Patent ID: 6529860
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: G06F,Y02T

Abstract:
A system for designing an automotive vehicle by enabling dynamic placement of particle injection points relative to a vehicle surface to permit visual observation and alteration of resulting particle trajectories over a computer aided design (CAD) model representative of a desired portion of the vehicle represented on a display means by a computer having memory means, processor means and user input means associated therewith, the system comprising:particle injector placement code means operable with the user input means to dynamically effect a desired placement of at least one particle injector on the display means with respect to the desired portion of the CAD model; trajectory determination code means for computing at least one trajectory for a particle stream emanating from the at least one particle injector relative to the desired portion of the CAD model for user inputable information describing the physical particle characteristics in a predetermined set of particle external conditions; trajectory display code means for effecting display of the at least one trajectory with respect to the desired portion of the CAD model; and a damage analysis means for estimating damage caused by the impact of the particle stream at a user-selected location of the vehicle and for displaying information representative of the estimated damage.