NAIS is working together with industries operating in different business areas and develops research projects in the field of numerical analysis.

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

NAIS is qualified to work out numerical models and analysis methodologies in automotive field:

  • Analysis and optimisation of combustion models for Diesel and gasoline engines with a coupled thermal-structural analysis
  • Simulation of the air-fuel mixing process for PFI and GDI engines and the influence of injection timing and injector geometry/position on this process
  • Collaboration for the development of GDI and Diesel Common-Rail injection systems using a coupled 1D-3D analysis methodology
  • Characterization and optimisation of intake and exhaust systems
  • Aerodynamic simulations
  • Fluidodynamic-structural design of suspension systems

OLEODINAMIC AND PNEUMATIC APPLICATIONS

By using 1D/3D fluidodynamic analysis tools NAIS works on:

  • Design and development of gear pumps
  • Fluidodynamic-structural analysis of screw compressor
  • Fluidodynamic design of scroll compressor for low pressure applications
  • Design of suction and blower systems
  • Optimization of separation process for cyclon suction systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATIONS

In the turbomachinery sector NAIS operates on:

  • Fan design
  • Turbine and compressor vane design
  • Optimization of centrifugal pump vane design

 

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

Other examples of CFD applications developed by NAIS are:

  • CFD 3D simulation of fryer machine
  • Thermal design for static and dynamic industrial cooking ovens
  • Design of gas cooker
  • Fluidodynamic optimisation of heat exchanger

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

NAIS continuously invests in research and development. Actually, the open research projects regard:

  • Development of combustion model for Diesel and gasoline engines
  • Development of atomization and wall-film models
  • Development of Immersed Boundary simulation methodology