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Glenn
Research Center
1990 Phase II
Nekton: Tool
for Coating Process Simulations
Nektonics,
Inc.
Cambridge, MA
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INNOVATION
Powerful simulation software
for the modeling and analysis of a wide range of coating flows
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Slide coating analysis with NEKTON
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Produced a fluid dynamics computer
modeling tool for simulation and analysis of a wide range of coating
flows
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Commercial
version brought to market by Fluent, Inc. as NEKTON 2
- Product introduced
computational fluid dynamics to the coatings industry
- Developed annual revenue
of $400K
- Superseded in 1996
by NEKTON 3.0 for industrial customers
- NEKTON 2 continues
to be used in universities
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Software was used in the Surface
Tension Driven Convection Experiment (STDCE), a low gravity fluid
physics experiment flown on STS-50, June 1992 and STS-73, October
1995
- NEKTON can be used to model
coatings in such diverse industries as paper, magnetic media, film
and adhesives
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