Thermal Analysis
Quartus has extensive experience and capabilities in the area of thermal design, management, and analysis. Steady-state & transient heat transfer, coupled CFD/thermal, thermal distortion, and STOP (structural/ thermal/optical) analyses are core strengths of our analysis group.
THERMAL APPLICATIONS
The analysis group at Quartus has experience performing thermal analysis and solving challenging thermal management problems for a wide range of applications and industries. Common projects and industries include:
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Electronics cooling
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Free & forced convection
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Steady-state & transient
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Spacecraft electronics
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Military Environments
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Ground & airborne systems
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On-orbit thermal (orbit & radiation modeling)
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Spacecraft-level & payload-level programs, including cryogenic systems
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External aerodynamics & aero-heating
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STOP analysis
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Thermal management & performance analysis for optical components and systems
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System pointing, surface distortion, Zernike fits, stress birefringence, thermo-optic effects, etc.
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Advanced energy systems
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Consumer electronics
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Ground-based telescopes & observatory enclosures




SOFTWARE TOOLS
Quartus maintains and has extensive experience with a suite of advanced software tools for thermal analysis.
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MAYA/ESC
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Electronics cooling, coupled CFD/thermal
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MAYA/TMG
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Radiation modeling, on-orbit thermal, simplistic convection models, coupled simulations with ESC
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Thermal Desktop (SINDA/FLUINT)
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Full-purpose code, Spacecraft on-orbit thermal, radiation modeling
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STAR-CCM+
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Complex thermal/CFD problems, multi-physics, aero-heating
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Nastran, Abaqus, & ANSYS
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Thermal distortion, simpler heat transfer problems
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Quartus STOP Toolkit
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Extensive internal Matlab tool for optical performance analysis
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