Posted Mar 12, 2010, by John Parry
Last time I promised I’d drill down into more detail about the difference between the CAD-integrated up-front approach to CFD and CAD-embedded Concurrent CFD. CAD-integrated CFD tools are essentially stand-alone tools launched from within the CAD system whereas Concurrent CFD is fully built into the CAD system. So what’s the real difference between the two?
CAD-integrated CFD tools use the same approach … Read More
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Upfront Analysis,
Traditional CFD,
Upfront CFD,
CAD Integration,
CFD,
CAD Embedded,
FloEFD,
Fluent Design,
Concurrent CFD,
Design Process
Posted Jan 21, 2010, by John Parry
I’ve been getting some positive feedback on my previous posts on Concurrent CFD so I thought I’d continue with the thread. I’ve described traditional CFD, upfront CFD and concurrent CFD as very different entities - which they are, but I ought to point out that they represent the evolutionary spectrum of how the CFD technology itself has been packaged over the years.
Partly this change results from … Read More
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Upfront Analysis,
Traditional CFD,
Upfront CFD,
CAD Integration,
CFD,
CAD Embedded,
FloEFD,
Fluent Design,
Concurrent CFD,
Design Flow
Posted Jan 11, 2010, by John Parry
As promised, here’s the second part of the explanation of why Concurrent CFD is different, or to use a cliché, a paradigm shift in CFD.
The animation below looks more closely at why concurrent CFD is different to conventional and upfront CFD. By expanding the CFD process we can see it involves quite a number of steps. In going through the animation you will see that both conventional and upfront CFD … Read More
Tags:
Upfront CFD,
CAD Integration,
Concurrent CFD,
CAD Embedded,
Traditional CFD,
Upfront Analysis,
FloEFD,
Fluent Design
Posted Jan 5, 2010, by John Parry
Happy New Year everyone. I hope it’s a prosperous and peaceful year for both you and your company.
As promised, here’s a Flash animation showing the difference between traditional CFD, upfront CFD and concurrent CFD which needs some introduction.
In traditional CFD, the model geometry is first exported from the CAD system. That’s the easy part. The geometry then needs to be re-imported into the CFD … Read More
Tags:
Upfront CFD,
CAD Integration,
Concurrent CFD,
CAD Embedded,
Fluent Design,
Traditional CFD,
FloEFD
