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SINDA/
FLUINT |
Sinaps® |
Thermal
Desktop® |
RadCAD® |
FloCAD® |
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| General
Usage |
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| Component
level modeling |
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Either Sinaps or Thermal Desktop GUI is recommended |
| System
level modeling |
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Either Sinaps or Thermal Desktop GUI is recommended |
| FE
modeling |
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| FD
or lumped parameter modeling |
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R |
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Either Sinaps or Thermal Desktop GUI is recommended |
| Build
geometric CAD models |
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| Build/view
models as R-C networks |
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| Using
abstract network representations |
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| Thermal/Fluid
Analysis |
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| Calculate
temperatures |
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| Model
fluid system |
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| Radiation
Analysis |
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| Calculate
form factors and radiation conductors |
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| Calculate
orbital heating rates |
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| Calculate
of trajectory heating rates |
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| Import
Capabilities |
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| SINDA/G
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Free
translator |
| IGES
import |
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Built-in
CAD version of TD or Mechanical Desktop required |
| IDEAS
FEM or FD import |
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| TSS,
Nevada, Trasys |
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| Step
and Step 204 |
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Autocad
Mechanical Desktop required |
| Step-209
import |
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Built-in
CAD version of TD or Mechanical Desktop required |
| FEM
mesh import (ANSYS, NASTRAN, FEMAP) |
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| TASPCB
import |
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| Export
Capabilities |
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| SINDA/G
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| ESATAN |
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| TSS
and Trasys |
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| NASTRAN
and ANSYS temperature mapping |
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| Step
209 |
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| Advanced
Design |
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| Trade
studies and parametric analysis |
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| Design
Optimization |
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| Reliability
Engineering |
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O |
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| Worst-case
Scenario Seeking |
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| Model
Correlation |
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| Program
Interfaces |
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| Launching
from Excel |
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| Custom
interface development |
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| Devices
and Special Materials |
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| Heaters |
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O |
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| Heat
Pipes |
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| Loop
Heat Pipes (LHP), Thermosyphons (LTS) |
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| TEC
(Peltier devices) |
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R |
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| Louvers |
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| Ablation |
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| PCMs
(phase change energy storage) |
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| Anisotropic
Materials |
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