Interactive CFD Package for Multiple Airfoil Analysis & Design

By DE Editors

Hanley Innovations (Ocala, FL), a developer of interactive PC software for aerodynamics preliminary and conceptual design and analysis for education and industry, announced MultiElement Airfoils 4.1, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software that analyzes airfoils in any configuration.

MultiElement Airfoils 4.1 helps the designer develop wings for all modes of operation, making it possible to develop high-lift airfoil sections for takeoff and landing, and high-efficiency sections for the cruise configuration in a single application.

MultiElement Airfoils 4.1 is based on a new Cartesian grid generation procedure for solving the 2D and axisymmetric flow equations. It offers the ability to read-in an airfoil shape directly from a CAD drawing in the AutoCAD .DXF file format. It can be used to quickly analyze subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flows past multiple airfoils placed at arbitrary locations without the hassle of conventional grid generation.

Version 4.1 features an updated Cartesian grid algorithm that is easy to implement and offers enhanced computational accuracy. The new version solves the compressible Navier-Stokes for laminar flows in addition to the Euler equations. The solvers, optimized for the Cartesian grid scheme, are used to compute the lift, drag, and moment coefficients multiple and individual airfoil sections.

Prices start at $995 for the three months lease and $2,995 for a yearly lease. A perpetual license of MultiElement airfoils is $9,995.

Other software titles from Hanley Innovations include MultiSurface Aerodynamics, MultiElement Airfoils and VisualFoil Plus.

For more information on MultiElement Airfoils 4.1, please visit Hanley Innovations.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.