Patent ID: 8548781
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a computing device having a host application and an analytical tool; wherein the host application is configured to present an interface to a user and allow the user to modify a component model, wherein the component model includes a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of a vehicle component and has a virtual housing at least partially defining an internal cavity; wherein the analytical tool is configured to generate a solid body representing the internal cavity and calculate a volume of the solid body; wherein the analytical tool is configured to determine whether the internal cavity is bounded by the virtual housing of the component model; wherein the virtual housing presents at least one external face and wherein the component model includes at least one internal face at least partially defining the internal cavity; wherein the analytical tool is configured to prompt the user to select one of the external faces and one of the internal faces; wherein the analytical tool is configured to determine whether the internal cavity is bounded by the virtual housing by simulating a flow of fluid between the selected external face and the selected internal face, the simulated fluid flow being substantially similar to an actual fluid flow through the vehicle component; and wherein the analytical tool is configured to count a number of the external and internal faces traversed by the fluid during the simulated fluid flow, the fluid at least partially appearing on both of the external and internal faces traversed by the fluid.