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CFD Meshing Software
CFD Meshing Software is commonly known among End users and CAE simulation Engineers in Singapore as Computational fluid dynamics Simulation Software.
It is a CAE Solution Tool used for Analyzing, 3D CAD Solid Modeling, Modeling of Physics Phenomena and Simulating Behavior of fluid 
flow physical phenomena.
flow physical phenomena.STAR CCM+ CFD Software is a world-renowned Numerical Fluid Flow simulation Application tool used to Forecast what will happen, quantitatively when fluids flow and Dynamically interact with a physical Geometry Design.
At Siemens Simcenter STAR CCM+, we provide your company a Highly comprehensive range of all the Newest Water Simulation Software Analysis tools needed to perform all the Important CAE Functions.
Some of the Engineering Function that can be served by Star CCM+ Software includes Functions such as
1. Refining product Engineering system design Early in the Initial Development Phase
2. Optimization of new Dynamic fluid flow control Engineering design
3. Optimize and Troubleshoot pre-existing engineering Deployments.
What is CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) & Why is it Relevant?
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the branch of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) that Computationally simulates Fluid Flowmotion and Thermal heat transfer using numerical approaches.
Our CFD Flow analysis software, such as Star CCM+ HEEDS and Star CCM+ Optimate add-on modules can Model and Analyze a Wide range of Engineering problems related to Steady laminar and Unsteady turbulent Fluid flows, incompressible and compressible fluids, Dynamic multiphase Fluid flows and many more.
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Overview
A Toolset For All Your MDX Needs
Find out how our simulation tools are helping companies deploy multidisciplinary design exploration to discover better designs, faster
Innovation Through Design Exploration
With STAR-CCM+ You Are Able to Automate The Design Exploration and Optimization Process
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD Software’s Adaptive Mesh Gridding
STAR-CCM+’s new adaptive Gridding feature enhances the precision of a combustion table in less time while maintaining the table size at a minimum, according to Siemens.
In this Benchmark case study of carbon monoxide concentration in a gas turbine combustor, the latest software version needs just 5 minutes to generate a 128MB combustion table.
An earlier version of STAR-CCM+ created a 1.16GB table of the same model in 19 minutes.
Adaptive Gridding and Ray-Tracing Capabilities
Significant new features in STAR-CCM+ v12.0 include Adaptive Gridding and ray-tracing Abilities as well as new simulation models for analyzing electrochemical reactions.
According to Siemens, the Star CCM+ software’s new Adaptive Gridding capability for combustion tables greatly reduces CFD computational effort without any loss of accuracy and precision.
Flamelet Combustion Modeling
Engineering Simulation Practitioners can easily apply STAR-CCM+’s latest Adaptive Gridding capability for combustion tables to all flamelet combustion models.
Generating Flexible and Repeatable Meshes
• No matter how Complicated your Shape Geometry, the Latest Simulation Technologies in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ CFD Meshing Software Allows you to Fully Automate your Surface Meshing Process Autonomously, yet they are Sufficiently Flexible Enough to give you Granular Mesh Control when Necessary, including:
• Parallel Meshing to Fully use available hardware resources
• Reliable Generation of Prism Layering, Ensuring Precise Capture of Surface Boundary Layers Needed
• Automated and Totally Conformal Meshing for Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Research Studies such as conjugate heat transfer
• A Highly Comprehensive Collection of State-of-the-Art Meshers, including Polyhedral, Trimmed Hexahedral and Swept mesh types for a Wide Array of Engineering Applications
• The Capability to Seamlessly Integrate the Various Physics and Motion models in a Single Simulation Analysis to Cover your specific Engineering Application
• Specialized Simulation Meshing for Specific Engineering Simulation Usage, Including the
– Thin Mesher, Extruder, and 2D Meshing Cleanroom Simulation.
– Micro Gas Turbine conjugate Thermal heat transfer simulation.
• Simulation of Structurally Rigid and Flexible Body Motions with Simulation Methods, such as
1. Mesh Morphing
2. Overset meshes
3. Six Degrees-of-Freedom (DOF)
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A True Multidisciplinary Platform
Find Out How STAR-CCCM+ Provides For All Your Simulation Needs.
