simFlow 3.0 Now Available

According to simFlow, additional improvements include:

• New initial mesh shapes: A cylindrical shape of the initial mesh improves mesh quality when solving turbomachinery-related problems, while the wedge shape allows you to simulate only a periodic subsection of the studied geometry, thus reduce the simulation time.
• Airfoil mesh generator: This experimental feature allows you to create a high-quality 2D mesh around an airfoil with just a single-click, only a few inputs and airfoil coordinates are required.
• Advanced models: Solar Load Model enables simulation of the effect of solar radiation by calculating the solar load and taking into account geographical location and the day of a year; Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) turbulence model allows for better predictions in the detached flow regions
• New boundary conditions: A bunch of newly implemented boundary conditions give you a number of possibilities, for example, a periodicAMI can be used to create an interface between rotating and stationary domains or a coupling between hexahedral and tetrahedral mesh parts
• User-defined passive scalar equations: These equations make it possible to calculate quantities, which do not affect the fluid flow, for example: moisture content, pollutants transport in the atmosphere or temperature in incompressible flows

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