Patents Examined by David J Hofer
  • Patent number: 9187187
    Abstract: The invention is aimed at a method simulating the aerodynamic flow around an aircraft, so as to detect the aerodynamic loads exerted on a predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes a phase of determining a value denoted QA of global dynamic pressure at the level of the predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes steps of carrying out simulations of aerodynamic flow around the predetermined surface of the aircraft for given environmental conditions, on the basis of a mesh produced around the shape of the aircraft, determining a local dynamic pressure qA around the predetermined surface of the aircraft, and then calculating the global dynamic pressure QA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Benoit Calmels