ALF Advantage LLC provides technical consulting services in the areas of Thermal Design, including Thermal / Fluids Analysis and Thermal / Fluids Testing. Whether for short term needs, or ongoing consulting on specific applications, ALF Advantage can help.

  • Technical Consulting
    • Design review and guidance
    • Analysis support (FEA, CFD, Finite Difference Modeling, Fluid Network Modeling)
      • Start-to-finish analysis for either T&M or Firm-Fixed-Price
      • Formal documentation, deliverable models, customer presentations included
    • Testing support (planning, execution, documentation)
    • Process documentation
    • Trade studies and customer presentation
    • White papers and research studies
  • Training and Mentoring
    • On-site training and mentoring of engineers in key areas:
      • Software
      • Methodology & Approach
    • Hotline and screen-share support
  • Our clients span several industries:
    • Electronics & Sensors
    • Aerospace
    • Government
    • Automotive
    • Simulation Software

Software and tools used include:

  • ANSYS
    • Workbench / Mechanical for Thermal FEA
    • Fluent for CFD
  • Sinda Fluint / Thermal Desktop
    • FloCAD (fluid network models), RadCAD (radiation problems)
  • Siemens NX Thermal
  • FloEFD, Solidworks Flow for CFD
  • REFPROP
  • AFT Arrow / Fathom
  • CEA / Cequel
  • Python, Matlab / Simulink
  • Solidworks, Creo, Spaceclaim