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Automotive
Aston Martin Racing
See how Sculptor broke precedent by circumventing the wind-tunnel phase of the Aston Martin project and moving the DBR9 vehicle directly onto the racetrack.
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Ford Motor Company Intake Ports
Study performed to optimize the geometry of an automotive engine intake port. The entire process took less than one week and found more than twice the gain achieved compared to previous efforts by another team.
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Behr Automotive 3D Shape Optimization of Evaporator Diffuser
The goal of this case study was to optimize the shape of the evaporator diffuser to maximize flow uniformity; results showed a 5.15% increase in flow uniformity; 16 analyses completed in five hours.
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Daimler-Chrysler
When Daimler-Chrysler sought expert technical advice on how best to optimize the design of their diffusers and air ducts, they contracted for consulting services with Optimal Solutions.
Dome F3
Optimal Solutions Software, LLC; OSS Japanese Distributor VINAS Co, Ltd.; Engineous/Japan Software, Inc.; and Software Cradle Co. Ltd.; worked together on a test case to increase the down force and reduce drag on the front wing of the Dome F107 racecar.
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Ford Motor Company 3D Shape Optimization of an HVAC Duct
Utilizing Optimal Solutions' unique Arbitrary Shape Deformation (ASD) technology OSS Distributor Mindware Engineering, Inc. and Ford Motor Company were able to optimize the geometry of the HVAC ducts at a very early design stage.
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Formula One Racing Teams
Optimal Solutions is currently working with five of the top six Formula One automobile racing teams to help them to fine tune their competitive edge.
Honda Racing F1
Several licenses have been sold through OSS's EU distributor, TotalSim, to Honda Racing F1 for proprietary Formula 1 aerodynamic optimization projects.
MIRA, Ltd.
United Kingdom-based MIRA used Sculptor to optimize designs for its automotive engineering projects.
Road Car Drag Reduction
Drag reduction study on generic high-performance road car showed overall reduction in total drag of 17.1% and took less than two man-days to complete.
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Subaru WRX Opens to Rave Reviews
A bodywork package was successfully developed to improve the aerodynamic performance of the Cobb Tuning Subaru WRX 2006.
“Thank you for all the great work Optimal Solutions did to help make this project possible!”
Trey Cobb, President
Cobb Tuning
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Superkart Front Fairing Optimization
This case study addressed the results of a shape optimization performed on a front fairing of a Superkart, which competed in the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship.
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Two-Element Aerofoil
Successful case study to address optimization of two-element aerofoil to maximize amount of down force device could generate.
Visteon
Optimal Solutions team of software engineers worked with Visteon and made substantial performance improvements in Visteon's HVAC systems, addressing their air condition ducts, windscreen defrosters, and flow-induced noise for the company's automoibles.
Yamaha R1 Motorbike
Sculptor reduced drag by 3.75N, 2.55 of total drag of the front fairing/windshield of the Yamaha R1 motorbike.
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