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Goddard
Space Flight Center
1992 Phase II
Computational
Fluid Dynamics Package for Massively Parallel Supercomputing
Nektonics,
Inc.
Cambridge, MA
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INNOVATION
Computational fluid dynamics code for
modeling of three dimensional fluid flow
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Convenction in a Rotating Hemipherical
Shell Model of Atmosphere of
Giant Planet: Temperature Field
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed an advanced, parallel
fluids modeling tool
- Developed an advanced interface
to enable widespread use in government, industry, and academia
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Market leader in coating analysis;
used in glass melts and other materials processing applications
- Capability incorporated in a
new product for industrial customers, NEKTON 3, superseding earlier
product, NEKTON 2
- Increased total annual revenues
to $750K
- Currently used by 35 major US
corporation, including 3M, Xerox, Dupont, IBM and Polaroid to improve
manufacturing processes, lower costs, and provide higher quality
and faster product improvement cycles
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- GSFC uses new parallel code
to model atmosphere of giant planets such as Jupiter
- Coating stability analysis at
MIT
- Bio-medical application - modeling
of blood flow through the human heart
- Two-layer coatings studies at
McMaster University, research at South Carolina State on free surface
of molten glass
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