CD-adapco Releases STAR-CCM+ v3.02 for CFD
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YORK and LONDON, Feb 29, 2008 - CD-adapco today announces the release of
STAR-CCM+ v3.02, their engineering process oriented computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) software. The newest version continues the demanding four
month release schedule and introduces major enhancements over previous
versions including: a dedicated facility for preparing, simulating and
post-processing rotating or turbomachinery problems; a new automatic surface
repair tool; and the introduction of a new DES turbulence model.
Integrated Turbomachinery Functionality
STAR-CCM+ V3 turbocharger simulation
Turbomachinery has been a target application area for STAR-CCM+ since its
inception. Recent releases have included many new features that are aimed
directly at the turbomachinery community, a process that has now reached
maturity with STAR-CCM+ V3.02, which introduces a dedicated interface for
performing turbomachinery simulations.
“The new graphical user interface essentially captures CD-adapco’s
best practice for setting up, meshing, solving and analyzing problems
involving compressors, turbines or other rotating machinery,” says CD-adapco
VP of Product Management Jean-Claude Ercolanelli. “The interface guides
users through the process of performing turbomachinery analysis
step-by-step, but is flexible enough to allow for significant user
customization. For example, depending on circumstance users can choose
to construct meshes using arbitrary polyhedral, automatic hexahedra, or
using a new elliptical mesher that produces structured boundary fitted
hexahedral meshes.”
STAR-CCM+ V3.02 also includes an enhanced mixing plane methodology that
allows unequal pitch rotor-stator interactions and a wider range of turbine
configurations.
Automatic Surface Repair
The automatic surface repair tool has the ability to fix poor quality
triangulation, self intersection and close proximity faces at the click of a
button. This feature has been extensively tested on range of industrial
geometries of various complexities. The one click repair may be used at any
stage of the surface meshing process to provide the highest quality surface
possible, eliminating the need for a manual geometry fixing.
Together with the existing surface wrapping and manual surface repair
functionality, STAR-CCM+ V3.02 now offers users a no-compromise choice
between stress-free automatic repair and fine manual control, or a
combination of both.
Engineering challenges, STAR-CCM+ solutions
STAR-CCM+ V3 elliptical grid generation
The goal of any analyst is to produce accurate and meaningful results in
a timely manner. By consistently improving the physical modeling
capabilities of the solver in each new release, STAR-CCM+ helps to push back
the boundaries of what is possible in engineering analysis.
For aerodynamic and aero acoustic analysis, STAR-CCM+ V3.02 includes the
k-Ω SST DES turbulence model, offering unsteady turbulence modeling without
the cost associated with a full LES simulation. Heat transfer and conjugate
heat transfer within STAR-CCM+ are also enhanced with extended and improved
radiation capabilities and the introduction of an additional dual stream,
single phase heat exchanger model for vehicle thermal comfort in underhood
analysis.
STAR-CAD Series V3.02
In STAR-CAD Series V3.02, the latest STAR-CCM+ V3.02 solver technology is
embedded within leading CAD and PLM environments, giving users access to
cutting edge industrial CFD technology from the comfort of CATIA V5,
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, SolidWorks or NX. Now released simultaneously with
STAR-CCM+, the latest version also incorporates STAR-CCM+ V3.02 surface
remesher, automatically improving the quality of surface triangulations, and
is compatible with the latest versions of the CAD and PLM environments
(CATIA V5 r15 to r18, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2 and 3, SolidWorks 2006, 2007
and 2008, NX 3 and 4).
Try it today
STAR-CCM+ V3.02 is now available from CD-adapco’s User Services site, or
from your local CD-adapco office.
About STAR-CCM+
From CAD models to post-processing, STAR-CCM+ delivers the entire CFD
process in a single integrated software environment. This unique approach
brings unrivaled ease-of-use and automation to CAD preparation, meshing,
model set-up and iterative design studies, enabling your Engineers to
deliver better results, faster.
Innovations such as built-in surface-wrapping, advanced automated meshing
(creating either polyhedral or predominantly hexahedral volume meshes) and
the ability to ‘copy and paste’ components between models have quickly
established STAR-CCM+ a reputation for producing high-quality results in a
single code with minimum user effort.
From its first release in 2004, STAR-CCM+ has impressed the CFD community
with its rapid pace of development, a new major version is released every
four months. Written ‘from the ground up’ using object-oriented programming
and the latest software technology combined with outstanding ease-of-use and
accuracy, STAR-CCM+ is an entirely new concept in CFD.
About CD-adapco
CD-adapco is the leading global provider of full-spectrum engineering
simulation (CAE) solutions for fluid flow, heat transfer and stress, with
principal offices in New York, London and Yokohama and subsidiary offices
across the world. STAR-CD and STAR-CCM+ provide the world’s most
comprehensive CFD solutions, with the STAR-CAD series as an easy-to-use,
CAD-embedded front door to the full spectrum of CD-adapco solutions, backed
by 25 years of extensive experience in CAE consulting.
CD-adapco’s solutions are widely used across many industries, including
automotive, aerospace, appliances, buildings, chemical process, electronics,
environmental, marine, offshore structures, pharmaceuticals, power
generation, rail, turbomachinery and specialized mechanical engineering
applications.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.cd-adapco.com/
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