Previously doing business as Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc, but now using the acronym CRAFT Tech, principals of the firm specialize in Combustion Research & Flow (CRF) - the high-fidelity computational simulation of complex fluid dynamic and combustive problems on large-scale, parallel architecture computers. SBIR involved from very shortly after the firm was founded in the mid-1990's and consistenly involved in the mission agencies (having a single NSF Phase I award in 2001) to the present day (and having a solid Phase II conversion rate) Technology sectors supported have include missiles, aircraft/rotorcraft, propulsion/turbomachinery, weapon systems and effects, and industrial problems. The firm also performs fundamental research in CFD, grid adaption, aeroacoustics, turbulence, combustion and multi-phase flow, providing both contractual and consultive services support to government and industry, including on-site services. The firm's proprietary computer codes, CRAFT CFD® (structured grid) and CRUNCH CFD® (multi-element unstructured grid), contain advanced turbulence models, gas-phase and heterogeneous combustion capabilities, and both gas/liquid and dispersed phase (Eulerian and Lagrangian) multi-phase capabilities. Developed codes have been specialized for varied applications and are licensed to a number of organizations.
