Plumes

Exhaust plume prediction software

  • flowfield and infra-red signature prediction
  • 2D or 3D compressible flows with multi-species chemical reactions
  • rocket motor, gas turbine, diesel engine exhausts and power plant
  • large chemical species and reaction database
  • single or multiple plumes, nozzles and ejectors
  • plume interaction with vehicle and free stream
  • Extensively validated
  • Based on widely used CFD codes
  • GUI for fast data input and mesh generation
  • PC or UNIX platforms

Applications for

  • missile, aircraft, land vehicles and ships
  • nozzle design
  • signature reduction
  • plume impingement
  • engine test facility
Large eddy simulation of an exhaust flow
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Lobbed nozzle mesh

chemically reacting exhaust plume

GUI used for the PLUMES software
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The Old Tannery, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AN Tel: 0117 932 7378 Fax: 0117 932 9652

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