Product Announcements: Computational Fluid Dynamics Software (CFD)

scSTREAM is general purpose, structured mesh (Cartesian or cylindrical) thermal fluid analysis software often used for simulating HVAC systems, building aerodynamics, and electronics cooling. STREAM has been used in a wide variety of commercial applications since 1984. (read more)

ANSYS fluids dynamics solutions are a comprehensive suite of products which allow you to predict, with confidence, the impact of every fluid behavior on your product. The software unparalleled fluid flow analysis capabilities provide all the tools needed to design and optimize new equipment and to troubleshoot already existing installations. (read more)

A Barracuda New User Training Class has been scheduled for February 6, 2012 - February 10, 2012. The class will be held at CPFD Software, located in Albuquerque, NM.

Click the link below to view the agenda for the upcoming training class. (read more)

The pressures of global competition, complex requirements and shorter development schedules are forcing CFD engineers to do more in less time - without sacrificing accuracy.

Accurate results help to prevent over-engineering along with its embedded costs. With high-fidelity CFD results in hand, engineers can design within smaller safety factors, which can ultimately reduce cost of... (read more)

Manufacturing companies today face many challenges, ranging from increased product complexity to tightened quality requirements to yield and productivity indicators. Engineers are charged with designing products that operate under extreme conditions with unexpected performance demands.

Complexity comes in many forms, including demands related to depth of physics models (turbulence... (read more)

When an organization plans to invest the time, effort and funding to conduct CFD analyses, how does it ensure that purchasing and applying a CFD package is a safe, long-term investment? The benefits can be great, but so are the risks. Choosing the right CFD tool from the right company can help to ensure success.

Here are some issues to consider so that your choice is the right cho... (read more)

As companies strive to produce innovative and higher-quality products, they cannot ignore their key business challenges: improved time to market, minimized warranty costs and/or reduced engineering costs. These challenges drive CFD engineers to push the boundaries of simulation in considering the effects of multiple physics on their product designs.

CFD engineers routinely push th... (read more)

Download our CFD Solutions white papers:

Cutting Design Costs: The Benefits of Fast and Reliable CFD

Advances in Core CFD Technology: Meeting Your Evolving Product Development Needs

A Collaborative Approach to Solving Engineering Problems with CFD (read more)

Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Combustors utilize a fluidized bed within the furnace to provide numerous advantages, including extremely low NOx emissions, flex fuel capabilities, plus the addition of limestone particulates can capture 98% of the sulfur. Barracuda has been used to successfully understand complex furnace behavior such as fuel-air residence times, solids recirculation, be... (read more)

The ALE function (Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian for moving and/or rotating boundaries) in SC/Tetra is useful for analyzing fans, turbines, and pumps. This function can be applied to the steady calculation and the parallel computation.

Axial Fan

Fluid flow analysis of an axial fan is difficult because the blade shape significantly affects performance. Accurate... (read more)