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Reduce Development Time
CFD Analysis can be tedious and time consuming. With the
inclusion of radiation exchange, model setup can be confusing
and solution times can increase by orders of magnitude.
This is not the case with RadTherm. TAI utilizes a state-of-the-art voxel-based ray
tracer to compute radiation view factors and solar projected
(apparent) areas. With RadTherm, you have the fastest radiation
exchange solver on the market coupled to your CFD code.
You can input steady state data from Fluent or Star-CD directly into TAI's RadTherm software as NASTRAN or PATRAN file formats. Your data can also be imported to our Mesh Mapper software, and the high density CFD results automatically mapped onto a lower density mesh, yielding the fastest thermal solutions available.
RadTherm gives you accelerated results of multi-modal heat exchange throughout thermal systems. Your product or system design changes can be made directly in the graphical user interface (GUI) to alter physical properties, material thickness, or surface conditions. With RadTherm you gain thermal solutions many times faster than with Fluent or Star-CD alone, and model setups or changes are rapid and intuitive.
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RadTherm GUI with sample vehicle model and realistic environmental conditions (cold morning): solar effects of reflectance, shadowing, and transparent glass elements; and built-in wind convection with weather data applied to the vehicle exterior and ground surfaces. |
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Increase Accuracy
TAI Software offers your team realistic
environments. Our terrain model incorporates
the full effects of solar shadowing, multiple
reflections, and reradiation of geometric
features (e.g., radiation exchange between
vehicle exhaust systems and asphalt road
surfaces). TAI software’s predictions have
been thoroughly validated by third party
measurements of operating vehicle systems
and against theoretical solutions.
Extensive validation examples
are available
here.
Evaluate Designs Rapidly
RadTherm provides you with a built-in convection library. Many automotive companies perform several design iterations using our built-in wind convection model prior to starting a fully integrated CFD - RadTherm simulation. Answer your
"What if" design questions quickly and with minimal effort by altering the model parameters in the GUI, and rerunning. The model view factor calculations are stored for you and reused, saving time and bringing your products to market faster.
Common Automotive Applications
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Vehicle underbody & exhaust analysis
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Heat shield design analysis
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Climate control & thermal comfort
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Underhood & engine cooling
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Electronics & electrical enclosure
design
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Lighting systems
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Forced
air cooling model. Geometry and
convection data loaded via PATRAN
import.
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