Fluid Dynamics
Multiphase Flows
Particle Flows
Reacting Flows
Aero-acoustics
Solid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Electro-Magnetics
Electro-Chemistry
Rheology
A Simulation Solution That Span All Industries
Learn How MDX Solves the Toughest Problems In Various Industries
1. Aerospace & Defense
2. Automotive
3. Marine
4. Oil & Gas
5. Chemical & Process
6. Energy
7. Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals
8. Electronics
Overview of Types of CAE CFD Software
CFD 3D Fluid Simulation software Solutions fall into one of the following five broad categories, more-or-less;
1. Comprehensive CFD Software Application Packages
– Featuring Siemens Simcenter Star-CCM and ANSYS Fluent
2. CAD Embedded CFD Software Program Solutions
– Featuring SolidWorks Flow Simulation, Autodesk CFD, ANSYS Discovery Live and more.
3. Semi-Comprehensive and Specialized CFD Software Packages
– Featuring COMSOL CFD, CONVERGE CFD, NUMECA OMNIS and more.
4. Open-Source CFD Software Packages
– Featuring OpenFOAM
1. Comprehensive CFD Simulation Packages
For several years, almost Majority of Engineering Professionals who offer CFD Simulation Services would Agree that the gold standards in Engineering CFD simulation have been ANSYS Fluent and Simcenter Star-CCM+ NX and they are both world class and functionally diverse software tools which are often featured in the News.
Industry Survey on the Most Commonly Used CFD Software Used in the Market
Annual Industry Survey Polls Conducted Among Recent Audience who Read Industry Magazine Publications and Articles have shown that market-leading ANSYS Fluent and Siemens Star-CCM+ remain the dominant CFD software packages of choice for many Established Multi-National Technology companies and end-users across all High Tech Industry industries.
1. Siemens SimCenter Star CCM+
CFD Star CCM+ CFD Software package is in somewhat computationally superior in terms of the Parallel solving stability, Adaptive Mesh it can Create, Better Collection of available Solver Method available.
The visualization Fluid Flow simulation results are also superior when performing the Simulation Solving process due to the addition of the Star CCM+ VR Functionality in the latest Version Release.
The basis for the design Framework of Siemens Simcenter Star CCM+ stems more from its early work in the field of rotary engine equipment design and engineering system design.
Siemens CD Adapco Star CCM+ Power On Demand on the other hand predominantly have the bulk of its user base center predominantly in the Aerospace, Aero Acoustic, Automotive, and Energy Power utility industry segments.
2. ANSYS Fluent
To Presently, ANSYS Fluent seems to have successfully capture significantly a lot more market share in the electronic and industrial product market sector.
Ansys FLUENT is generally regarded as the overall best Fluid Dynamics Software in terms of Computational processing speed technology. Although Ansys FLUENT & ANSYS CFX has its Design origins which are based on aerodynamics Simulation commonly used in Aerospace industry, this Fluid Dynamics Simulation Software also offers a Wide range of Physics solvers for Complex unsteady Flow turbulence modeling
3. COMSOL
COMSOL is a relatively newer Entrant in the fluid dynamics simulation arena but has a strong technical foundation in multi-physics Fluid Dynamics simulation background.
AutoDesk CFD, COMSOL’s CFD Module and Altair’s AcuSolve are less popularly used and are a component add-on of a broader multiphysics simulation platforms.
Never-the-less, they have made commendable progress and have quickly grown in their scope of solvers offered with additional Simulation capabilities that are now approaching the level of those of the big two players, namely Ansys Fluent and Siemens CD Adapco STAR CCM+.
All the previously mentioned CFD simulation software applications come fully equipped with built-in CAE meshing, pre-processing and post-processing features.
Disadvantages of CFD Fluid Simulation Software Technology in the Context of Singapore
1. High Cost of Commercial CFD Simulation Software Licensing
By and Large, most reputable and mainstream CFD simulation software application package tools from reputed CFD Software Companies have a relatively Expensive Software Licensing Cost.
2. High Cost of External CFD Consultancy Service
Outsourcing of CFD simulation work to External CFD Consultancy can often be a Highly costly endeavor.
