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Originally Posted by Madact
Cheers for that, I've been looking at finding some more comprehensive software. Could be handy to get closer to the ballpark than the formula approach, and it looks relatively affordable, I might just get it. Really what I'd like though is something which actually does FEA of the gas in the pipe, so I can 'touch' it and try unconventional things  - something like like WAVE (but it's about $500) or the GasDyn software developed by the Politecnica de Milano (but I don't think they even *sell* that one, I suspect you have to have a partnership with the university)... |
I think the latest PipeMax does some simulation rather than just calculations as the earlier versions did. Don't know the details and most of these things are always used for full throttle on race cars so may need a lot of brainpower to come up with some results you can trust!