7 Chris Eliot Ct, Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 USA; Tel (410) 329-1931; Fax (410) 329-9526
Thermal Design Software, ITAS, ITPLOT, TRASYS, NASTRAN, Orbital Analysis
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Ray Tracing, Spacecraft Thermal / Contamination Analysis
Space Power Systems, Rocket Plume Analysis, Loop Heat Pipe Analysis
ANALYTIX Corporation is an engineering technical support services and high-technology software
development company since 1985. ANALYTIX is located in Timonium, Maryland
(50 miles north east of Washington, D.C.)
PC-ITAS Capabilities [via Microsift's Virtual PC (DOS: WinXp, Win2K, WinNT)]
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Totally Integrated, Interactive,
Menu-Driven &
User-Friendly
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9000 Flat Surfaces; 9000 Thermal Nodes; 250000 Conductances
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View-Factor Computation With or Without Blockage By Contour Integration
or Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method
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Shadow (Blockage) Factor Computation (Visible Fractions)
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Script-F Radiation Conductance Computation By Gebhart Method
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Spinning and Non-Spinning Spacecraft
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Variable-Orientation Spacecraft:
(Fixed Altitude and Geometry; Sun and/or Planet Pointing At Any Orbit
Point)
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Orbital Environmental Shadowed Incident Fluxes For Circular and/or Elliptical
Orbits
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Orbital Environmental Shadowed Incident Fluxes at a Single Orbit Location
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Orbital Absorbed Heat Rates With Multiple Reflections
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Orbital Graphics With On-Screen Animation (SPIN)
Color-Coded For Sun & Eclipse
Portions
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Orbital Graphics With Spacecraft Shown Around Orbit In Any Size
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Spacecraft On-Orbit Orientations Allowed: Earth, Sun, and Star (Inertial)
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Specular (Monte Carlo RAY TRACING--MCRT) View Factors/Script-F and Orbital Heating
For All-Flat-Surface Models; Also, Black Body View Factors MCRT
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Thermal Analysis: Steady-State and/or Transient:
Solution Algorithms Are Functionally Equivalent To NASA/SINDA's STDSTL
& FWDBCK
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Stand-Alone Thermal Analyzer
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Stand-Alone Thermal Models For Batch Processing
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Batch operation for ITAS-format Thermal Math Models
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Re-Start Capability From View-Factor and/or Shadow-Factor Files
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Worst-Case (Automatically Operated) Orbital Incident Flux Determination For
User-Defined Range of Beta/Cigma Angles
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Sub-Model Analyses For Large Models (>2000 surfaces); Each Sub-Model Can Have
2000 Surfaces
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On-Screen File Selection
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Fully Integrated Surface Geometry Generation From Primitives:
Polygon, Box (1-6 Sided, Rounded
Corners, Individual Side
Sub-Divisions), Disc
(Radial/Circumferential and/or
Rectangular Mesh), Cone (Regular and/or Scarfed), Cylinder (Regular/Scarfed),
Sphere (Full or Segments), Paraboloid (Full or Segments), Any Surface of
Revolution,
Generic Box Of Any Cross
Section, N-Sided Elbow With User-Defined Bend
Angle, and
Hole-in-a-Rectangular-Plate with Offset.
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User-Defined Constants (Alphanumeric Names) For Geometry Generation & All
Computations:
Most Entities (Geometry, Dissipation, Conductance, etc.) May Be Defined
As "Names"
With Values (Numbers) Associated With Them; Automatic Checking For The
UDCs
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Fully Integrated Graphics Module For Surface Geometry Verification & Edit;
Graphics Module's Marked/UnMarked Parts May Be Saved In User-Defined
Files For Future Use
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Delete Individual Surfaces From A Large Model
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Add New Surfaces
Interactively Using Existing Grid Points
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Mark and Plot Individual Surfaces From A Large Model (Selective Surface Plot)
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Build Sub-Models From a Large Model
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Plot Geometry With Surface and/or Node Numbers, Alpha and/or Emissivity,
Area, Power, and Temperature With User-Defined Character Size
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Wire-Frame, Hidden-Lines-Removed, or Hidden-Dashed-Line Graphics With Shrink
Option
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View Rotations: User-Defined and/or Pre-Defined (Alt-X,Y,Z +90 Deg; Ctrl-X,Y,Z
+180 Deg)
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Post-Process Current and/or Previously-Saved Temperature Data (2D or 3D)
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Thermostats: User-Defined Sensor and Heater Nodes; Up to 100 Simultaneous
Thermostats
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Power Profiles (Up to 100), Power/Flux (any unit) vs Time
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Temperature Profiles (Up to 100), Time-Dependent
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Fluid-Flow Simulation With One-Way Conductance
(Delta) Network
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Automatic Generation of (Air) Conductances in Fairing For Ascent Analyses
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Automatic Generation of Radiation Conductances For Multi-Layer Insulation
Application
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Automatic Generation of Through-Plane Conductances
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Automatic Generation of In-Plane (2D) Linear Conductances
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Automatic Generation of Object/Plane Interface Conductances
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Import NODE & CONDuctance Data From ITAS-Format & Other (SINDA85) Models
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Variation of Beta Angle With Time For Circular and Elliptical Orbits
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Satellite Ground Track (Continental Boundaries) With 10 Different Projections
and
User-Defined View Angles
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Interfaces With SINDA/FLUINT, SINDA, TRASYS, NASTRAN, and
Public-Domain Solid Rendering Software (Polyray)
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Optical Properties Library: Solar Absorptivity & IR Emissivity (500 Entries)
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Thermal Properties Library: Cp(T), K(T), Density, and Latent Heat (1100 Entries)
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Complete Report Generation For All Nodes And Conductances With User-Comments
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Laser & Dot-Matrix Printer Support (30 Printers and Popular Plotters)
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Interface Graphics Files For Popular Publishing Programs and Word Processors
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User's Guide With "How To" Questions and Answers and Comprehensive
On-Screen Help
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Training Video Tape: VHS-Format (8 Hours)• CONTAMINATION MODULE (USA only)
January 01, 2008 09:54 AM