This is Particularly so for CFD Simulation service which needs the use of Commercial CFD Fluid Dynamics Software applications to support the performing of Modeling, Pre Processing, Post Processing, analysis and Simulation of the Fluid Flow Behavior of Large scale Massive commercial Engineering services projects
Benefits of Learning CFD Software to Skill-up
In view of the High cost involved in Engaging the Professional Services of an external CFD Simulation Consultancy, it would Often make more Financial sense for Technology businesses to put in and invest time into Training and provide Learning resources to Encourage the Learning of their In-house engineering professions to learn and use mainstream CFD Software Solution such as Siemens MDX CFD Software .
This is because, When In-house Staff Engineers are able to equip themselves with the Required Software Handling skills to independently utilize the various mainstream and latest version of the Commercial CFD Software products to Accurately perform CFD Simulation on some engineering component part, it can allow the company to reap tremendous Financial cost savings in the long term.
2. CFD Software Packages with CAD Embedded
These are CFD Software add-ons fully integrated within those native 3-D CAD solid modeling platforms.
This type of CFD package is mainly positioned to be marketed to mainstream product designers user segment who are primarily looking for software capabilities to Model and solve steady state, single-phase, non-reacting Fluid flow engineering problems and with a focus on ease of User-friendliness.
The most widely used CFD software platforms with CAD-Integrated are the SolidWorks by Dassault Systems and Autodesk Inventor, which both have a highly comprehensive training resource platform.
What CAD Integrated CFD Software Packages Cannot do
These CFD Software packages usually include software application tools used for
– Integrated Native CAE Meshing
– Modeling of 3D Solid CAD Model Design
– Solver Processing For Generation of Simulation Data
– Simulation pre-processing and post-processing
– Report Log Generation
However, High-end Highly Adapted Solving capabilities that are typically out of reach for these CFD Software packages includes
1. Conjugate Thermal heat transfer (CHT)
2. Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Simulation Case Situations
3. Reacting Chemical reactions and Fuel Combustion Reactions
4. Complex Multiphase Fluid Flows
3. Specialty CFD Simulation Software Solutions
Meanwhile, there are other types of CFD simulation Source codes of various CFD Flow Modeling Software Projects that are Tailored to niche market segments with highly specialized services and functionality.
CONVERGE is a Multifunctional CFD program source code with a high level of Technological sophistication with online cloud-based computational capabilities to model, solve, analyze, Manage, Engineer and simulate Advanced engineering Systems and situations often used by End-customers in the automotive engine, internal combustion Engine design market segment.
This includes Advanced CFD simulation Programs and Specific Custom Solving Mode such as
1. Adaptive Moving of CAD Surface meshes and Unit of Mesh Element
2. Multiphase Physical Phenomena of Different Fluid Flows
3. Unsteady turbulent Chemical Reacting Combustion Reactions
Often, we can Find in our own Engineering Simulation Software Market Many Other CFD Simulation platforms that are predominantly targeted for specific industry with niche CFD Simulation applications.
Many of these Brands are featured in Various industry News Article Publications, Such As
1. FloTHERM suite designed for purpose of Serving the electronics Simulation Application in the Electrical Component industry (eg. PCB circuit boards, IC packaging, Semiconductor)
2. FINE/Marine for Engineering simulation applications Used for the marine & Ship Building industry (eg. Shipping Port, Marine Architecture of vessels, Oil rigs)
3. 6Sigma for simulating data center ventilation and Thermal Heat dissipation efficiency.
4. EXA for simulating external aerodynamics of shape geometry to lower aerodynamic drag and increase fuel efficiency.
5. XFlowCFD for Lattice-Boltzmann related Fluid Dynamics Computational simulations
6. SPH-flow for smoothed particle hydrodynamics CFD Fluid flow simulations,
7. CPFD for fluidized bed reactor Fluid Mechanics CFD Simulation
8. CFX for industrial turbomachinery design CFD simulation, Validation & Optimization
9. EXN/Aero is a relatively fresh newcomer is with its focus on improving Design performance on very Big scale CFD simulations through the combined Utilization of CPU and GPU computational processing.
