PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Key Highlights
- The University of Texas at
Arlington (UTA) and Ansys are providing a cutting-edge
design and analysis workflow for validating system models in the
U.S. government's current and next-generation hypersonic
vehicles
- The workflow will verify Ansys' software code fidelity by
conducting physical high-speed flight tests in UTA's
state-of-the-art arc jet hypersonic wind tunnel
The University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA) and Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) are developing an advanced
design and analysis workflow for validating system models in the
U.S. government's current and next-generation hypersonic vehicles.
The workflow will fast-track certification of simulation software
codes, help decrease hypersonic technology development spending and
increase engineering productivity.
The U.S. Department of Defense and NASA have prioritized the
development of high-speed hypersonic aircraft, spacecraft and
missiles. However, funding may not be sustainable as a single
prototype flight test costs taxpayers as much as $100 million dollars. Additionally, there is a
shortage of engineers with hypersonic vehicle design experience.
While these factors have slowed the advancement of hypersonic
flight, Ansys' simulation solutions help spur the development of
key hypersonic technologies ranging from thermal protection systems
for spacecraft reentry to scramjet combustion technology for
hypersonic travel.
Ansys' high-fidelity physics-based solvers spur hypersonics
experimental research — from simulating the design and analysis of
air and fuel mixing inside a scramjet to measuring the impact of
thermal stresses on vehicle sensors that operate in harsh
environments. By simulating these systems, engineering teams can
save hundreds of millions of dollars in physical prototype testing
and further research and development using fewer employees. After
running Ansys' hypersonic systems models, UTA engineers can verify
the software code's accuracy by conducting physical high-speed
flight tests in UTA's state-of-the-art arc jet hypersonic wind
tunnel — the only structure of its kind created by a U.S.
university.
"Testing and validating physics-based component models within a
wind tunnel that operates at hypersonic speeds and temperatures
delivers a major technological advantage for our mutual customers,
driving faster development of cost-effective solutions," said
Luca Maddalena, professor of
Aerospace Engineering and director of the UTA's Aerodynamics
Research Center. "The university's arc jet will help validate
Ansys' software codes for hypersonic applications and power
leading-edge research in aerothermodynamics, scramjet propulsion,
ablation and much more."
"Our mutual customers in the air and space domains demand
substantial reductions in time to market, which creates tremendous
challenges for engineering highly complex hypersonic vehicles,"
said Prith Banerjee, chief
technology officer at Ansys. "By working closely with one of the
top universities in hypersonics research, our combined capabilities
will shift the paradigm away from expensive and lengthy physical
prototype testing to significantly advance the development of
current and future hypersonic vehicles."
About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys
is the global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world's most
innovative companies deliver radically better products to their
customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of
engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most
complex design challenges and create products limited only by
imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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