FluidConnection is a novel CFD pre-processor intended to facilitate efficient, automated simulation based design (SBD) processes delivering reliable results for decision making.
CFD analysts tasked with creating and analyzing virtual prototypes are faced with a number of tedious and time-consuming tasks. These include CAD geometry translation, geometry cleanup, manual meshing processes and re-applying e.g. boundary- and volume-conditions whenever the product geometry changes. When time-consuming tasks coincide with a shortage of analysts, assuring timely availability of CFD results for design decisions becomes impossible.
FluidConnection relieves CFD analysts from routine, time-wasting tasks through the implementation of the following three concepts. First, FluidConnection avoids geometry conversion and clean-up efforts by using CAD system functionality to create the CFD mesh directly from the CAD model. Second, the mesh is always created automatically, which accelerates this step in the simulation process. Finally, FluidConnection employs geometry-independent, re-usable Abstract Models to define a CFD simulation model. When combined with a CAD model, Abstract Models behave like a recipe to automatically execute the type of simulation they have been created for. Thanks to the automated process, they always create same accuracy, comparable results, whether used by CFD specialists or product designers without CFD knowledge. Hence, CFD verifications can be performed when needed and not only when an analyst is available.
Capabilities include:
Underhood thermal study
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Passenger comfort study
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