Flow Science, Inc. is a privately held software company specializing in high fidelity fluid dynamics modeling software for industrial and scientific applications worldwide. In addition to its new presence in Taiwan, Flow Science also has Associates for FLOW-3D® in Japan, Germany, Korea, Finland, Norway, Italy, Spain & Portugal, Russia, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia. Flow Science is located in Santa Fe, NM.

HyperINFO Inc. is a privately held Taiwanese company that also acts as a distributor/reseller for a variety of CAD/CAM/CAE products. HyperINFO Inc. is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

For information, contact Ms. Rena Coby-Madrid at (505) 982-0088 or rena@flow3d.com or Mr. Cha Hung Su at 02 29025368 or hyper.info@msa.hinet.net.

Cart3D is a high-fidelity inviscid analysis package for conceptual and preliminary aerodynamic design. The program uses adaptively refined Cartesian grids to discretize the space surrounding a geometry and cuts the geometry out of the set of "cut-cells" which actually intersect the boundary.

The CART3D program was recently named "Software of the Year" by NASA.

Dr. Ross Haywood with Hatch Ltd., Australia has been an early user of the new release. "I found the new release to be absolutely first-rate," Haywood said. "The ability to use all of the models together makes it possible to apply CFX-5 to a much wider range of applications. That's significant, because CFX-5 has long been unique in its ability to solve larger and more complex problems than the other codes that I am familiar with. I am extremely pleased at the rate at which this code has been improving."

Major enhancements have been added to multiphase and free surface capabilities. The number of phases in a multiphase analysis is now unlimited, so that fluidized beds and particle separators with multiple particle sizes can be simulated with ease. The free surface flow model has been expanded to include a bulk energy equation, low speed variable density, fluid-specific additional variables and fluid-specific multicomponent fluids. These capabilities extend the applicability of free surface models to include, for example, mold filling and contaminant dispersion. A surface tension model is now available which allows the engineer to predict flows accurately in capillary tubes and the coalescence of liquid droplets.

Numerical models in The Dalles tailrace are being used to support efforts to reduce fish mortality associated with fish passaging of the hydroelectric project. At The Dalles, several locations have been proposed for a high flow outfall that would move fish around the dam rather than through the turbines or over the spillway.

One of the oldest and finest establishments of its kind in India, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has grown into a premier center of research and advanced instruction. Its Combustion Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory works mostly on fundamental research in combustion and its applications in industry.

A recent research project focused on investigating the effects of flow recirculation on the efficiency of a gas furnace, the goal being to optimize the position of the fuel nozzles. CFD simulations were conducted in parallel with experimental work on a typical preheated-air furnace.