ConsultantsOn this page we present a list of independent consultants capable of developing FlexPDE models for various applications.
(These consultants are not employees of PDE Solutions. We make no attempt to evaluate them, and take no part or responsibility in any relationship established between consultants and clients.)
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My simulation experience prior to the use of FlexPDE was rotational mechanics and thermodynamics using Easy5x formerly from Boeing, as well as hardware in the loop state space turbine control system simulation and torpedo simulations. I have always wanted to augment some of this process/hardware simulation with more of a partial differential equation approach (as opposed to the cascade first order responses found in most real time/state space simulations) and FlexPDE is the perfect tool for such. Currently, I use FlexPDE to augment the above systems, controls, and SPICE circuit simulations to provide detailed models of thermodynamics, electrostatics, and to some extent fluid subsystem responses in designs. For example, a heat sink or fluid heat transfer problem may be need to be accurately characterized to properly sweep temperature in a SPICE or control system simulation, and hence FlexPDE fits right in. In addition to the ‘pure numerics’ of FlexPDE, I also use Mathematica to validate and simulate the analytic assumptions and modeling constructs behind such systems, controls, and circuits for which FlexPDE gives the PDE modeling. |
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I am a research engineer with many years experience solving difficult technical problems, both at the workbench and using numerical methods. I have used FlexPDE intensively for eight years and have produced well over a hundred models, some resulting in complex multi-physics full-field solutions. Here is a partial listing of my work: fluid dynamic electrochemical fuel cell electrodes; electromagnetic wave propagation in partially filled waveguides; acoustic wave propagation in solids and liquids; stress and deflection in piezo-pump diaphragms; two-phase fluid flow in fluidic channels; magnetic levitation forces on moving magnets; toothbrush induced fluid shear flow over teeth; gas-evolving chemical reactions in a micro-reactor; various fuel cell micro-fluidic situations; vibrational modes of complex ultrasound transducers; various heat flow situations; electric current flow in patterned thin film conductors; electric fields in various capacitve transducers; self focussing of a high intensity gaussian beam; self-convection of heated fluids; stress build-up in cooling adhesive bonds; tidal flow in a Mexican river estuary; pressure deflection of clamped thick plates; forces on a rising bubble; fluidic resistance of channel blockages; electro-magnetic wave propagation in doped porous silicon wafers. I have a relatively well equipped acoustics, electronics, optics and microwave lab for determining and confirming numerical model parameters and am willing to travel to teach individuals and small groups the ins-and-outs of FEA, as practiced using FlexPDE. |
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| Dr. Gunnar Backstrom I have written several books on the use of finite-element analysis for undergraduate education. This is a completely new tool for understanding the theory of fields, so far little exploited in universities. My books are described in detail on my web page, phys.umu.se/gunnar I am ready to discuss such application with anyone who is curious but not yet completely convinced. |
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Dr. Víctor H. Cortínez Areas of interest: Structural Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics. He has authored over 50 journal papers on structural mechanics (in Journal of Sound and Vibration, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería, Applied Acoustics, etc.) |
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Bill Jones
Most projects have been for startups later bought by such companies as Abbott Laboratories, Allied/Bendix, Schering-Plough, DataLinear (became Sipex) and Raytheon. I've used FlexPDE to model heat
transfer, acoustic behavior of materials and structues and fluid flow (water)
around boat hulls. |
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| Dr. Hermann Klocker. Thesis 1991 and Ph. D. 1998 for works on the usage of the Finite-Element-Method (www.ausserfern.at/klocker/arbeitene.html). Areas of interest and experience in the fields of heat transfer and thermo-elastic problems (many studies for PLANSEE AG(www.epma.com/members/plansee)). My specialized field of knowledge is the usage of analytical or semianalytical methods in combination with the efficient usage of Finite-Element-Methods. Contact: Hermann Klocker, Gymnasiumstrasse 5/5, A-6600 Reutte, Austria. |
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Dr. Geoff Mercer |
