New Modeling Options, Core Solver Improvements in FLUENT 6.3

By DE Editors

Version 6.3 of the FLUENT computational fluid dynamics software has been released with more than 100 new features broadening its capabilities in meshing moving objects, reacting flows, and multiphase flows. FLUENT 6 technologies are now part of the ANSYS (Southpointe, PA) CFD suite, resulting from the company's recent acquisition of Fluent Inc.

With FLUENT 6.3, dynamic mesh capabilities for modeling moving objects, such as pistons and valves in combustion engines and impellers in baffled mixing tanks, can now be applied to a series of related steady-state simulations. 

The main focus of this release is on core solver improvements. A pressure-based coupled solver joins the existing solver options. Polyhedral meshes, new in FLUENT 6.3 software, allow the flexibility of an unstructured mesh to be applied to complex geometries. Additionally, improvements to parallel efficiency and flexibility have been implemented, including speed improvements for reading and writing case and data files. 

Another improvement in FLUENT 6.3 is an improved ability to work with third-party CAE packages.

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