AltAir acquires Research in Flight
Computational intelligence company Altair has acquired Research in Flight, maker of computational fluid dynamics software platform FlightStream, which founder and chief executive of Altair Japes Scapa hopes will “enhance [the…
Computational intelligence company Altair has acquired Research in Flight, maker of computational fluid dynamics software platform FlightStream, which founder and chief executive of Altair Japes Scapa hopes will “enhance [the company’s] offering with its specialised, modern, and efficient approach to meet.. increasingly complex customer demands”.
Co-founder of Research in Flight Vivek Ahuja said his company was “proud to be a standard tool in the aircraft designer’s toolbox,” adding that joining Altair will allow Research in Flight to “scale and reach countless engineers seeking best-in-class, powerful, and specialised tools for faster deign iterations”.
FlightStream is described by its manufacturer as a “user-friendly, yet powerful flow solver that bridges the gap between high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations and the needs of engineers and designers”. Incorporating fast computational speeds and a low hardware footprint, it is capable of capturing subsonic to supersonic flows; combining panel-method flow solvers with modern computational techniques.
Further technological elements of the software include the ability to analyse unconventional aircraft using unique surface vorticity, flow-separation, and viscous analysis capability for both unpowered and powered configurations. It is also augmented with integral boundary layer modelling, allowing users to “capture viscous effects with a level of detail that is uncommon in traditional panel method applications,” concluded Altair.
Scapa added: “Our growth in the aerospace, defence, and surrounding industries has accelerated in recent years through our best-in-class computational intelligence solutions.” He also highlighted that the integration of FlightStream would also serve to meet the emerging demands of urban air mobility and eVTOL sectors.
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