NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY Marshall Space Flight Center 
1993 Phase II

Unified, Multi-Phase, Numerial Method Using Volume-of-Fluid Transport Models

Engineering Sciences, Inc.

Huntsville, AL  
 

INNOVATION
    Numerical design analysis tool, developed for problems involving complex rocket engine injector flows, material processing flows, and flows with phase change and solidification
UNIC-2P -- A Multi-phase flow design analysis tool
UNIC-2P -- A Multi-phase flow design
analysis tool
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • Development state -- small production runs.
    • A commercial two-phase flow model has been developed
    • Software copies have been sold to Pratt & Whitney and Boeing
COMMERCIALIZATION
    • Product name: UNIC-2P
    • CAE application in aerospace, automotive engine design and material processing industries.
    • Advertisement of the UNIC-2P on Mechanical Engineering has generated interest of the product from potential customers
    • Cumulative revenues generated since introduction (late 1997) have been around $300K
    • Engineering Sciences in joint venture with Fieldview, SINDA, and Gridgen
    • Engineering Sciences competitive edge in the CAE area is the quality and price of their software products
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
    • Based on the success of their Phase II contract, ESI has obtained other service contracts from  NASA and U.S. Navy to create more models for their specific applications
    • NASA has shown interest in using this product or cryogenic fluid management in Earth Orbiting Vehicle designs
    • As a result of the 1993 Phase II, ESI awarded Phase III worth $33K
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