CFdesign® turns a standard CAD workstation or PC into a fully interactive flow bench, thermal test rig, and wind tunnel. Native CAD models become parametric, zero-cost prototypes revealing critical engineering information not available from physical tests.
No specialist skills are required. Easy to learn, remember, and share - it is ideally suited for multi-tasking engineers working in a CAD environment.
The BRNI philosophy is that geometry changes must be made in the CAD system and the CFD tool must recognise and adapt to design changes without loss of data. This logical approach is very uncommon in the CFD world because typical geometry made in the CAD system is too complicated for traditional CFD meshing tools. In the structural analysis world, this is less of an issue since the solvers are predominantly based on the finite element (FE) method. For CFdesign too, finite elements provide geometric flexibility and robustness essential to widespread use, and are a major success factor for the product.
The FE method has two major advantages over the older finite volume approach used in traditional CFD solutions |