These Highly Specialized CFD simulation platforms can proof to be highly cost-efficient if you can match their capabilities to your specific engineering Simulation application needs with a high level of confidence.
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If you have any questions or queries, our knowledgeable and friendly technical staff will be happy to answer any of your queries and assist to understand more about your needs and requirements
Alternatively, for a quick quote request for your specific Star CCM+ CFD Software Package needed, simply email us your detailed requirements to sales@star-ccm.com
Case Studies – Designed With STAR-CCM+
See How Our Customers Have Been Using STAR-CCM+ To Generate Design Improvements And Stay Ahead Of The Innovation Race
Optimization of Mixer Mixing Efficiency
STAR-CCM+ Offers automated Engineering Design Exploration and Optimization within the Reach of all CFD Simulation Engineers. Shown here is an Industrial Mixer Design Optimization Study, Beginning/Starting with a Baseline and resulting in a Significantly Improved Prototype Mixer Design (right) with a Four Times Decreased Energy consumption while Maintaining to the Same Blend Time Required.
Streamlining of Bicycle Aerodynamics & Ride Quality – Trek Bicycle
Together with STAR-CCM+ Integrated Multidisciplinary Design Exploration and Scalable Cloud Computing Capabilities, it has Tremendously Boosted Trek Bicycle Corporation R&D’s Ability to Cost-Effectively Optimizes Bicycle Aerodynamics and Overall Rides Experience
Boost Manufacturing Efficiency & Product Quality with STAR-CCM+ Multi-physics Capabilities – Bottero SpA
Multi-Physics Simulation Capabilities of Star-CCM+ Enabled BotteroSpA to Accurately Model the Highly Coupled Nature of the Structural & Fluid Dynamics Aspects of the Molten Glass Cooling Process. This Has Helped the Company to Achieve Strength and Quality in the Final Container. All This Is Achieved While Reducing Manufacturing Time and Shorten Manufacturing Time.
STAR-CCM+ CFD Simulation in Aerospace Industry
STAR CCM+ Has Been Heavily Used in CFD Simulation of Various Aspect of Aircraft Design Performance. Such as
1. Aero-Acoustics Modeling Analysis of Landing Gear Flow Interaction With the Air.
2. Aerodynamics Simulation of a Commercial Airplane’s High-Lift Wing Aerofoil Structure, Which Is Characterized by Highly Turbulent and Complex Air Flow Patterns.
3. Simulation of Aircraft Environmental Control System to Ensure Cabin Passengers Thermal Comfort.
4. Open-Source CFD Simulation Software Solution
Open-source software is provided under a freely accessible software license Policy that authorizes end users to
– the study, change the original Source code
– Freely Share and Distribute the CFD Software Source Code for Personal Use (Both Commercial & Non-Commercial)
– Customize to upgrade the Open Source software application
– Freely Share and Distribute the CFD Software Source Code for Personal Use (Both Commercial & Non-Commercial)
– Customize to upgrade the Open Source software application
Such a Versatile license Policy Framework generally make sure that the open source software program pack is Freely distributed Freely in the public domain and remains free of High charges.
At the same time, Free public access of the software source code helps to retain a wide Pool of audience and volunteer developer community base.
In the case of open source CFD Fluid Flow Simulation Software solution packages such as OpenFoam, they have Steeper learning curve for the average user, but it can save you a lot of money and licensing cost, particularly if you’re not a student or in academia where using of Free Academic account license or Trial software (which can be downloaded from the website) is quite common
OpenFoam CFD Software
One of the industry Leading, most popular and Commonly used all-purpose open-source CFD software package is known as OpenFOAM. While the official OpenFOAM software version release is periodically maintained by the OpenFOAM Foundation, a few splinter cell groups have separated with unique code variants in order to commercialize certain aspect of their code modifications to the main Source code, usually through CFD Simulation consulting service.
Some of the major variants of the Free Open Foam Software solution includes
– blueCFD-core
– openFOAM+
– SU2 (Stanford University)
– Lattice-Boltzmann solver Palabos.
Advantages of Open Source CFD Software
The main arguments for the adoption of open-source CFD software solution are the following.
