Get Quality CFD Results Instantly

Without CFD Software or Computing Resources.

Still using Xfoil for airfoil design?

Spending gobs of time cleaning up geometries for CFD?
CloudFoil brings the power of full CFD simulations
for 2D airfoils and 3D wings / turbine blades to your browser.
Say goodbye to Fortran and hello to simple, high-fidelity tools.

Run state-of-the art CFD simulations through your browser

Kick-off large, fully automated parameter sweeps in seconds

Create reliable, publication-quality results

Its not the strongest species that survives, nor the smartest,
but the ones that are most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin

We surveyed over 25 of the top aerodynamicists, and this is what we heard:

Capturing airfoil/wing/blade physics demands high-fidelity tools

Using CFD during design and optimization is outrageously expensive

Commercial CFD software is cumbersome for aerodynamic simulations

Manipulating and cleaning-up geometry takes way too long

In-house HPC clusters are expensive to set up and maintain

We also found that the most successful groups

had one thing in common:
They streamlined and automated their computational processes.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. - Thomas Edison

Chances are your design process looks something like this

Create Geometry in CAD

Make geometry changes

Copy results to a
spreadsheet for plotting

Import to CFD Tool

Clean up Geometry

Post Process to extract

coefficients and pressure

Repeat for each

geometrical change

Create a Farfield

Re-run cases that blow up

Fiddle with mesh settings until the

mesh looks good
Set Boundary Conditions
Guess at a turbulence

model and settings

Babysit Cases
Queue on local cluster
Duplicate cases for each
alpha, Re, or Mach

There is a way to do it better - find it. - Thomas Edison

Introducing CloudFoil
Better Tools. Better Results.

Cloudfoil gives you streamlined, automated CFD tools

so you can spend more time analyzing results
and less time manipulating codes.

Geometry

High-Quality Data

No HPC resources needed

No CFD software required
No need to be an expert
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

CloudFoil

Benefits of using CloudFoil

Make Better Design Decisions by evaluating state-of-the-art CFD results for
your geometry.

Increase Confidence in Your CFD Results by using publication-quality meshes
and easily split-testing turbulence and transition models.

Reduce Design-Cycle Time through automated case setup, parameter sweeps,
and high-fidelity analyses.

Run Large, Comprehensive Datasets on our scalable HPC cluster without the
need for any HPC experience or resources.

Catch and Fix Problems Faster by running large sweeps of operating conditions
and monitoring their progress from a dashboard.

Protect Your Data on our secure and redundant servers.

Heres a quick tour of CloudFoil.

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Import/Create 2D airfoils or 3D
wing/blade geometries easily

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Include flat-back or
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Heres a quick tour of CloudFoil.

Quickly set mesh

refinement parameters

Generate publication-quality
meshes automatically

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Heres a quick tour of CloudFoil.

Modify expert
settings

Easily specify solvers,

transition models, and
turbulence models

Heres a quick tour of CloudFoil.

Set up full parameter
sweeps in seconds

Monitor case status

Download Results

View results
real-time

Take the power up a notch.

Harness the accuracy of CloudFoil in your optimization process.

Call the CloudFoil API directly from

your own source code

.!
new cloudcase = mycase!

mycase.airfoil = NACA 2412;!

mycase.turbulence.model = sst;!
mycase.params.Re = 1.0e6;!
mycase.params.Mach = 0.25;!
mycase.run_polar(-10,10,1);!

CD = mycase.CD;!
.!
.

CloudFoil runs lighting fast

in the background

Results return to your code for

optimization or custom
parameter sweeps

CloudFoil is 100% RISK FREE.

We are so confident youll love using CloudFoil that
we put all the risk on ourselves.
All accounts get 1 million free compute cells*.

If you are not satisfied, we will refund you 100% for the month.
No long-term contracts. Cancel your account at anytime without a fee.

Fastest
Interface

Guaranteed

If you can set up an analysis case in any other software

package (including Xfoil) faster than in CloudFoil,
we will refund all your money and send you a free copy of
Abbott and von Doenhoffs book on airfoil theory.

