“If you want to go far, go together. If you want to go fast, go alone!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At some point, we all find ourselves at the same crossroads – go far, or fast? Most of the time, simulation engineers need to go far, but also fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If only it were that simple. Historically, going from CAD to mesh (in other words, laying the foundations for a single simulation) has been the biggest bottleneck in the simulation process, consuming up to 50% of the engineering budget. The time consuming manual process also needs to be at least partially repeated for each design tested. So there go any hopes of ‘far’, and you can certainly forget ‘fast’, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrong \u2013 I am glad to be able to say. Today, simulation engineers like Petr Nekolny at Valeo Autoklimatizace K.S. have found a way past the bottleneck of geometry preparation, allowing them to leverage simulation in the product design process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ again brings us the potential to shorten development time and costs without the need for additional designer effort to prepare specific geometry for simulation.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to game-changing geometry preparation tools such as 3D-CAD, surface wrapping, and automated meshing, the route from CAD to flow simulation with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has never been simpler, with manual repair tasks eliminated from the process.
This blog will explore how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ built-in 3D-CAD modeler can bed used as part of the geometry preparation process for a fuel tank slosh simulation of the Bussiness Jet Model, and optimize the pump’s blade design for better performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n