[mdunning]

So i have an internship this summer and they have just given me a project in which i no idea where to begin.

The project is to find cheap CFD software to analyze the convective heat transfer coefficients and boundary conditions for most launch vehicles.
-they already have the cart3D software, but they were hoping to get either the icepack or flotherm software...where should i look to do sufficient research on the difference of the coding itself in the different softwares? how do i know which one is going to be better for the launch vehicles specifically? and if anyone already knows any of the answers to my questions you could just let me know


THANKS
marilyn

by the way, i am incredibly unqualified in the world of CFD and legitimately know nothing pretty much, if someone could give me a retard explanation that someone in there second year of engineering school would understand about CFD that'd be awesome