Aviation View | April 2021

12 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 RANSFER, AND COMBUSTION TRIES commercial distributor of Flow Simulator, which was available through the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). Key features of Flow Simulator include: • Fully-coupled flow/thermal network modeling –An extended library of preconfigured elements and components leveraging a large set of publicly-available experimental data for pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics. • Control system module – Proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers, feedforward, and missions can be integrated with flow/heat transfer models to optimize the simulated- machine operation during cycle/mission analysis. • Optimization module – Monte Carlo, Optimal Latin Hypercube, and N-factorial analyses quickly explore the entire design space of a 3D modeling environment. An analytical model can be parametrized based on flow configuration, shape, dimension, and thermal characteristics to achieve an optimal cost- benefit design. • User-defined elements –Ability to integrate a customer’s own IP and element formulations using UDE creator supported in flexible python scripting as well as with Fortran language. APIs are provided an option to connect Flow Simulator with external software for multidisciplinary analyses. • Intuitive interface –A modern interface for pre, post, solve, and optimization. The three- dimensional design environment gives users the ability to overlay/integrate the network model with 3D computer-aided design (CAD) while integrating a customer’s IP and element formulations seamlessly. For more information about Flow Simulator, visit https://www.altair.com/flow-simulator/ .