Thermal Design Stages-Phase 1

Thermal Design Stages-Phase 1

Recently I was thinking about how Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) accelerates all phases of Thermal Design.  I’m sure it is debatable but here is what I came up with for the phases of Thermal Design .  The arrows could be looped over and back and round and round but I think the flow is reasonable.

The basic 4 step design process that leads to the desired Design Approval depicted is:

1. Design Need and Ideas: Basically the process would be started by the need for a design or an idea related to a design.
2. Computer Analysis: Once the light bulb is lit or the fire is stoked the designer would set out to study that idea.  If all the design tools known to man are available a fair place to start would be in front of a computer.
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3. Build and Test: Realizing that nothing is true until it is tested, this is a necessary step.  If Step 2 is done well enough then this step should be quite a bit easier.
4. Share Design Solution: Everything needs to be sold at some point, and this is where a compelling argument for the design needs to be made.

I plan on dedicating this post to discussing Phase 1 a bit further and follow up with the remaining phases during subsequent posts.

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