Sophrodyne's Fundamental Approach

Our years of experience in combining numerics and theory lies at the core of Sophrodyne's way of working. We understand that an analysis of a problem using a brute force approach (such as is obtained for example with a pre-packaged general-purpose CFD code) is often necessary and useful in order to obtain basic data - for instance for evaluating a parameter or to validate a model - and we have the tools to do that.

We believe though that this approach only becomes cost-effective and valuable once these individual data are abstracted into a sensible mathematical framework which clearly expresses one's current understanding of the problem. Unlike "ideas" or "hunches", an explicit, simple mathematical model is a tangible object with which the human intellect can engage and interact. A good model allows the strength of your understanding of the problem to be exploited directly in being able to predict the properties of the system that are of interest to you. But often even more important is the fact that predictive errors in the same model are very often an indication of a deficiency somewhere in understanding the problem properly. The key advantage thus of the model-building process during the development of a product is that it invariably promotes the sort of interaction with the problem in which these lapses in understanding can be exposed and rectified before they can cause too much harm.

This is where the experienced practitioner will save you time and effort in achieving your goals.

We understand from first principles the methodologies that underpin most current commercial aerodynamic tools, and can advise regarding both their strengths and their weaknesses. In many instances we have our own analogue methodologies that we have written in-house and understand down to the last line of code. We can use these to perform genetically-independent sanity checks on, and independent verifications of, the data coming out of your models, or to perform the relevant analyses on your behalf. Indeed, over the years we have built up a series of models that work from very limited data to give reliable estimates of the most salient performance characteristics of a wide range of flight vehicles - from subsonic drones and helicopters, through mid-sized commuter aircraft, through to supersonic jets and even hypersonic re-entry vehicles!

We can also help you upgrade and develop your internal modelling capabilities, starting from a clean sheet of paper or based on what you already have available. You may be surprised to find out how broadly used our methodologies are within the aerospace community.

Most importantly, and this is where we specialise in bringing value to organisations such as yours, we can help you understand and generalise your proprietary data into models that can be used over and again, not only today but also in your future products, adding to your reserve of intellectual property and know-how as you develop your product line.

Please feel free to contact us to discuss your problems and requirements.