Case Studies: Design Optimisation |
Cafeteria Seating gets a Ruggedized Re-design
Design Optimisation of ABS Plastic Products When a market leader in educational seating approached us to assess proposed design developments and optimise the design of one of their ABS plastic products, we needed to apply some lateral thinking. The ABS plastic seats were cracking around the mounting post and concern was raised as to whether different methodologies for attaching the seats to the metal posts was causing the [...]
CFD Case Study of Archimedean screw reactor
CFD Case-Study: Archimedean Screw Reactor Introduction: DC White were commissioned to provide analytical support for an extreme temperature Archimedean screw reactor vessel. A horizontal drum admits a solid discrete product which is pushed along the drum axis via an Archimedean screw with mixing paddles. The vessel sits within a furnace to heat the solid and gaseous products. A major area of [...]
CFD Optimisation
A major manufacturer of pre-painted corrugated steel sheeting requested a design optimisation for a spray nozzle manifold, termed a 'poker', designed to uniformly lay down the protective coating. The arrangement is illustrated below: A major manufacturer of pre-painted corrugated steel sheeting requested a design optimisation for a spray nozzle manifold, termed a 'poker', designed to uniformly lay down the protective coating. The [...]
Sonar Float Oceanic Flow Calculation – Sub Sea Navigation
The brief: Our clients are world leaders in subsea navigation, positioning and communications. They are developing a new design of communications float to minimise drag and oscillation noise. The float is used for acoustic navigation and positioning, and can be used to identify submerged equipment. DC White Engineering Consultants were asked to investigate the drag characteristics of the new design over a range of uniform flows. [...]
