CD-adapco Releases Latest Version of Engine Simulation Toolkit

By DE Editors

CD-adapco has released new versions of STAR-CD and es-ice, which together make up its toolkit for engine simulation.

“With an ever-increasing emphasis on emissions and energy sustainability—from legislators and consumers alike—challenges for Powertrain teams continue to grow,” says CD-adapco’s Director for the Automotive Industry Dr. Richard Johns. “Whether it’s a new fuel, new combustion model or a new lightweight material, realistic simulation is an integral tool in successfully bringing new technologies to market.”

Principle new ICE related features of STAR-CD V4.12 include:

• Extension of liquid property database for fuels and liquids.
• Introduction of continuous multi-component (CMC) approach for modeling multi-component fuel sprays.
• A new sub-grid-scale spray induced turbulence model for LES simulations.
• The ability to use pure oxygenated fuels such ethanol with ECFM and ECFM-3Z.
• AKTIM ignition model for ECFM-CLEH for ECFM and ECFM-3Z.
• Improved G-equation combustion model.
• Consolidated TIF combustion model.

Enhancements to es-ice V2.16 include:

• Improvements to the meshing engine—including better cell trimming and prism layer definition for the ports of mapped models.
• Added ability to graph the input of 1D input parameters including initialization, boundary conditions, rpm, piston motion, etc.
• Introduction of apparent heat release (AHR) to es-ice post processing.

The new versions of STAR-CD and es-ice are available for download now.

For more information, visit CD-adapco.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.