Epps Consulting LLC

Applies physics-based insights to flow simulations, analyzing complex fluid behavior to deliver actionable design recommendations.

• Unsteady Aerodynamics Simulation

  Models transient aerodynamic behaviors for aircraft and novel rotor systems to evaluate performance under changing conditions.

• Hydrodynamics Analysis

  Evaluates fluid-structure interactions, hull flows, and propulsor dynamics for marine vessels and underwater vehicles.

Develops tailored aerodynamic and hydrodynamic rotating machinery, optimizing rotor blades and ducts for specialized propulsion and power generation.

• Air and Marine Propeller Design

  Engineers custom propulsors optimized for flight, surface vessels, and underwater vehicles.

• Duct and Turbine Engineering

  Designs specialized casing structures and power-extracting rotors for wind, hydro, and aerospace systems.

• Compressor and Fan Design

  Develops high-efficiency compressors, industrial fans, and commercial blowers to optimize air-moving performance.

• Parametric Rotor Studies

  Conducts multi-variable design exploration and optimization of novel rotor architectures to identify peak efficiency configurations.

Creates specialized engineering calculations and analysis tools, translating complex fluid-dynamics formulations into reliable software packages.

• CyROD Development

  Maintains cross-flow propeller and turbine analysis tools that simulate performance across diverse operating conditions.

• MXFOIL Airfoil Analysis

  Implements airfoil section analysis algorithms in high-level computing environments to optimize aerodynamic shapes.

• OpenProp Project Development

  Provides axial-flow propeller, fan, and turbine design software based on numerical lifting-line methods.

• SmoothSpline Data Fitting

  Creates mathematical smoothing models to calculate stable derivatives from noisy experimental or computational datasets.

• SVDE Error Analysis

  Develops singular value decomposition routines integrated with robust error estimation and signal denoising.