Advanced Engine Lab Software Services

Engine lab software is used to model, analyze, and validate gas turbine engines before or alongside physical testing. Engineers can study thermodynamic cycles, component matching, thrust, power, fuel use, operating limits, controls, and transient behavior. SimTurbo supports applications in aerospace, marine propulsion, industrial turbines, power systems, research programs, and university engineering laboratories.

Yes. SimTurbo supports steady-state analysis for cycle performance, efficiency, thrust, power, fuel consumption, pressure ratios, component maps, and off-design conditions. It also supports transient simulation for starts, shutdowns, throttle changes, acceleration, deceleration, load changes, sensor response, actuator dynamics, faults, and other time-dependent operating events. This combination helps teams evaluate both design-point and dynamic behavior.

SimTurbo supports gas turbine architectures including single-spool and dual-spool turbojets, as well as concepts using recuperation, regeneration, reheat, intercooling, and afterburning. Users can configure components such as inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines, nozzles, shafts, recuperators, and afterburners. The graphical component-based approach is designed for architecture studies and custom engine configurations.

Yes. The platform supports control-system design and validation for gas turbine applications, including PID controllers, fuel scheduling, start and shutdown logic, acceleration and deceleration control, gain scheduling, actuator and sensor models, protection systems, and FADEC logic. Engineers can test closed-loop response, stability, fault detection, and control algorithms against simulated engine behavior before implementation.

Yes. SimTurbo enables engineers and researchers to export simulation data for post-processing in commonly used tools such as Excel, MATLAB/Simulink, and Python. This makes it easier to create custom reports, compare test cases, perform additional calculations, integrate outputs into broader workflows, and document findings for design reviews, research projects, or academic assignments.

Yes. SimTurbo offers a 30-day free trial for gas turbine control-system design, with full product features included during the trial period. The trial gives engineering teams an opportunity to evaluate PID development, fuel scheduling, protection logic, actuator and sensor modeling, transient response, and closed-loop validation workflows before selecting a longer-term licensing option.

Yes. SimTurbo offers discounted student licensing and customized university class and lab programs. Academic options can support classroom demonstrations, propulsion and thermodynamics courses, laboratory experiments, capstone projects, faculty research, and graduate studies. Universities, students, faculty members, and research organizations can discuss classroom, laboratory, research, or campus-wide access requirements with the SimTurbo team.

SimTurbo reports validation against NASA Lewis Research Center J85-GE-21 engine test data, with reported accuracy within plus or minus 2%. Simulation accuracy also depends on the fidelity of the selected component models, input data, operating assumptions, and the specific engine configuration. Validation should be incorporated into each organization’s own engineering review and verification process.