Aerodynamics

Understanding how an object is affected by its environment is a core issue of any engineering process. For most everyday issues this means interacting with the air that surrounds us. Being able to predict how a design will behave while traveling through air and in turn how it will be affected is one of the most basic desires of fluid dynamicists.

Whether you want to maximise fuel efficiency of a vehicle by minimizing drag or understand the performance of a bullet at supersonic speeds, PHOENICS is a powerful tool which is simple to use and allows you easily to investigate the different aspects of compressible and incompressible flow taking into account heat transfer and allowing for a variety of turbulence models.

Case studies

Bullet Aerodynamics – Winter Sports Ammunition

PHOENICS is used to model the flow of air, pressure point and aerodynamic properties of different bullet shapes used in various shooting events with a view to gaining a greater understanding in order to optimize the profile/shape of their bullets to maximize consistency and stability.

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