Applications • The NASA standard tool for thermohydraulic analysis, SINDA/FLUINT, includes thermodynamic and hydrodynamic solutions specifically targeted at the growing demand for design and analysis of liquid propulsion systems. • Spacecraft and launch vehicle thermal, Propulsion, and environmental control design. Johnson Space Center Date of Update 11/11/2002 Success Story 9 -065 Thermal Desktop Commercialization • C&R's numerous clients span such diverse industries as electronics packing, aerospace, automobile and aircraft engine cooling, air conditioning, fuel lubrication and hydraulic systems, spacecraft and l 0 aunch vehicle thermal control, propulsion, and environmental control, Power generation systems, Oil and gas pipeline and distribution systems, Process design and control, Furnaces and kilns. • The firm has existing relationships with the corporations listed below: Ford, Raytheon, Boeing, NASA, Chrysler , Northrop, Gruman, Aerospatiale, Do. E Laboratories, Cummins, Allied Signal, Kawasaki, U. S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, U. S. Navy, General Motors, Westinghouse, Alenia Aerospazio, U. S. Army. Points of Contact: NASA- Collin Hieger, 281 -483 -1803 CR Technologies-sales@crtech. com 1992 SBIR Phase II NAS 9 -19059