Patent ID: 6873946
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Computer readable instructions for converting a general purpose computer into a specialized computer for simulation testing a vehicle in an environment by presenting a graphic user interface (GUI) facilitating selection of the vehicle and definition of the environment before generating selected ones of a Euler grid and a Navier-Stokes grid from a single set of predetermined parameters, wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise: a memory for storing a plurality of pre-defined vehicle assemblies, each of the vehicle assemblies corresponding to a pre-processed point field geometry on the surface of a vehicle to be tested; a first software module for using said GUI to select among the plurality of pre-defined vehicle assemblies to be tested; a second software module for defining the environment in which to perform the test; a third software module for generating a set of predetermined parameters using the pre-processed point field geometry on the surface of a vehicle to be tested selected by the GUI in the first software module and using the environment defined in the second software module; a fourth software module for generating the selected ones of the Euler grid and the Navier-Stokes grid; and a fifth software module for post-processing the output of the third software module.