> > > Paul,

> > > > > > > I did not extend the cowling because there is no more space up > > front,> extending it, it would overhang over the canopy which > then > > could > > > not be
> > > opened.
> > > > > > Rino
> > > > > > Ah so. Right! I forgot. We are between  a rock and a hard spot > here.> > Does anybody have CFD up and running?
> > > > > > Paul Lamar
> > > > I do have a limited amount of CFD ability w/ SolidWorks. If > you've got
> > a model, I'd be glad to mess w/ it and see if I can get any > > answers for
> > you..
> > > > Jarrett
> > > > OK Jarrett. I'll work on a simple model. Can it be 3D?
> > > > Paul Lamar
> > For sure.. actually... it has to be.. I don't think I can do 3D..
> > For the record I've never played w/ it soo.. who know's what will
> happen..
> > Jarrett

Sorry Paul, I made an oops there and thought I'd correct.. just for the
record..  that should have read  "For sure.. actually... it has to be..I don't think I can do 2D.."

Sorry about that..

Jarrett

No problem. I figured that out. The plot is promising.
Is it possible to put the lines closer together?

Thanks BTW I think you mean 3D and  not 2D. I think what you are doing is 2D.
I can't imagine 1D :)
Paul Lamar

Strangely enough.. it is 3D..  I just showed a top view of the flow streams..
but it was/is actually the real 3D model. This case the model would
represent a 2d path as it's uniform vertically.. but I
could also use the software to do say the interior of a cowl..
Airflow in a Computer case.. etc etc..

The only trick is it has to be a 'part' file.. all one body.. no multi bodies
or assemblies of parts.. It also has to be a closed volume.. basically you
just select one face and tell it the air comes in here.. select a second
face and say 'air goes out here'.. and it does the flow path between
the two faces inside the volume.... [interacting w/ everything between
the two faces].. the full version can do heat transfer, surface pressure
gradiants, flow induced harmonics [flutter] etc.. etc

I've seen full scale a/c modeled w/ it and the pressure gradiant on
the surfaces..  you can also take that pressure gradiant data and
use it on the FEA side of the software to check aerodynamic loading..
[cowls.. wings etc]..

I've got the mid level version of the FEA.. but in an industrial fab shop
there isn't really too much need for Flow analysis  :)

Jarrett

Do I need to do a full 3D of the goose? I can I almost have it.
It seems to be working with the rads. I could attach them to the goose top
and bottom of that helps.

Paul Lamar