1. Open Source License Policy on Software Distribution
An open sourced Software distribution approach means that it is freely licensed free from any cost restrictions, making it increasingly cost-effective as your Simulation usage requirement increases over time.
2. Long Term Sustainable Reliability & Maintenance of Source Code
If a Software code is publicly distributed Worldwide, it will tend to be relatively more reliable and accurate as a natural consequence of the CFD Source code being Closely examined and Refined by a large public group of diverse and Experienced Software developers all motivated to make sure that the source code performs well without any Errors.
3. Customization & Reconfigurability of Source Code by End Users
In addition, if an end user has the prior Job experience in Technical coding, software development skill and Appreciation of the specific Industrial research application the CFD Software is being used for, they can have the Full Autonomy to add useful functionality through additional Code modification.
Disadvantages of Open Source CFD Software
On the other hand, one of the main arguments against open-source is
1. Limited user technical support Services & Resources for End users, resulting in difficulty in attempting to book a ticket support
2. A natural higher cost of long term Operating Cost & Ownership Cost relating to reduced overall usability, which results in longer Classroom training hours needed to be spent on watching Tutorial Video content resources on online Training site due to a higher Software learning curve
3. Lack of specialized simulation Solving capabilities for unique physics events
4. A requirement for additional software modules transfer add-on from other 3rd party Software company, such as pre-processing and post-processor modules, which add a separated Layer of Dependency in the Source Code.
Open Source Wrappers
In order to make open-source CFD Software more intuitive to the inexperienced engineer and user-friendly to Novice users, CFD Software developers have Developers Embedded middleware in the form of wrapped codes such as Open-FOAM which is more intuitive.
It has a Graphically Driven GUI Simulation view environment with a GUI Interface which is integrated with additional processing software modules, such as pre-processing Solvers and post-processors.
Examples are Visual-CFD, HELYX, and simFlow.
The Industry Trend of Online Cloud-Based CFD Simulation
A recent Dramatic twist on this software development approach in the Engineering Consulting industry now is that of online cloud-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) CFD simulation methods which Only relies on a web browser to carry out the actual customized CAE simulation solving process.
Two Examples of such Highly dynamic and scalable HPC Cloud-based CFD simulation platforms include
1. Siemens Simcenter STAR CCM+ HPC Power on Demand
2. SimScale
1. Advantages of Wapper Platforms
The obvious arguments for using a wrapper software is that they can provide some of the immediate convenience of a full-service commercial CFD software platform at a much lower Affordable price point.
2. Disadvantages of Wapper Platforms
On the downside, the disadvantage of wrapper platforms is that they don’t overcome some of the key limitations of open-source Software, such as limited & non-comprehensive user technical Tech support services and lack of specialized solving capabilities needed for niche high Test simulation applications.
Dependency on 3rd Party Software Modules
Wrappers effectively serve as a middleware which does provide the end user the Full Benefit of accessing just a single unified graphical user interface but suffer from the disadvantage that the platform setup involves an added level of Dependency and undesired separation between the End-user and the Actual execution Source code File.
Both of which places an undesired increase in computation demand on the precious CPU processors and computational resources
Adding another level of add-on software code increases the Chances for software errors to occur, which volunteer developers may be responsive to Address due to the fact that it is Open source and not commercial.
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Star CCM+ Licensing Option
Enjoy Development Efficiency Through High-Performance Computing (HPC)
STAR-CCM+ makes HPC-Powered Simulation and Design Exploration Studies Feasible and Highly Affordable With 3 Unique Power Licensing Options:
Star CCM+ for Students
Star CCM+ Academic License
Case Studies – Designed With STAR-CCM+
See How Our Customers Have Been Using STAR-CCM+ To Generate Design Improvements And Stay Ahead Of The Innovation Race
1. Comprehensive Set of Integrated Disciplines & Physics
2. Integrated, Intelligent Design Exploration
3. Re-Playable Pipelined Workflow to Reduce Engineering Time Needed
4. Parallel Computing & Innovative Licensing
5. Single End-to-End Solving Environment
6. Backed by Dedicated Technical Support
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