Rocket science propelled to new heights by software
Accurate ‘virtual validation’ of complex rocket designs enables scientists to create more efficient propulsion systemsA new CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software package is helping rocket scientists to develop higher performance propulsions with the ability to do more accurate testing, all in a virtual world.
With detailed combustion data hard to obtain in the harsh environment and very little validation data possible, simulating rocket design has been a difficult science until now.
Now US-based ORBITEC, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, has enlisted the expertise of
