Patent ID: 7127380

Claim:
A method for performing coupled finite analyses to resolve a joint problem between finite analysis programs, the method comprising: providing first and second finite analysis programs, wherein one of the first and the second finite analysis programs is a computational fluid dynamics program; identifying the joint problem through use of a graphical user interface operable to identify the joint problem and to specify at least one criterion for a joint solution, wherein both the first and the second finite analysis programs can jointly and in combination solve the joint problem using the at least one criterion; providing first program input values to the first finite analysis program; executing the first finite analysis program to obtain first program output values including a first joint data set; providing the second finite analysis program with second program input values including the first joint data set; executing the second finite analysis program to provide second program output values including a second joint data set; and providing the first finite analysis program with the first program input values including the second joint data set.