Thales Alenia Space Italia Hypersonic Reentry Vehicle Optimization
Case study showing how Isight automated multidisciplinary optimization and verification workflows for hypersonic reentry vehicle design at Thales Alenia Space Italia.
Thales Alenia Space Italia used Isight to integrate multiple commercial and proprietary simulation codes for hypersonic reentry vehicle design. The solution automated seven major analysis tasks covering structure, trajectory, CFD, thermal, and structural verification. Engineers replaced sequential manual processes with unified workflows, cutting analysis time from two weeks to 48 hours and reducing reliance on conservative design assumptions.
Isight integrated six commercial, five proprietary, and two aerodynamic codes into single automated workflows
Multidisciplinary optimization reduced analysis cycle time from two weeks to 48 hours
Monte Carlo simulation evaluated 1,000 trajectories across 25 flight parameters for aerothermal load verification
Process automation eliminated data transcription errors and enabled 80 percent reduction in man-hours
Workflows replaced conservative point-based analysis with full-surface, time-step evaluation of heat loads
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