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MultiElement Airfoils is Listed Among  SAE Aerospace Engineering Magazine
"Top Products for 2003".
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MultiElement Airfoils 4.1 solves the compressible Euler & Navier-Stokes equations for arbitrarily placed objects in subsonic, transonic and supersonic flows. It is a turn-key product that eliminates grid generation hassles and accurately computes lift, drag and moments for a group of airfoils and individual airfoils within the group. MultiElement Airfoils displays graphs of pressure, Mach number, temperature and total pressure using built-in post processing tools (it does not require additional third party software for pre or post processing). It is an excellent tool for optimizing cross-sectional shapes and getting the correct placement of aerodynamics components for aircraft, automobiles, boats, house hold products and other equipment.

Applications

Benefits

  • Solve conflicting wing design problems that call for high lift at landing and takeoffs but low drag and efficiency in the cruise configuration.
  • Solve the problem of generating high lift when the wing dimensions are fixed by the rules of the competition.
  • Analyze multiple airfoils shapes without the hassles of grid generation. Just drag the airfoils into place (or enter their exact location), size and rotate them and click the menu to automatically generate your grid.
  • Accurately solves compressible Euler & Navier-Stokes equations for for multiple airfoils and other 2-dimensional shapes.
  • Understand the behavior of airfoils used in the design of wings, helicopter blades, hydrofoils, fans, propellers and other equipment.
  • Understand and make critical design decision in transonic & supersonic flow regime.
  • Easy-to-use tool for designing more efficient wing & machine blade cross-sections.
  • Eliminate steep learning curve for new engineers & reduce training costs.
  • Windows based interfaces requires little or no training.

Compressible Flow Solver

  • 2-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes Equations for laminar flows
  • 2-dimensional compressible Euler equations using a finite-volume solver
  • Boundary layer equations using edge velocity from Euler equations solver
  • Option for axisymmetric equations & boundary conditions
  • 2nd order flux vector splitting
  • 4-stage Runge-Kutta time marching scheme using local time steps
  • Automatic cartesian grid generation for arbitrary multiple body placement.
  • Plots of pressure, Mach number, temperature & total pressure
  • Surface plots of Cp, Cf, Mach number, velocity ratio & temperature
  • Computation of overall lift, drag & moment coefficients about arbitrary locations on and off the airfoils.
  • Computation of lift, drag & moment coefficient for each shape.

Incompressible Flow Solver

  • Linear strength vortex panel method
  • Coupled boundary layer solver
  • Lift, drag & moment coefficient calculations for individual airfoils
  • Prediction of transition & separation points
  • Stall & maximum lift prediction
  • Surface graphs of pressure & velocity ratio
  • Contour graphs of Cp
  • Graphs of Cl, Cd & Cm versus angle of attack
  • Graphs of Cl vs Cd.

Other Features of MultiElement Airfoils

  • Incompressible flow solver using vortex panel method coupled with boundary layer solver
  • Compressible flow solver based on Euler Equations and Navier-Stokes Equations
  • Built-in library of NACA 4, 5 & 6-digit airfoils
  • Custom airfoil analysis
  • Computes Cl, Cd & Cm
  • Stall Model for potential flow solver
  • Built-in graphs
  • Built-in tables
  • Export tables to .csv files
  • Export airfoil to .dxf files
  • Airfoil plotting

Requirements
MultiElement Airfoils requires a PC with a Pentium 120 or later running Windows 95 or later and a connection to the internet.

Availability/Price

Version

Price

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Three Months License

$995

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Annual License

$2,995

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* The Leased & Floating Versions Require Internet Connection to access the software. The lease period starts after the second (2nd) access of the software.  Users can use the software on any internet connected PC running Windows 95 or later (Windows XP preferred).
Telephone Your Orders: Please call us at (352) 687-4466 to place your credit card order by telephone.  We can provide you with a download URL & password after the transaction is processed.
Fax Your Orders: Please click here to fax your order. (.pdf order form)

Support and Upgrades
We provide free technical support and upgrades for up to one year after purchase for our perpetual license packages. The leased versions of the software can be obtained from our site soon after they are updated.

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Find out how MultiElement Airfoils help you with your current project. Please click here to contact us or call us at (352) 687-4466.

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