*1 compute cell = 1 cell in one simulation. For example, one grid with 10,000 cells run at 10 different angles of attack
(10 simulations) requires 100,000 compute cells.

What does CloudFoil Cost?

To perform quality CFD work on airfoils, wings, and turbine blades,
the average aerodynamics group currently pays for the following:

A commercial solver and mesh generator costs about $40,000 per year on the low end. Or
you can go with an open-source solver, but then youll need to get a quality meshing package,
which will cost about $12,000 per year.

Engineering time to set up, run, and post-process say 100 cases will take (optimistically) about 4
weeks. At $150/hour, this costs the company $24,000 for this limited set of data.

In-house computing power will run about $5,000 for 32 processors. If you replace the cluster
every 2 years, youre spending more than $2,500 per year for 32 processors that you likely dont
use full-time. This doesnt include managing job scheduling, and any hardware/software maintenance.
Tack on a bit more if you need more than 32 processors.

With this in mind, high-quality CFD results cost companies

between $30,000 and $65,000 per year.

CloudFoil Pricing
Free

Lite

Free

$300/mo!

Processors

Data Transfer

10 GB/mo

$3,600/yr

Business

60%
Savings
over Lite

$500/mo!

Pro
$1000/mo!

$6,000/yr

$12,000/yr

32

64

128

100 GB/mo

250 GB/mo

1 TB/mo

50 million/mo

125 million/mo

Compute Cells
Additional
Compute Cells*

$1.00

$0.20

$0.15

$0.10

API Access

No

No

Yes

Yes

*Cost per 10,000 compute cells

Educational Licensing Available

1/8th the cost of a single

Star-CCM License

Become a Founding Member

We need to raise $10,000 to finish building this product. Were looking to partner
with 5 organizations as founding members to be the first to implement CloudFoil.
Founding Member Cost:
6 months payment in advance. In exchange you get the following benefits:

Benefits
20% off for life

Free consulting

Free Training Webinars

We will personally work with you to implement

No contract. Cancel at anytime and receive a full refund

Huge influence on the product as it is developed

100% Support. You can call us anytime, day or night
Lite

Business

Pro

$300/mo

$500/mo

$1000/mo

Founding Member
$240/mo $400/mo
(20% off)

$800/mo

Normal Price

The Catch
You have to sign up by December 1st

Wed like a testimonial from you when
we launch

We need your honest feedback along
the way (most important)

Guarantee
If you are unhappy for any reason, we
will refund all your money at any time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to install any software to run CloudFoil?
No - All you need is a web browser. That means you can even access CloudFoil on your tablet and smartphone! The
meshing and computing software is taken care of on our local server, which leaves your computer free of any heavy
lifting.

How accurate is CloudFoil?

CloudFoil uses SU2, a rapidly growing research code written by extremely intelligent people at Stanford University. It is
very accurate for external flows over a range of Mach numbers. More information can be found here:

http://su2.stanford.edu/documents/SU2_AIAA_SciTech2014.pdf

How fast is CloudFoil?

CloudFoil can solve a single airfoil at a single operating condition in 15-30 seconds. However, because of parallel
computing resources, CloudFoil can return the information for an entire drag polar in that same amount of time. So yes,
CloudFoil is lightning fast.

Can I link CloudFoil to my optimization routine?

Yes. A few simple lines of code in your optimization routine can call CloudFoils powerful API to run single cases or
entire parameter sweeps on our HPC servers. These results are returned directly to your code for cost function
analysis, plotting, etc.

I already have this process automated in-house. Why should I switch to CloudFoil?

CFD software and computing resources are evolving constantly and even the best programmers know the pain of
maintaining relevant code in this environment. CloudFoil gives you instant access to the latest and fastest airfoil/wing/
blade analysis tools and maintains all hardware ensuring the best results possible.

To get started today or learn more

!

call Doug Hunsaker at

!

(US) 801-717-0964
!

or email doug@blucraft.com

CloudFoil

Better Tools. Better Results.