Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Thermal Standards – The Measure of an Industry’s Maturity?

June 14, 2021

Can you measure an Industry’s Maturity by looking at their Thermal Design Standards? We think you can, and here’s why …

By John Parry

3 MIN READ

Hybrid Multiphase CFD simulation with AMR and fluid film of a dishwasher

Unlocking the potential of hybrid multiphase CFD simulation

June 11, 2021

Adaptive mesh refinement together with fluid film is a game changing technology that unlocks the power of hybrid multiphase CFD simulation. Available with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2021.2.

By David Mann

6 MIN READ

If you can’t take the heat… Simulate it! Reducing VTM costs & time to market

June 10, 2021

Find out how to efficiently and accurately simulate VTM using Simcenter Engineering’s multi-fidelity workflows.

By Christina Kothlow

8 MIN READ

St Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover art

CFD software development with a little help from my friends

June 8, 2021

Being engineers, our customers are great at spotting ways to improve products, including ours. With their inputs and suggestions, the task of designing and implementing enhancements becomes a lot easier. Guidance from the customer community has played a huge role in shaping Simcenter STAR-CCM+ into the product it is today and that process is set to continue on the Simcenter Community site.

By Alex Graham

5 MIN READ

Happy World Oceans Day

June 7, 2021

Happy World Oceans Day! To celebrate, I thought I would share a little marine industry story about how two engineers used some of our software to help design better performing moon pools.

By Jenn Schlegel

4 MIN READ

Mitigating the Carbuncle effect for hypersonic CFD simulations

June 3, 2021

“If you can’t fly em, you go design em” – Every CFD engineer who dreamed of becoming an astronaut Some…

By Stamatina Petropoulou

5 MIN READ

Aerospace aerodynamics with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD simulation

May 28, 2021

Three main industry trends will also drive innovation in the aerospace industry Aircraft aerodynamic performance is the main design driver…

By Prashanth Shankara

6 MIN READ

Reacting Flows and Combustion Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with Simcenter STAR-CCM+

May 27, 2021

The development of innovative reacting flows and combustion systems requires high fidelity computational fluid dynamics software tools. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ offers a wide range of industry-relevant, accurate and fast CFD models for single and multiphase reactions.

By Simon Fischer

7 MIN READ

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ simulation of a sperm whale plummeting to its death

Towel Day: The Aerodynamics of Freefalling Sperm Whale

May 25, 2021

To celebrate Towel Day I recreated the final moments of the Magrathean Sperm Whale from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as it plummets to its death using Simcenter STAR-CCM+

By Stephen Ferguson

5 MIN READ