Mentor Graphics Announces FloEFD for Siemens NX

By DE Editors

Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced the new FloEFD for Siemens NX product for concurrent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, seamlessly integrated with the Siemens NX product lifecycle management (PLM) software. The FloEFD for Siemens NX software from Mentor Graphics works directly with native NX geometry using Finite Volume mathematical techniques, while supporting a range of applications.

The FloEFD for Siemens NX product uses a hexahedral immersed boundary meshing approach that the company says is for more accurate and computationally efficient simulations compared to tetrahedral and prismatic elements found in other tools. As a result, the FloEFD software can support a range of physical simulation capabilities: highly turbulent flow fields, compressible flows, combustion and cavity modelling.

Mentor Graphics Concurrent CFD methodology can reduce simulation time by as much as 65 to 75%, according to the company. Mentor Graphics says it enables users to optimize product performance and reliability while reducing physical prototyping and development costs without time or material penalties. By using the same geometries and a common user interface (UI), graphics window, and workflow for CAD and analysis, designers using Siemens NX and FloEFD software can maintain a single set of data across the entire project design process.

“We are pleased to announce another concurrent CFD solution with FloEFD for Siemens NX users,” says Erich Buergel, general manager of Mentor Graphics Mechanical Analysis Division. “With this edition we further enhance our current offerings of easy-to-use, yet powerful, CFD to meet the requirements of a larger community who would like to take advantage of Concurrent CFD.”

For more information, visit Mentor Graphics.

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