Simcenter FLOEFD is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software developed by Mentor, a Siemens Business. FloEFD is known for its unique approach to CFD, as it is embedded directly within popular computer-aided design (CAD) systems. This integration allows engineers to conduct fluid flow and heat transfer simulations directly within their CAD environment, making it a powerful tool for concurrent engineering and design optimization.
Key features and aspects of Mentor Graphics FloEFD include:
- CAD Integration: FloEFD is fully integrated into various CAD systems, including SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, and Siemens NX. This integration enables engineers to work within a familiar CAD environment and simplifies the simulation setup process.
- Ease of Use: The software is designed to be user-friendly, with an emphasis on ease of use. Engineers can set up and run simulations without the need for extensive CFD expertise, making it accessible to a broader range of users.
- Real-Time Simulation: FloEFD is capable of providing real-time simulation results as users make changes to their CAD models. This feature supports interactive design exploration and optimization, allowing engineers to quickly assess the impact of design changes on fluid flow and heat transfer.
- Conjugate Heat Transfer: The software supports the simulation of conjugate heat transfer, allowing engineers to analyze the interaction between fluid flow and heat transfer in solid structures.
- Automatic Meshing: FloEFD includes automatic meshing capabilities, reducing the complexity of the meshing process and saving time in the simulation setup.
- Thermal Analysis: In addition to fluid flow simulations, FloEFD enables thermal analysis, making it suitable for applications where understanding temperature distribution is crucial.
- Multiphysics Simulations: The software supports multiphysics simulations, allowing engineers to analyze coupled phenomena such as fluid-structure interaction and thermal-electrical coupling.
- Wide Range of Applications: FloEFD is used in various industries, including automotive, aerospace, electronics, and HVAC, for applications such as electronics cooling, aerodynamics, and thermal management.
FloEFD provides a powerful and streamlined approach to CFD simulations, integrating seamlessly with the CAD design process and facilitating a more efficient and collaborative engineering workflow.
Simcenter FLOEFD is a fully CAD-embedded CFD software with multiphysics capabilities, for designers to analysts. It helps shorten development by up to 65-75% compared to typical CFD approaches by frontloading fluid flow simulation and thermal analysis and using native CAD geometry.
Frontload CFD simulation to shorten development
Simcenter FLOEFD enables design engineers to perform simulation earlier in the design process when it is more cost-effective to identify and fix problems or explore improvements. Integrated in CAD, it has shown improved productivity by a factor of x2 to x40.
Leverage an intuitive CFD interface for designers
Put simulation in the hands of design engineers with the Simcenter FLOEFD CAD embedded interface, guided simulation set up and execution, intelligent automation technologies and straight forward viewing of results. Allow them to explore design performance earlier so they can make informed decisions without having to overcome traditional barriers.
Perform CFD directly on native CAD geometry and eliminate CFD overheads
Eliminate delays in geometry translation between tools and overcome complexity in preparing CAD geometry for CFD analysis. Simcenter FLOEFD uses native geometry directly: so as you explore performance or evaluate changes to a model, the CAD model is being changed concurrently.
It has key strengths in robust automatic meshing and unique SmartCell technology that enables handling of CAD geometry of any quality. These strengths help to handle small narrow gaps in assemblies and surface inconsistencies, which often cause long delays for healing in traditional CFD tools. This is complemented by intelligent automation for pre-processing, such as automatic sealing of CAD geometry and leak identification.
Use simulation driven design – explore, compare and optimize
Leverage parametric studies and design exploration functionality to evaluate more design options within the time available. Evaluate ‘what if’ scenarios to ensure product performance and reliability in different conditions.
Using this software, you can easily compare designs using side-by-side with CFD result visualizations, plots and tabular results and generating reports in just a few clicks. When your design is optimized using simulation, you can directly communicate the CAD model to other engineering functions.
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