Aerospace

A wide variety of physical models available in FlowVision enables solving a broad spectrum of special problems of aerospace industry. User-friendliness and advanced post-processing made FlowVision the flagship software at large Russian aerospace corporations.

Our partners in this area are: S.P.Korolev RSC “Energia” (Korolev, Moscow Region), “ENERGOMASH” Ltd. (Khimki, Moscow region), M.K.Yangel State Design Enterprise “YUZHNOE” (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), State Rocket Center “Ac. V.P.Makeev Design Enterprise” (Miass), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Department of Aero-physics and Space Research).
 

Solved problems:

• Start of a carrier rocket from platform "See Launch"
• Gas/fluid flows in different mains
• Fuel combustion in a booster accompanied by formation of toxic products
• Heat exchange in a water jacket
• Air flows in intakes and compressors
• Ventilation of internal compartments
• Simulation of emergency situations on a space station
• Separation of a payload head

Automotive industry

FlowVision solves external and internal problems of motor-car aero-hydrodynamics, simulates the processes in ICE. FlowVision demonstrates incomparable advantages before other CFD codes in modeling indoor microclimate and car tire aquaplaning.

Our partners in this area are: JSC “AVTOVAZ” (Toliatti), ICE Chair at Vladimir State University, leading designers of tire treads.
 

Solved problems:

• Air flows around different cars
• Ventillation and cooling a hood compartment
• Ventillation and heating a passenger compartment
• Interaction of a deformable tire with a puddle
• Contamination of the car surface with dust

Turbomachinery

FlowVision effitiently calculates flows in units with rotating parts. If a rotor can be surrounded by a cylindrical sirface without intersection with the geometry boundaries, the 'Sliding mesh' technology is implemented: the flow around the rotor is calculated in the rotating frame of reference, the flow in the stator is calculated in the absolute frame of reference. The technology ties the solutions together at the interface(s) between the rotor and stator regions. If the rotor cannot be surrounded by a cylindrical sirface without intersection with the geometry boundaries, the 'Moving body' technology is implemented.

Our partners in this area are: FSUE “Moscow State Machine-building Enterprise SALUT" (Moscow), JSC “InteRe” (Khimki, Moscow region), Research Institute “Uralmet” (Cheliabinsk), JSC “Arzamas Instrument-making Factory” (Arzamas).

Solved problems:

• Water flow in hydro-turbine
• Water flow in centrifugal pump
• Water flow in water counter
• Air flow in centrifugal compressor and turbine
• Air flow in axial compressor and turbine
• Air flow in screw compressor
• External cooling of turbine blades
• Internal cooling of turbine blades
• Air flow around wind turbine
• Air flow with solid particles in lawn-mower

Power generation

FlowVision is a powerful tool for modeling of processes characteristic of power generation. User-friendly interface and a set of reliable physical models enable a designer to accurately calculate the required characteristics of burners, combustors, and boilers and represent them in convenient form. Using FlowVision essentially minimizes the number of field experiments with prospective gas burners and boilers for power plants and heat stations. The accuracy of the FlowVision predictions is comparable to that of experiments.

Our partners in this area are: Central Research Institute for Machine Building TsNIIMASH (Korolev, Moscow region), “Eagle Dynamics” Inc., JSC “Rostovenergonaladka”, JSC “Prom-service” (Dmitrovgrad), Experimental Design Enterprise for Machine Building (N. Novgorod), JSC “Verhnesaldinsk Metallurgical Industrial Corporation” (Verhniaja Salda).

Solved problems:

• Natural gas combustion with formation of NOx
• Combustion of a mixture of C3H8, C4H10, H2, CO in a prospective gas burner
• Liquid fuel combustion
• Combustion of pulverized coal
• Combustion of particulate bio-fuel
• Simulation of the processes in different boilers
• Simulation of the processes in different heat exchangers
• Conjugate heat exchange between gas, liquid, and solid in a heat exchanger

Ship design

FlowVision is used for design of dry cargo ships, ships on under-water wings, and hydroplanes. The model for the water flow around a ship takes account of ship immersion, surface waves, and effect of propeller. A user can calculate and analyse 3D fields of velocity, pressure, and turbulent energy around the ship hull and propeller.

Our partners in this field are: DOS “VYMPEL” (N. Novgorod), RIC “AGAT” (Division of Marine Systems at JSC “P.O. Sukhoi Experimental Design Enterprise”) (St.- Petersburg), G.M.Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Engineering Complex (Taganrog), Taganrog State Radio-Technical University (Taganrog).

Solved problems:

• Definition of drag coefficients for different ships
• Development of the near and far wakes
• Putting a ship afloat
• Hydroplane splashdown
• Optimization of propeller shape

Chemical processing

FlowVision is used for modeling of fluid mixing in different chemical stirring reactors. Possibilities to enhance the reactor performance are sought for on the basis of calculated mixing quality.

 

Solved problems:

• Mixing liquids in reactor having impeller and operating in loading-unloading regime
• Mixing liquids accompanied by heat release in reactor included into perpetual production cycle.