FLOW & THERMAL SYSTEMS
EXPERIMENTS
We have experience performing experimental measurements in flow and thermal systems to quantify a variety of performance metrics.
Measurement Capabilities
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Temperature
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Flow Speed
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Sound Level
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Pressure Fluctuations
Example Projects
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Thermal testing of thermoelectric cooling units for a heart preservation device.
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Flow measurements for developing a flow sensor for cow exhalation.
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Acoustic measurements for reducing the noise output from a pet dryer.
CFD
We use COMSOL Multiphysics as our simulation platform for performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses. We many have years of experience simulating a variety of flow and thermal systems.
Simulation Capabilities
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3D Laminar and Turbulent Flows
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Coupled Flow and Heat Transfer
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Particle Tracing for Aerosols and Suspended Particulates
Example Projects
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Simulation of flow over an aftermarket product for a Tesla Model 3.
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Simulation of an axial flow heat exchanger to measure the heat transfer coefficient.
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Feasibility analysis of cooling strategies for a ship deck heated by a V-22 Osprey.