AeroEngineS vs Pixel Wind Tunnel

Aircraft Engine Performance at Design Point - Subsonic/Supersonic 1-Spool Turbojet - Subsonic 2-Spool Turbofan - Subsonic 2-Spool Boosted Turbofan - Subsonic 3-Spool Turbofan - Analysis of the Thermodynamic Cycle - Nozzle Area and Performance (Thrust, Power etc.) calculation - Mass Flows (Core, Bypass, Fuel) - Automatic calculation of ambient conditions based on the flight altitude using the International Standard Atmosphere model - Automatic calculation of Cp, gama, R for each component based on temperature and Fuel to Air Ratio - Automatic calculation of isentropic efficiency for each compressor and turbine based on polytropic efficiency and pressure ratio Hybrid Precooled Rocket Engine at Design Point - Analysis of the combined Thermodynamic Cycles with Air, Hydrogen & Helium as working fluids Ramjet Engine at Design Point - Simulation of the thermodynamic cycle of a hydrogen-fuelled Ramjet engine at optimized conditions. Ramjet Engine at Design Point - Simulation of the thermodynamic cycle of a hydrogen-fuelled Ramjet engine at optimized conditions. Supersonic 2-spool Turbojet Engine at Design Point - Simulation of the thermodynamic cycle of a Supersonic 2-spool turbojet engine with reheat. Aircraft Emissions - Emissions calculation for aircraft engines in LTO cycle and Cruise - Type of turbofan engines used: 1. Subsonic 2-Spool, 2. Subsonic 3-Spool Compressor Map Operating Point Prediction using - Scaling Techniques on an existing HPC map - Artificial Neural Networks to interpolate the existing map's data ______________________________________________________ Developer: Aggelos Gaitanis Original creator: Evangelia Pontika HyRE, Ramjet tab programmer: Spiros Tsentis Supersonic 2-spool Reheated tab programmer: Anastasios Saflekos Emissions tab developer/programmer: Maria Bakali Advisor: Ioanna Aslanidou, Konstantinos Kyprianidis Supervisor: Anestis Kalfas

Draw a shape. Tap Simulate. Watch real fluid dynamics come alive in pixels. Pixel Wind Tunnel is a 2D fluid simulation app that runs real CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) calculations right on your device. No simplified approximations — the app solves the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations using the CIP advection method and Pressure Poisson solver, the same mathematical framework used in professional engineering software. HOW IT WORKS Draw any shape with your finger — airfoils, cars, buildings, anything Tap Simulate Watch the flow develop in real time That's it. Real fluid physics in three steps. SEE THE FLOW Switch between visualization modes to explore different aspects of the physics: • Velocity — where the flow speeds up and slows down • Pressure — high and low pressure regions around your shape • Vorticity — spinning structures and vortex shedding • Streamlines — paths that fluid particles follow MEASURE PERFORMANCE Real-time aerodynamic coefficients calculated from surface pressure and viscous stress integration: • Drag coefficient (Cd) • Lift coefficient (Cl) • Reynolds number Draw two different shapes and compare which one has less drag. Understand why streamlined shapes work better — with real numbers, not guesswork. EXPLORE DEEPER • Place point probes anywhere to track velocity and pressure over time • Scrub through simulation history with the timeline slider • Adjust inlet velocity and viscosity to change flow conditions • Save shapes with screenshots and reload them anytime REAL CALCULATION, NOT AN ANIMATION Every frame you see is computed from the actual Navier-Stokes equations. The CIP (Cubic Interpolated Propagation) method handles advection with minimal numerical diffusion, while the SOR iterative solver resolves the pressure field. Boundary conditions, viscous forces, and flow separation are all physically modeled. FOR CURIOUS MINDS Whether you're a student studying fluid mechanics, an engineer sketching quick ideas, a teacher demonstrating aerodynamics in class, or simply someone who wonders why things are shaped the way they are — draw it and find out.