Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

STAR-CCM+ drives InDesA’s digital twin development through 1D and 3D co-simulation

November 14, 2017

Gone are your father’s engines, the ones that polluted the air and burned a tank of gas by the time he drove the car home from work. In today’s climate, bigger isn’t necessarily better, and concerns …

By Fred_Ross

2 MIN READ

Looking under the hood: AGCO finds superior performance and safety through STAR-CCM+ simulation

November 8, 2017

Agricultural vehicles increasingly have to provide a comfortable and safe working environment for operators, some of whom will spend their entire working day inside a cabin. AGCO, a worldwide manufac…

By Fred_Ross

2 MIN READ

“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone…”

November 1, 2017

“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone…” sang the words out of the stereo with surprising clarity; I am in the process of replacing my ancient car (inherite…

By JosephOsman

5 MIN READ

New accuracy study opens the door to CFD led clinical trials

October 31, 2017

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a vital tool for the research of blood flow dynamics in the human cardiovascular system as well as other biological flow phenomena. Recently, CFD has garnered in…

By Kristian Debus

4 MIN READ

STAR-ICE: Internal Combustion Engine simulation comes to STAR-CCM+

October 24, 2017

The Economist recently published an obituary to the Internal Combustion Engine in an article which opened with the statement that:”It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that chan…

By Patrick Niven

3 MIN READ

STAR-CCM+ v12.06: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

October 23, 2017

Over the past several releases the STAR-CCM+ team has been hard at work ensuring that users can easily and effectively replace components in their models and re-run in under five clicks. Betwee…

By James Clement

3 MIN READ

Less is more only when more is too much in STAR-CCM+ v12.06

October 18, 2017

The proposition that “less is more”, first penned by Robert Browning back in 1855, has stood the test of time. It has influenced architecture throughout this century and the last and was keenly asses…

By Matt_Godo

5 MIN READ

Realistic Combustion Simulation with STAR-CCM+ v12.06

October 17, 2017

When I started in this field more than 12 years ago, combustion CFD simulations were typically done using CPU inexpensive approaches such as eddy break-up or flamelet combustion models with RANS. The…

By Karin Frojd

5 MIN READ

High fidelity combustion simulations drive down emissions

October 17, 2017

Here in the UK, we are not known for large amounts of sunshine but this summer was the greenest ever for energy, largely driven by the huge growth in the number of solar and wind farms. Between…

By Keith Foston

3 MIN READ