Aerothermodynamics
Aerodynamic heating, thermal protection system (TPS) and ablation modelling, plume interaction and base heating. Flight-phase thermal environments for high-speed vehicles.
What we do
At high speed, air heats the vehicle. Aerothermodynamics is the business of establishing how much, and how the vehicle will survive it.
- Aerodynamic heating analyses — thermal environments defined per flight phase
- Thermal protection system (TPS) design and ablation modelling
- Plume interaction, plume impingement and base heating
- Cryogenic tank thermal modelling and icing risk assessment
Problems we cover
Aerodynamic heating during ascent; thermal protection system and ablation models; plume interaction and vehicle base heating; thermal modelling of cryogenic propellant tanks; pre-launch and in-flight icing risk.
Full-vehicle thermal architecture — transient analyses covering both ground hold and flight — runs on automated workflows; hundreds of load cases go through a pipeline rather than by hand.
Who this is for
Teams developing high-speed vehicles in aerospace and defence: design offices working on launch vehicles, missiles, re-entry bodies, supersonic intakes and nozzles.
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