Simulate Free Surface Flows Using a Volume of Fluid CFD Solver
Submitted by symscape on July 31, 2012 - 18:23
The latest release of Caedium (v4.0) can perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations for free surfaces, such as those that form between water and air around a ship's hull. Also the new version of Caedium contains an extensive array of other enhancements that will help you efficiently simulate more physically realistic phenomena.
Request and activate a free 30-day trial to enable Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software simulation in Caedium.
Volume of Fluid (VOF)
The new multiphase capability in Caedium uses a VOF solver to simulate the interaction between 2 immiscible fluids and the free surface between them. Applications for which VOF is well suited include:
- Maritime flows, e.g., the combined water and air flow around a ship's hull
- Environmental water flow, e.g., tank filling, wastewater management, spillways, weirs
More Physics
- Simulate rotating machinery (e.g., mixers) with Moving Reference Frames (MRF)
- Simulate porous media
- Simulate fans at boundaries and embedded within a flow domain
- Reduce simulation time and memory requirements with the cyclic boundary condition
Left: Stationary, Right: MRF
Improved Performance
- Run larger simulations on Mac OS X with a 64-bit version of Caedium
- Turn simulations around faster with more aggressive default parallel preferences
- Use Windows HPC Scheduler services in Azure without an on-premise installation of Windows HPC Server
Better Visualization
- Create stunning visuals with an extensive array of animated particles that includes arrows and cones
- Visualize wall heat flux and density fields when supported by a solver
Miscellaneous
- Enjoy native language translations of Caedium in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish
- Exchange membrane flow results with ixForten 4000
Model: courtesy of SobreSaliente Ltda