Services
Aerospace In-flight Icing Simulation / Testing / Certification, Aerodynamic Analysis & Design
NTI provides turnkey solutions to a broad range of aerodynamic and in-flight icing problems.
NTI in-flight icing simulation and aid-to-certification services for aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, include:
- Icing simulation software licensing: FENSAP-ICE™
- Design optimization of icing protection systems
- Partial or complete outsourcing of icing protection activities
- Preparation of compliance plans
- Ice protection design review by NTI and (retired) FAA/JAA experts
- Consulting on icing protection systems testing, including provision of icing tunnel time and supervision of tests
- Support of customer certification efforts (numerical simulation, wind and icing tunnels testing, flight testing)
- Ice-related incident and accident investigations
- Databases for in-flight icing simulators
NTI aerodynamic analysis and performance optimization services include:
- The J-FLO™ suite of inviscid and viscous turbulent CFD analysis codes
- The J-FLO™ suite of inviscid and viscous aircraft performance optimization codes
- Consulting on performance optimization, by renown aerodynamicists and experts in Optimal Control
NTI engineering projects include:
- Aerodynamics and perfoamnce optimization of Regional and Jumbo Jets
- Icing analysis of aircraft, rotorcraft and UAVs
- Design of the piccolo tubes of Regional Jets
- In-flight and taxiing icing analysis of nacelles, intakes and wings
- Scientific forensic investigation of icing related crashes
- Optimization of the inlet of a supersonic airplane
- CFD-based flight simulator for helicopter landing behind ship superstructures
Automotive Air Flow, Heat Transfer & Water Management
NTI provides turnkey solutions to the automotive industry complex airflow, conjugate heat transfer and water management problems.
NTI services include, but are not limited to:
- CFD software licensing
- Flow around, underhood and in-cabin for automobiles and trucks
- Drag mitigation equipment analysis for autos, trucks and racing cars
- Soiling of automobile and truck windshields
- Fogging of automobile and truck windshields
- Heat dissipation problems, such as with brakes, etc.
Naval Wind, Rain and Ice Effects on Ship/Oilrig Decks
Using a technology similar to the one it uses for wind engineering around buildings, NTI provides turnkey solutions to the naval industry for wind, water and ice management effects on the deck of cruise and navy ships, oilrigs and other naval installations.
NTI simulation approaches mitigate solutions, early enough in the design stage, to the strong airwakes that can exist behind ship superstructures, thus increasing passenger comfort and safety.
NTI has partnered with CAE to establish the first CFD-based database for training helicopter navy pilots to land on deck (Royal Navy, Merlin CDS Simulator).
NTI services include, but are not limited to:
- Computational simulation and assessment of wind, rain and ice effects on the decks of cruise ships, naval ships and oilrigs
- Computational databases for flight simulators, to train helicopter pilots to land on ship/oilrig decks during gales and storms
- All-weather operation of search and rescue helicopters and patrol planess
- Greenwater icing problems