Liam McManus
Senior Technical Product Manager

Liam McManus is a Senior Technical Product Manager at Siemens Digital Industries Software, specializing in reacting flow technology for Simcenter STAR-CCM+. With more than 10 years of experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Liam also coordinates AI feature development for the Simcenter Fluids & Thermal portfolio and has a keen interest in GPU technology for accelerating CFD.

The last dance OR not another GPU blog!

The last dance OR not another GPU blog!

June 16, 2026
Facing high computational costs and long turnaround times for aerospace combustion simulations? This article shows how leveraging GPU power with Simcenter is transforming the landscape, accelerating complex analyses. Optimize your designs faster and with greater confidence.
By Liam McManus
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We didn't start the fire. Battery thermal runaway chemistry simulation to fight the origins of disaster

We didn't start the fire. Battery thermal runaway chemistry simulation to fight the origins of disaster

February 19, 2025
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2502 allows to simulate detailed cell-level battery thermal runaway with a Homogeneous Multiphase Complex Chemistry (HMMC) model.
By Liam McManus
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CFD on GPU. A seamless disruption with Simcenter STAR-CCM+

CFD on GPU. A seamless disruption with Simcenter STAR-CCM+

June 20, 2024
With the release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2406, this will be our EIGHTH release since we introduced GPU accelerated CFD. Check out how far we've come
By Liam McManus
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Supercharge your CFD simulations with GPUs – more hardware and more physics

Supercharge your CFD simulations with GPUs – more hardware and more physics

February 7, 2024
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2402 offers CFD simulations with GPUs from major GPU vendors and expands the application range of GPUs to thermal management CFD!
By Liam McManus
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Feel the (clean) burn

Feel the (clean) burn

July 5, 2023
Combustion systems that burn alternative fuels such as e-fuels, hydrogen, or ammonia are a key to decarbonization. Learn how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ enables you to engineer such systems.
By Liam McManus
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More with LES on GPUs - 3 high-fidelity CFD simulations that now run while you sleep

More with LES on GPUs - 3 high-fidelity CFD simulations that now run while you sleep

October 19, 2022
Running high-fidelity CFD like Aeroacoustics or LES on GPUs in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2210 allows significant speed-up, energy and cost savings.
By Liam McManus
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The sound of hydrogen combustion CFD

The sound of hydrogen combustion CFD

July 15, 2022
What do (combustion) engineers and the Beach Boys have in common? They care about “Good Vibrations”.
By Liam McManus
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