ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Turbo with Automatic Zoning (GridPro)
Small Business Innovation Research
Program Development Company White Plains, NY
INNOVATION
A multiblock grid generation program that is
automatic once the pattern of grid blocks is
given. The user supplies the pattern without a
great need for precision

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Developed multiblock grid generation software
  system. The resulting grid is optimized to be
  smooth and orthogonal throughout the volumetric
  region and to be clustered about the locations
  of concave and convex boundary curvature
• Integrated the grid software with the NASA CFD
  codes GlennHT and WIND
• Provided the critical link for high fidelity
  CFD analysis to be applied to realistic
  configurations for industry and government
  applications
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• The software is called GridPro and is being
  used by many industrial companies in the world.
  These include Solar Turbines, Concepts-Northern,
  General Dynamics, Parker Hannifan, Grundfos,
  Ford Motor, Dow Chemical, Toshiba, Mitsubishi,
  European Space Agency, etc.
• Further commercialization can be obtained from
  website, www.gridpro.com

Grid for Two-Stage to Orbit Vehicle

• GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• GridPro has been purchased for use by NASA
  Glenn Research Center and Ames Research Center
• For at least five years, Glenn Research Center
  has paid the company 20K per year for a total
  of 100K for upgrade and maintenance of this
  software
• Academic customers include Penn State, Rutgers,
  Rice, Illinois, Stanford, Ohio State
  Supercomputer Center, Utah State, Cambridge,
  Stuttgart, Delft, Aachen, Greenwich, etc.

Glenn Research Center Turbomachinery/Propulsion
Systems 3-052
1989 Phase II, NAS3-26311, 8/00 NASA Contact
Ray Gaugler Company Contact Peter R. Eiseman