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Autodesk® Simulation CFD software (formerly known as CFdesign®) provides a comprehensive, flexible set of tools for fluid flow simulation and thermal simulation. Autodesk Simulation CFD offers fast, accurate, and innovative analysis capabilities upfront in product development, where decision-making is critical. The Design Study Environment provides performance insight over a range of designs, allowing for greater product innovation and better product performance. Simulation CFD extends Digital Prototyping to electronics cooling, mechanical, AEC, industrial, and consumer product applications.
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Autodesk Simulation CFD
Autodesk® Simulation CFD software offers a wide scope of fluid flow and thermal simulation capabilities to perform fast and accurate simulations of high-speed turbulent and incompressible flows, along with conduction and convective heat transfer.
Drive an associative design study within your CAD system or open a single model directly in Autodesk Simulation CFD and leverage a model-centric interface; automated finite element meshing with auto-sizing and auto-refinement; the Accelerant Simulation Engine; and the design study environment for setup, exploration, and decision-making. Typical applications include consumer products, automotive, oil and gas, medical, and Industrial machinery.
Fluid flow simulation capabilities include:
- Laminar
- Turbulent
- Incompressible
- Steady state
Heat transfer simulation capabilities include:
- Conduction
- Convection
- Forced convection
- Natural convection
The solution scope of Autodesk Simulation CFD can be expanded with Autodesk® Simulation CFD Advanced and Autodesk® Simulation CFD Motion software.
Autodesk Simulation CFD Advanced
Autodesk Simulation CFD Advanced software provides additional flow and thermal simulation functionality, allowing engineers to study transient (time dependant) simulations, compressible flow, radiation effects, and humidity. Typical applications include electronics, aerospace, defense, lighting, LEDs, valves, and architectural/MEP.
Advanced fluid flow and thermal simulation capabilities include:
Advanced Fluid Flow
- Supersonic compressible
- Transient (time varying)
- Two-phase flows (humidity and steam mixtures)
- Cavitation
Advanced Heat Transfer
- Internal radiation heat transfer
- Radiation through transparent media
- Solar loading
Advanced Conditions
- Relative humidity
- Current
- Voltage
Autodesk Simulation CFD Motion
Many engineering applications require an understanding of how liquids and gases interact with solid objects that are moving. Autodesk Simulation CFD Motion allows you create a virtual prototyping environment that simulates how components of pumps, fans, blowers, compressors, valves, pistons, and other mechanical devices interact with and respond to flow. All the physical effects of the motion as well as the time-history are output to facilitate reviewing the results and creating animations for visual studies and design comparisons.
Types of motion include:
- Linear
- Angular
- Rotating/turbomachinery
- Combined linear and angular
- Combined orbital and angular
- Nutation
- Sliding vane
- Unconstrained motion
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