Patent ID: 7533009
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: F28D,F28F,G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A radiator heat-dissipation simulation system using a computer in which the heat-dissipation capability of a vehicle radiator is calculated and the result of the calculation is displayed on a screen of a display device, comprising: a shape data input section for entering the shape data of the radiator; a shape display section for displaying a geometric shape of the radiator calculated by the computer based on the entered shape data; an environmental conditions input section for setting and environmental conditions of a vehicle; and a graph display section for calculating the heat-dissipation capability of the radiator by computer based on the entered shape data and the environmental conditions and displaying the calculated result as a graph, wherein the shape data input section, the shape display section, the environmental condition input section, and the graph display section are displayed permanently and simultaneously in predetermined fixed positions that are separated relative to each other on a single screen of the display device, and wherein a change of the shape data and a change of the environmental conditions are immediately and visually reflected simultaneously in both a change of the geometric shape of the radiator displayed on the shape display section of the single screen and a change of the heat-dissipation capability of the radiator displayed on the graph display section; and wherein an input-system screen including the shape data input section, the shape display section, and the environmental conditions input section can be permanently and simultaneously displayed in the predetermined fixed positions on the single screen of the display device together with the graph display section by being divided into non-overlapping left and right sides of the single screen, wherein the shape data input section, the shape display section, and the environmental conditions input section are disposed on one of the left and right sides, and the graph display section is disposed on the other of the left and right sides of the single screen, wherein at least one slider is permanently and simultaneously displayed at another predetermined fixed position between the shape display section and the graph display section, the at least one slider enabling a user of the system to change a temperature lowering characteristic or a heat-dissipation characteristic of the radiator.